We are building up to the Albirex Niigata vs Shonan Bellmare J1 League clash as we find ourselves fast approaching kick-off for this match, and the players have just been announced.
We can reveal that the starting XI for Albirex Niigata which has been confirmed as follows:
Albirex Niigata
Daisuke Yoshimitsu #23
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Yuto Horigome #31
Defender
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Hokkaido, Japan
Michael Fitzgerald #5
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 36
Jason Geria #2
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Australia
Place of birth: Canberra, Australia
Yuji Hoshi #19
Defender
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 64kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Yokohama, Japan
Taiki Arai #22
Midfielder
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Motoki Hasegawa #41
Midfielder
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Soya Fujiwara #25
Midfielder
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Yamaguchi, Japan
Jin Okumura #30
Midfielder
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 62kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Yota Komi #16
Forward
Height: 1.69m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Saitama, Japan
Kaito Taniguchi #7
Forward
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Mie, Japan
The team sheet line-up for Shonan Bellmare has also been confirmed as:
Shonan Bellmare
Naoto Kamifukumoto #99
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 35
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Taiga Hata #3
Defender
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Nishitama-gun, Japan
Koki Tachi #4
Defender
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Suzuka, Japan
Kohei Okuno #15
Midfielder
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 63kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Hyogo, Japan
Junnosuke Suzuki #5
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kakamigahara, Japan
Taiyo Hiraoka #13
Midfielder
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Takarazuka, Japan
Masaki Ikeda #18
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Tomoya Fujii #50
Forward
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Yuto Suzuki #37
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Akito Suzuki #10
Forward
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Higashi-Osaka, Japan
Luiz Phellype Luciano Silva #27
Also known as Luiz Phellype
Forward
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Brazil
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