It’s almost time for the Vissel Kobe vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima J1 League match which is rapidly nearing kick-off, and the players have just been announced.
Let’s look at the starting eleven for Vissel Kobe which has been officially confirmed as:
Vissel Kobe
Daiya Maekawa #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Katsuya Nagato
Defender
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Matheus Soares Thuler #3
Also known as Thuler
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Brazil
Tetsushi Yamakawa #4
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Yuya Kuwasaki #25
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Nagasaki, Japan
Takahiro Ohgihara #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Yōsuke Ideguchi #7
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Fukuoka, Japan
Daiju Sasaki #13
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Koya Yuruki #14
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Erik Nascimento de Lima #27
Also known as Erik
Forward
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Nova Repartimento , Brazil
Taisei Miyashiro #9
Forward
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
The team sheet line-up for Sanfrecce Hiroshima has also been confirmed as:
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Keisuke Osako #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kagoshima, Japan
Shuto Nakano #15
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Sho Sasaki #19
Defender
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 35
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Zama, Japan
Hayato Araki #4
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kadoma, Japan
Tsukasa Shiotani #33
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 36
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Komatsushima, Japan
Naoto Arai #13
Defender
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Yotaro Nakajima #35
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 19
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Hayao Kawabe #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Hiroshima, Japan
Ryo Germain #9
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Mutsuki Kato #51
Forward
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Saitama, Japan
Sota Nakamura #39
Forward
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 64kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Takasaki, Japan
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