The time is almost upon us for the Albirex Niigata vs Sagan Tosu J1 League clash as we find ourselves fast approaching kick-off for this match, and the players are in.
Here is the starting line-up for Albirex Niigata which has been confirmed as follows:
Albirex Niigata
Koto Abe #21
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Niigata, Japan
Yuto Horigome #31
Defender
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Hokkaido, Japan
Michael Fitzgerald #5
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 35
Nationality: Japan
Thomas Deng #20
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Australia
Place of birth: Nairobi, Kenya
Soya Fujiwara #25
Midfielder
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Yamaguchi, Japan
Hiroki Akiyama #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Gunma, Japan
Yuzuru Shimada #20
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Motoki Hasegawa #14
Midfielder
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Eitaro Matsuda #22
Forward
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 64kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Yota Komi #16
Forward
Height: 1.69m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Saitama, Japan
Kaito Taniguchi #7
Forward
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Mie, Japan
The starting line-up for Sagan Tosu has also been confirmed as:
Sagan Tosu
Il-gyu Park #71
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Saitama, Japan
Seiji Kimura #3
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Chiba, Japan
Kosuke Yamazaki #2
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Wataru Harada #42
Defender
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Hyogo, Japan
Yoichi Naganuma #88
Midfielder
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Akito Fukuta #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 63kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Taichi Kikuchi #23
Midfielder
Height: 1.6m
Weight: 60kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Saitama, Japan
Shota Hino #18
Midfielder
Height: 1.67m
Weight: 61kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Ayumu Yokoyama #13
Forward
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Marcelo Ryan Silveste Santos #99
Also known as Marcelo Ryan
Forward
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Brazil
Cayman Togashi #22
Forward
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
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