We are building up to the Vegalta Sendai vs Nagoya Grampus J1 League clash which is rapidly nearing kick-off, and the team sheets have just been announced.
First off, the starting eleven for Vegalta Sendai which has been confirmed as follows:
Vegalta Sendai
Jakub Słowik #27
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Poland
Place of birth: Poland
Takumi Mase #25
Defender
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Chiba, Japan
Kyohei Yoshino #16
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Naoya Fukumori #3
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Takayoshi Ishihara #14
Midfielder
Height: 1.66m
Weight: 56kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: 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
Cayman Togashi #42
Forward
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Shuhei Akasaki #11
Forward
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Takuma Nishimura #15
Forward
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Nagoya, Japan
The starting line-up for Nagoya Grampus has also been confirmed as:
Nagoya Grampus
Mitchell Langerak #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Australia
Place of birth: Emerald, Australia
Yutaka Yoshida #23
Defender
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Shinnosuke Nakatani #4
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Yasuki Kimoto #14
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Shizuoka, Japan
Kazuya Miyahara #6
Defender
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 61kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Hiroshima, Japan
Sho Inagaki #15
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Kazuki Nagasawa #5
Midfielder
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Chiba, Japan
Mateus dos Santos Castro #16
Also known as Mateus
Forward
Height: 1.67m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Brazil
Naoki Maeda #25
Forward
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Saitama, Japan
Yuki Soma #11
Forward
Height: 1.65m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Yōichirō Kakitani #8
Forward
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
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