Japan vs Hong Kong, Eaff E-1 football championship: who is the goalkeeper Alex Pisano of Japan with roots in Italy?

Japan started his title defense at the Eaff E-1 football championship against Hong Kong, in the Yongin Mireu Stadium in South Korea on Tuesday.

Hajime Moriyasu has gone with a complete domestic team, with the tournament from the FIFA International window. One of the names that is against Hong Kong is Alexandre Pisano and earns his first senior cap.

Pisano, born in Kasugai to a Japanese mother and Italian-Canadian father, developed at the Ote Elementary School and FC Fervor Aichi, before moving to Nagoya Grampus in 2021.

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He signed his professional contract with Nagoya three years later and currently plays for the same side. The 19-year-old has started every J1 competition since May and held four clean sheets.

At the international level, he represented Japan at the U-17 and U-20 levels and plays in the U-117 World Cup 2023, where Japan reached the round of 16.

Pisano has replaced Zio Suzuki, another keeper who has carrots outside of Japan – Suzuki’s father comes from Ghana, and his mother comes from Japan – but the latter is expected to come back between the sticks for the official international luminaires of FIFA.