We’re counting down to the Vissel Kobe vs Chengdu Rongcheng AFC Champions League Elite game which kicks off very shortly, and the teams are in.
Here is the starting line-up for Vissel Kobe which has been officially confirmed as:
Vissel Kobe
Gonda, S
Gōtoku Sakai #24
Defender
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: New York City, USA
Yuki Honda #15
Defender
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Ichinomiya, Japan
Tetsushi Yamakawa #4
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Nanasei Iino #2
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Niigata, Japan
Yuya Kuwasaki #25
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Nagasaki, Japan
Yōsuke Ideguchi #7
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Fukuoka, Japan
Haruya Ide #18
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Daiju Sasaki #13
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Erik Nascimento de Lima #27
Also known as Erik
Forward
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Nova Repartimento , Brazil
Yoshinori Muto #11
Forward
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Setagaya, Japan
The starting line-up for Chengdu Rongcheng has also been confirmed as follows:
Chengdu Rongcheng
Jian Tao #30
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.85m
Age: 24
Nationality: China
Place of birth: China
Gurfinkel, Y
Letschert, T
Romulo Jose Pacheco da Silva
Also known as Romulo
Midfielder
Age: 30
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Brazil
Yang, M
Chow, T
Shihao, W
Li, Y
Dong, Y
Silva, F
Hu, H
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