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The captain's armband has been on high rotation at Auckland FC this season.
Hiroki Sakai, Jake Brimmer and Francis de Vries have been captain at kick-off in different A-League matches. The trio have also all had been hit by injury of varying degrees.
Club captain Sakai will not play in Saturday's home game against Central Coast Mariners as he returns to fitness from a hamstring injury.
Earlier this season Sakai injured a hamstring and spent the longest period of his professional career sidelined when he missed four matches spread across 41 days.
He then came off the bench in three ga
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