February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 325 days remain until the end of the year.
Walter Adrián Samuel is an Argentine former professional footballer. Samuel has been regarded as one of the best centre-backs of his generation, and as one of football's toughest defenders, with former international teammate and Inter captain Javier Zanetti referring to him as the "hardest player" he has played with.
Samuel Eto'o Fils is a Cameroonian football administrator and former player who is the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation since 11 December 2021. In his prime, Eto'o was regarded by pundits as one of the best strikers in the world, and he is regarded as one of the greatest African players of all time, winning the African Player of the Year a record four times: in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2010.
Shinji Okazaki is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Belgian club Sint-Truiden.
Kristiano Samuel Armenteros Nunez Mendoza, known as Samuel Armenteros, is a Swedish footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Arabian club Al-Kholood.
Samuel Sáiz Alonso is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Turkish club Sivasspor.
Wataru Endō is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Japan national team. Endō began his career at J1 League side Shonan Bellmare before moving to Urawa Red Diamonds in 2016, where he won the league title and the 2017 AFC Champions League. He joined Belgian Pro League club Sint-Truiden in 2018 before being loaned to VfB Stuttgart in 2019 and joining them permanently in April 2020. After 4 years in Germany, he signed with Liverpool in August. 2023
Samuel Mráz is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League club Volos and the Slovakia national team.
The B.League is a professional men's basketball league that began in Japan in September 2016. The league is operated by the Japan Professional Basketball League and was formed as a result of a merger between the National Basketball League that was operated by the FIBA-affiliated Japan Basketball Association and the independently operated bj league. The merger had been mandated by FIBA as a condition to Japan having its membership resumed following suspension in November 2014.
Yokohama Excellence is a Japanese professional basketball club that will compete in the third division of Japan's B.League. Prior to the B.League's establishment, the club played in the National Basketball Development League, winning the championship in all three years of the league's existence. The team's home arena was the Itabashi Azusawa Gymnasium in Itabashi, Tokyo. The team also played some home matches at the Izumi Citizen's Gymnasium in Tachikawa, Tokyo.
The Iwate Big Bulls are a professional basketball team that compete in the third division of the Japanese B.League.
The following were the scheduled events of association football for the year 2018 throughout the world.
Diego Cristiano Evaristo, known as Diego Pituca or simply Pituca, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Japanese club Kashima Antlers. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a left back.
Samuel Seo is a South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer. Born in Seoul, he spent his youth living in his home country, as well as Japan, the United States, and Canada. An aspiring pianist, Seo's exposure to hip hop music in his teens led him to pursue the genre. He released a series of singles before enlisting and serving two years in military service.
Samuel ArredondoKim, better known by his stage name Samuel, is an American singer based in South Korea. He was a part of the short-lived hip hop duo 1Punch in 2015.
The Shinagawa City Basketball Club is a professional basketball team that competes in the Japanese B.League.
The following is an overview of the year 2018 in Japan.
Samuel Joseph Holland is an Australian professional baseball player for the Brisbane Bandits of the Australian Baseball League.
Echigo-jofu (越後上布) is a fabric of Echigo, Japan on national Important Cultural Properties listing in 1955, and UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list since 2009. It is made from fine bast fiber from the ramie plant, also called hemp, although not directly related to cannabis hemp. After it is woven on a jibata backstrap loom, the fabric is spread on snowfields (yuki-zarashi) where ultraviolet light from the sun creates ozone and bleaches it white. The fabric is used to make summer kimono and other traditional garments, cushions and bed linens.
Hiroki Ito is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre back or a left back for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart and the Japan national team.
