Al-Ain player, Japan's Tsukasa Shotani, became the first Al-Zaeem player to surpass his 1000-minute mark this season after taking part in 11 major league matches this season with an average of 1014 minutes. It was once again the first and best choice for the team's coach, Zoran Mamic, who was still relying on him as a defender.
According to official statistics on the site of Al Ain Club, the Japanese player outperforms the nearest 18 minutes, with Brazilian player Cayo Lucas ranked second in the most active players with a score of 996 minutes, while the rate of the participation of defender Muhannad Enezi, which is only 188 minutes, after Has participated in two matches with Al-Zaeem in front of ES Setif of Algeria in the second round of the Zayed Cup for Arab Clubs Champions, alongside the first meeting yesterday in front of the island in the Gulf Cup.
With the Al Ain this season, Shitani has played a key role in the two-time tournament at the Zayed Cup for the Champions Clubs, alongside the Super Gulf Cup in front of the unit, the five Gulf Cup tournaments and the three Gulf Cup meetings.
The defensive roles did not restrict the Japanese player from providing offensive support to the team, scoring a goal in the goal of victory in the third round of the Gulf Arab League, and continued the offensive roles, and made a goal in the meeting "Alklasico" to the youth of Ahli, , While he has one yellow card.
The Japanese journalist in the newspaper "Tokyo Tsuchi Sport", Cookie Harada, that his fellow Tsuksa Shotani has a lot to offer with Al Ain team, and that the player is aware that the continuous participation in official games will keep the eyes of the Japanese team to return to the main menu of the team again, In the past period.
Harada told Emirates today that the current coach of the Japanese team, Hajimi Moriasso, knows Shitani's potential well, as he was the coach of Sanfres Hiroshima, to whom he was playing before joining Al Ain. "Surely Moriasso knows Shotani, Sanfrees, and won the J-League three times between 2012 and 2015, before the coach resigns in 2017, following a series of poor results ».
In June 2017, Shitani moved to the ranks of Japan's Sanfrees Hiroshima with a two-year contract as Lee Myung-joo, becoming the first Japanese player in the history of the "leader." He has a strong physical structure, He came from strong shots from outside the box.