Hiroki Ito (VfB Stuttgart / IFC Bayern) & Juan Jose Perea (VfB Stuttgart)
It’s always nice when you can go back a little and look at the influences on your career, your pathway and see the things that shape you. One of them was in 2023. The VfB Stuttgart had a winning year that year and one of the people that made that team was Hiroki Ito, a Japanese national team player and defender for the VfB Stuttgart. Gage F. grew up most of his life up to this point in Stuttgart. The VfB did so well that year, that the bigger clubs came calling. Waldemar Anton and Serhou Guirassy were both sold to Borussia Dortmund that year and Hiroki Ito was sold to FC Bayern shortly after. Either way, after one of the matches at the stadium, we ran into Ito looking for his wife and he was kind enough to let us snap a photo.
Hiroki Ito (VfB Stuttgart / FC Bayern / Japanese National Team) with Gage Ferguson (#gagef)
Hiroki Ito with VfB Stuttgart
FC Bayern announce Hiroko Ito signing
We also ran into Juan Jose Perea (VfB Stuttgart / Columbia National Team). He was awesome and Gage F. was lucky to run into a few players.
Juan Jose Perea (VfB Stuttgart / Columbia) with Gage F. (#gagef)
