We are building up to the Gamba Osaka vs Vegalta Sendai J1 League match which kicks off very shortly, and the players have just been announced.
We can reveal that the starting line-up for Gamba Osaka which is confirmed as follows:
Gamba Osaka
Masaaki Higashiguchi #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 35
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Hiroki Fujiharu #4
Defender
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 60kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Gen Shōji #3
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kobe, Japan
Young-Gwon Kim #19
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Korea Republic
Place of birth: Jeonju, Korea Republic
Ryu Takao #27
Defender
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Yōsuke Ideguchi #15
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Fukuoka, Japan
Shu Kurata #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Kosuke Onose #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Takashi Usami #39
Forward
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Nagaokakyō, Japan
Anderson Patric Aguiar Oliveira #18
Also known as Patric
Forward
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Macapá, Brazil
Yuji Ono #11
Forward
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 62kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
The team sheet line-up for Vegalta Sendai has also been confirmed as:
Vegalta Sendai
Jakub Słowik #27
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Poland
Place of birth: Poland
Kyohei Yoshino #16
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Hisashi Appiah Tawiah #5
Defender
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 83kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Aichi, Japan
Koji Hachisuka #4
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Takayoshi Ishihara #14
Midfielder
Height: 1.66m
Weight: 56kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Chihiro Kato #26
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Kunimitsu Sekiguchi #7
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 63kg
Age: 35
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Shingo Tomita #17
Midfielder
Height: 1.67m
Weight: 64kg
Age: 35
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tochigi, Japan
Rikiya Uehara #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 64kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Shizuoka, Japan
Shuhei Akasaki #11
Forward
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Cayman Togashi #42
Forward
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
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