24 people including Takefusa Kubo selected for Japan national football team European team center November 5, 17:05

This month, the members of the Japan national football team for the warm-up game in Austria were announced, and 24 players were selected, mainly from European teams, including Takefusa Kubo, who belongs to Villarreal in the Spanish 1st division league.

The Japan national football team will face Panama on the 13th of this month and Mexico on the 17th in Graz, Austria.



On the 5th, Japan national team coach Hajime Moriyasu held an online press conference to announce 24 members, scoring the final goal against Spain's first division, Villarreal's Kubo, England Premier League, Liverpool's Takumi Minamino, and Cote d'Ivoire. Naomichi Ueda of Cercle Bruges, the first division of Belgium, was selected.



Two new players have been convened since last month: Kento Hashimoto, who plays in the Russian Premier League, Rostov, and Takuma Asano, who plays in the Serbian First Division, Partizan.



The German forward Yuya Osako of Bremen, who was convened last time, was not convened because the new coronavirus will limit his activities after returning to Japan.



On the other hand, due to the influence of the new coronavirus, J-League players have not been selected this time, considering that those who have returned from overseas will need to be quarantined for two weeks.



Director Moriyasu said, "First of all, I want to confirm the base part of the battle more. I want to collaborate and cooperate as a team while being aware that I will win firmly in each phase in attack, haste and slow attack, and in defense." Did.

24 Japanese national team members

There are 24 members of the warm-up game that the Japan national football team will play in Austria this month.



▼ There are three goalkeepers.


Eiji Kawashima (37) from Strasbourg, France.


Shuichi Gonda (31) of Portimonense, Portugal 1st Division.


Schmidt Daniel (28) from Sint-Truiden, Belgium.



▼ There are 8 defenders.


Yuto Nagatomo (34) of Marseille, France 1st Division.


Maya Yoshida (32) of Sampdoria, Italy 1st Division.


Hiroki Sakai (30) from Marseille, France.


Sei Muroya (26) from Hannover, Germany's 2nd division league.


Naomichi Ueda (26) from Serkul Bruges, Belgium.


Ko Itakura (23) from Groningen, the first division of the Netherlands.


Takehiro Tomiyasu (22) from Bologna, Italy 1st Division.


I'm Yukinari Sugawara (20) from AZ Alkmaar, the first division of the Netherlands.



▼ There are 11 midfielders.


Genki Haraguchi (29) from Hannover, Germany 2nd Division.


Gaku Shibasaki (28) of Leganes, Spain 2nd Division.


Wataru Endo (27) from Stuttgart, Germany.


Junya Ito (27) of Genk, Belgium 1st Division.


Kento Hashimoto (27) of the Russian Premier League, Lostov.


Takumi Minamino (25) from Liverpool, English Premier League.


Daichi Kamada (24) from Frankfurt, Germany.


Yuta Nakayama (23) from Zwolle, the first division of the Netherlands.


Koji Miyoshi (23) from Antwerp, Belgium.


Ritsu Doan (22) from Bielefeld, Germany.


I'm Takefusa Kubo (19) from Villarreal, Spain.



▼ There are two forwards.


Musashi Suzuki (26) from Beerschot, Belgium.


This is Takuma Asano (25) from Partizan, the first division of Serbia.