The time is edging ever-closer to the JEF United Chiba vs Machida Zelvia J1 100 Year Vision League game which kicks off very shortly, and the players have just been announced.
First off, the starting line-up for JEF United Chiba which is confirmed as follows:
JEF United Chiba
Masaru Hidaka #67
Defender
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 62kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Takashi Kawano #28
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Miyazaki, Japan
Takayuki Mae #15
Defender
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Luiz Eduardo Fleuri Pacheco #6
Also known as Eduardo
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Brazil
Zain Issaka #42
Midfielder
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Machida, Japan
Takuya Yasui #41
Midfielder
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Issei Takahashi #2
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Takumi Tsukui #8
Forward
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Gunma, Japan
Carlos Antonio de Souza Júnior #10
Also known as Júnior
Forward
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ryota Kuboniwa #3
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Chiba, Japan
José Aurelio Suárez #19
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Gijón, Spain
The starting line-up for Machida Zelvia has also been confirmed as:
Machida Zelvia
Kōsei Tani #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Gen Shōji #3
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kobe, Japan
Daihachi Okamura #50
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Ibrahim Drešević #5
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 29
Place of birth: Sweden
Hotaka Nakamura #88
Defender
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Hokuto Shimoda #18
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Hiroyuki Mae #16
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Hoikkado, Japan
Sang-ho Na
Forward
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Korea Republic
Place of birth: Damyang, Korea Republic
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
Tete Yengi #99
Forward
Height: 1.97m
Weight: 89kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Australia
Place of birth: Adelaide, Australia
Futa Tokumura #34
Midfielder
Height: 1.69m
Age: 18
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Okinawa, Japan
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