2022 Kirin Cup Soccer squads

These are the squads of the 33rd edition of the international friendly football tournament Kirin Cup Soccer organised by the Japan Football Association,[1] that was played between 10 and 14 June 2022 in Japan,[2] with the participation of four teams: Japan, Chile, Ghana and Tunisia.[3]

Squads

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Japan

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No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Eiji Kawashima (1983-03-20) 20 March 1983 (age 41) 94 0   Strasbourg
12 1GK Shūichi Gonda (1989-03-03) 3 March 1989 (age 35) 32 0   Shimizu S-Pulse
23 1GK Daniel Schmidt (1992-02-03) 3 February 1992 (age 32) 8 0   Sint-Truiden
28 1GK Keisuke Osako (1999-07-28) 28 July 1999 (age 25) 2 0   Sanfrecce Hiroshima

2 2DF Miki Yamane (1993-12-22) 22 December 1993 (age 30) 10 1   Kawasaki Frontale
3 2DF Shogo Taniguchi (1991-07-15) 15 July 1991 (age 33) 9 0   Kawasaki Frontale
4 2DF Ko Itakura (1997-01-27) 27 January 1997 (age 27) 10 1   Manchester City
5 2DF Yuto Nagatomo (1986-09-12) 12 September 1986 (age 38) 135 4   FC Tokyo
16 2DF Takehiro Tomiyasu (1998-11-05) 5 November 1998 (age 25) 28 1   Arsenal
20 2DF Yūta Nakayama (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 27) 15 0   PEC Zwolle
22 2DF Maya Yoshida (captain) (1988-08-24) 24 August 1988 (age 36) 117 12   Sampdoria
26 2DF Hiroki Ito (1999-05-12) 12 May 1999 (age 25) 1 0   VfB Stuttgart

6 3MF Wataru Endo (1993-02-09) 9 February 1993 (age 31) 39 2   VfB Stuttgart
7 3MF Gaku Shibasaki (1992-05-28) 28 May 1992 (age 32) 57 3   Leganés
8 3MF Genki Haraguchi (1991-05-09) 9 May 1991 (age 33) 72 11   Union Berlin
9 3MF Daichi Kamada (1996-08-05) 5 August 1996 (age 28) 18 5   Eintracht Frankfurt
10 3MF Takumi Minamino (1995-01-16) 16 January 1995 (age 29) 40 17   Liverpool
11 3MF Takefusa Kubo (2001-06-04) 4 June 2001 (age 23) 16 0   Real Madrid
14 3MF Junya Ito (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 31) 34 9   Genk
15 3MF Kaoru Mitoma (1997-05-20) 20 May 1997 (age 27) 5 3   Brighton & Hove Albion
17 3MF Ao Tanaka (1998-09-10) 10 September 1998 (age 26) 11 2   Fortuna Düsseldorf
21 3MF Ritsu Dōan (1998-06-16) 16 June 1998 (age 26) 24 3   PSV

18 4FW Takuma Asano (1994-11-10) 10 November 1994 (age 29) 35 7   VfL Bochum
19 4FW Kyogo Furuhashi (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 29) 14 3   Celtic
24 4FW Daizen Maeda (1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 (age 26) 6 0   Celtic
25 4FW Ayase Ueda (1998-08-28) 28 August 1998 (age 26) 8 0   Kashima Antlers

Chile

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No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
23 1GK Fernando de Paul (1991-04-25) 25 April 1991 (age 33) 2 0   Everton
12 1GK Zacarías López (1998-06-30) 30 June 1998 (age 26) 1 0   La Serena
1 1GK Sebastián Pérez (1990-12-02) 2 December 1990 (age 33) 1 0   Universidad Católica

17 2DF Gary Medel (1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 37) 146 7   Bologna
2 2DF Eugenio Mena (1988-07-18) 18 July 1988 (age 36) 68 3   Racing
5 2DF Paulo Díaz (1994-08-25) 25 August 1994 (age 30) 35 0   River Plate
18 2DF Óscar Opazo (1990-10-18) 18 October 1990 (age 33) 13 1   Colo-Colo
15 2DF Francisco Sierralta (1997-05-06) 6 May 1997 (age 27) 10 0   Watford
3 2DF Benjamín Kuscevic (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 28) 6 0   Palmeiras
26 2DF Jeyson Rojas (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 (age 22) 3 0   Colo-Colo
25 2DF Alex Ibacache (1999-01-11) 11 January 1999 (age 25) 1 0   Everton
6 2DF Nayel Mehssatou (2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 22) 1 0   Kortrijk

10 3MF Marcelino Núñez (2000-03-01) 1 March 2000 (age 24) 10 1   Universidad Católica
21 3MF Tomás Alarcón (1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 25) 10 0   Cádiz
14 3MF Pablo Galdames (1996-12-30) 30 December 1996 (age 27) 10 0   Genoa
3MF Esteban Pavez (1990-05-01) 1 May 1990 (age 34) 9 0   Colo-Colo
13 3MF Felipe Méndez (1999-09-23) 23 September 1999 (age 24) 2 0   Unión Española
19 3MF Darío Osorio (2004-01-24) 24 January 2004 (age 20) 0 0   Universidad de Chile

9 4FW Jean Meneses (1993-03-16) 16 March 1993 (age 31) 21 3   Toluca
22 4FW Ben Brereton Díaz (1999-04-18) 18 April 1999 (age 25) 13 4   Blackburn Rovers
7 4FW Joaquín Montecinos (1995-12-07) 7 December 1995 (age 28) 9 0   Tijuana
16 4FW Diego Valencia (2000-01-14) 14 January 2000 (age 24) 5 0   Universidad Católica
11 4FW Ronnie Fernández (1991-01-30) 30 January 1991 (age 33) 3 0   Universidad de Chile
24 4FW Gonzalo Tapia (2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 22) 0 0   Universidad Católica

Tunisia

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No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Mohamed Sedki Debchi (1999-10-28) 28 October 1999 (age 24) 0 0   Espérance de Tunis
16 1GK Aymen Dahmen (1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 27) 1 0   CS Sfaxien
22 1GK Bechir Ben Saïd (1994-11-29) 29 November 1994 (age 29) 9 0   US Monastir

2 2DF Bilel Ifa (1990-03-09) 9 March 1990 (age 34) 33 0   Abha
3 2DF Montassar Talbi (1998-05-26) 26 May 1998 (age 26) 18 0   Rubin Kazan
4 2DF Ali Abdi (1993-12-20) 20 December 1993 (age 30) 7 0   Caen
5 2DF Adam Ben Lamin (2001-06-02) 2 June 2001 (age 23) 0 0   Jönköping
6 2DF Nader Ghandri (1995-02-18) 18 February 1995 (age 29) 4 0   Club Africain
12 2DF Ali Maâloul (1990-01-01) 1 January 1990 (age 34) 81 2   Al Ahly
20 2DF Mohamed Dräger (1996-06-25) 25 June 1996 (age 28) 30 3   Luzern
2DF Alaa Ghram (2001-07-24) 24 July 2001 (age 23) 0 0   CS Sfaxien
2DF Rami Kaib (1997-05-08) 8 May 1997 (age 27) 0 0   Heerenveen

8 3MF Anis Ben Slimane (2001-03-16) 16 March 2001 (age 23) 21 4   Brøndby
9 3MF Firas Ben Larbi (1996-05-27) 27 May 1996 (age 28) 9 2   Ajman
10 3MF Hannibal Mejbri (2003-01-21) 21 January 2003 (age 21) 14 0   Manchester United
13 3MF Ferjani Sassi (1992-03-18) 18 March 1992 (age 32) 74 5   Al-Duhail
14 3MF Aïssa Laïdouni (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 27) 20 1   Ferencváros
15 3MF Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane (1999-09-06) 6 September 1999 (age 25) 20 0   Espérance de Tunis
3MF Mootez Zaddem (2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 23) 2 0   Étoile du Sahel

7 4FW Youssef Msakni (captain) (1990-10-28) 28 October 1990 (age 33) 83 17   Al-Arabi
11 4FW Taha Yassine Khenissi (1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 (age 32) 45 8   Kuwait SC
17 4FW Issam Jebali (1996-05-27) 27 May 1996 (age 28) 6 0   OB
19 4FW Seifeddine Jaziri (1993-02-12) 12 February 1993 (age 31) 27 10   Zamalek
23 4FW Naïm Sliti (1992-07-27) 27 July 1992 (age 32) 66 13   Al-Ettifaq

Ghana

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No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Abdul Manaf Nurudeen (1999-02-08) 8 February 1999 (age 25) 2 0   Eupen
12 1GK Lawrence Ati-Zigi (1996-11-29) 29 November 1996 (age 27) 9 0   St. Gallen

2 2DF Andy Yiadom (1991-12-02) 2 December 1991 (age 32) 25 0   Reading
3 2DF Alidu Seidu (2000-06-04) 4 June 2000 (age 24) 2 0   Clermont Foot
5 2DF Dennis Nkrumah-Korsah (1996-02-25) 25 February 1996 (age 28) 2 0   Accra Hearts of Oak
6 2DF Edmund Addo (2000-05-17) 17 May 2000 (age 24) 7 0   Sheriff Tiraspol
17 2DF Baba Rahman (1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 (age 30) 46 1   Chelsea
18 2DF Daniel Amartey (1994-12-01) 1 December 1994 (age 29) 42 0   Leicester City

7 3MF Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (2004-03-08) 8 March 2004 (age 20) 11 0   Sporting CP
11 3MF Mubarak Wakaso (1990-07-25) 25 July 1990 (age 34) 70 13   Shenzhen
15 3MF Christopher Antwi-Adjei (1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 (age 30) 3 0   VfL Bochum
20 3MF Mohammed Kudus (2000-08-02) 2 August 2000 (age 24) 15 4   Ajax

9 4FW Jordan Ayew (1991-09-11) 11 September 1991 (age 33) 81 19   Crystal Palace
10 4FW André Ayew (1989-12-17) 17 December 1989 (age 34) 106 23   Al-Sadd
13 4FW Felix Afena-Gyan (2003-01-19) 19 January 2003 (age 21) 5 1   Roma
14 4FW Daniel Afriyie (2001-06-26) 26 June 2001 (age 23) 1 0   Hearts of Oak
19 4FW Benjamin Tetteh (1997-07-10) 10 July 1997 (age 27) 7 0   Yeni Malatyaspor
23 4FW Kwasi Okyere Wriedt (1994-07-10) 10 July 1994 (age 30) 5 0   Holstein Kiel

References

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  1. ^ "Details of the KIRIN CUP SOCCER 2022 determined". Japan Football Association. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  2. ^ "2022 Kirin Cup Soccer: Ghana to feature in 4-nation tourney in Japan". Footy-Ghana.com. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Ghana play Japan, Chile and Tunisia ahead of World Cup Qatar 2022". Ghana Football Association. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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