We’re counting down to the Ceará vs Botafogo Serie A clash which kicks off very shortly, and the teams have now been announced.
First off, the starting XI for Ceará which has been officially confirmed as:
Ceará
Bruno Ferreira Ventura
Also known as Ferreira
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.97m
Weight: 89kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: São Paulo, Brazil
Matheus Bahia Santos
Also known as Bahia
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Salvador, Brazil
Willian Machado
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 90kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Meleiro, Brazil
Marllon Gonçalves Jerônimo Borges
Also known as Marllon
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fabiano Josué de Souza Silva
Also known as Souza
Defender
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Presidente Prudente, Brazil
Vinícius Nelson Souza Zanocelo
Also known as Zanocelo
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Santo André, Brazil
João Paulo Ferreira Lourenço
Also known as Lourenço
Midfielder
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Lucas Mugni
Midfielder
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Santa Fe, Argentina
Fernando José Marques Maciel
Also known as Fernandinho
Forward
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: São Luís, Brazil
Antonio Galeano
Forward
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 25
Pedro Raul Garay da Silva
Also known as Raul
Forward
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Porto Alegre, Brazil
The starting line-up for Botafogo has also been confirmed as:
Botafogo
Leonardo Matias Baiersdorf Linck
Also known as Linck
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Brazil
Luis Eduardo Soares da Silva
Also known as Cuiabano
Defender
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Cuiabá, Brazil
Fernando Marçal Oliveira
Also known as Marçal
Defender
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 36
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: São Paulo, Brazil
David Ricardo Loiola da Silva
Also known as Ricardo
Defender
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Teresina, Brazil
Victor Alexander da Silva
Also known as Vitinho
Defender
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Brazil
Allan Marques Loureiro
Also known as Allan
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Newton Araujo da Costa Júnior
Also known as Newton
Midfielder
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Salvador, Brazil
Santiago Rodríguez
Midfielder
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 62kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Uruguay
Place of birth: Montevideo, Uruguay
Christopher Ramos de la Flor
Also known as Ramos
Forward
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Cádiz, Spain
Matheus Martins Silva dos Santos
Also known as Martins
Forward
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Campo Grande, Brazil
Joaquín Correa
Forward
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentina
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