We are building up to the Botafogo vs Grêmio Serie A match which is rapidly nearing kick-off, and the teams are in.
First off, the starting XI for Botafogo which is confirmed as follows:
Botafogo
John Victor Maciel Furtado
Also known as John
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.96m
Weight: 83kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Diadema, Brazil
Fernando Marçal Oliveira
Also known as Marçal
Defender
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 35
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: São Paulo, Brazil
Bartolomeu Jacinto Quissanga
Also known as Bastos
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Angola
Place of birth: Angola
Alexander Barboza
Defender
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 88kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Argentina
Victor Alexander da Silva
Also known as Vitinho
Defender
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Brazil
Danilo Barbosa da Silva
Also known as Danilo Barbosa
Midfielder
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Simões Filho, Brazil
Danilo Neves Pinheiro
Also known as Tchê Tchê
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: São Paulo, Brazil
Thiago Almada #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 62kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Matheus Martins Silva dos Santos #37
Also known as Matheus Martins
Forward
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Campo Grande, Brazil
Luiz Henrique André Rosa da Silva
Also known as Luiz Henrique
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Brazil
Francisco das Chagas Soares
Also known as Tiquinho Soares
Forward
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Sousa, Brazil
The team sheet line-up for Grêmio has also been confirmed as:
Grêmio
Agustín Marchesín
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 36
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: San Cayetano, Argentina
Reinaldo Manoel da Silva
Also known as Reinaldo
Defender
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 35
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Porto Calvo, Brazil
Gustavo Martins de Souza
Also known as Gustavo Martins
Defender
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Niterói, Brazil
Walter Kannemann
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Concepción del Uruguay, Argentina
João Pedro Maturano dos Santos
Also known as João Pedro
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Ipatinga, Brazil
Mathías Villasanti #23
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 27
João Pedro Vilardi Pinto
Also known as Pepê
Midfielder
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Edenílson Andrade dos Santos
Also known as Edenílson
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 64kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Porto Alegre, Brazil
Franco Cristaldo
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Morón, Argentina
Alexander Aravena #16
Forward
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Chile
Place of birth: Huechuraba, Chile
Martin Braithwaite
Forward
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Denmark
Place of birth: Esbjerg, Denmark
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