Daiki Niwa (footballer) explained

Daiki Niwa 丹羽大輝
Fullname:	Daiki Niwa
Birth Date:	16 January 1986
Birth Place:	Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan
Position:	Defender
Currentclub:	Arenas
Clubnumber:	5
Youthyears1:	1998–2003
Youthclubs1:	Gamba Osaka
Years1:	2004–2017
Clubs1:	Gamba Osaka
Caps1:	131
Goals1:	4
Years2:	2007
Clubs2:	→ Tokushima Vortis (loan)
Caps2:	45
Goals2:	1
Years3:	2008
Clubs3:	→ Omiya Ardija (loan)
Caps3:	0
Goals3:	0
Years4:	2008–2011
Clubs4:	→ Avispa Fukuoka (loan)
Caps4:	109
Goals4:	3
Years5:	2017–2018
Clubs5:	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Caps5:	14
Goals5:	0
Years6:	2018–2020
Clubs6:	FC Tokyo
Caps6:	9
Goals6:	0
Years7:	2018–2020
Clubs7:	→ FC Tokyo U-23 (loan)
Caps7:	18
Goals7:	0
Years8:	2021–2023
Clubs8:	Sestao River Club
Caps8:	41
Goals8:	1
Years9:	2023–
Clubs9:	Arenas
Caps9:	31
Goals9:	2
Nationalyears1:	2015
Nationalteam1:	Japan
Nationalcaps1:	2
Nationalgoals1:	0
Club-Update:	15 May 2024

is a Japanese football player who plays for Arenas.

Playing career

He spent 4 years on loan at Avispa Fukuoka during which time he had spells as club captain, before returning to his parent club Gamba Osaka at the start of the 2012 season.

National team career

On 7 May 2015, Japan's coach Vahid Halilhodžić called him for a two-days training camp.^[1] On 23 July 2015, he was called again for the upcoming 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup.^[2]

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other¹		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia				Total
2004	Gamba Osaka	J1	0	0	0	0	0	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	0	0
2005			0	0	0	0	0	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	0	0
2006			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	colspan="2"	-	0	0
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	colspan="2"	-	0	0
2007		J2	45	1	2	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	47	1
Total			45	1	2	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	47	1
2008	Omiya Ardija	J1	0	0	0	0	2	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	2	0
Total			0	0	0	0	2	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	2	0
2008	Avispa Fukuoka	J2	9	1	1	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	10	1
2009			35	1	2	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	37	1
2010			35	1	4	1	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	39	2
2011		J1	30	0	0	0	1	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	31	0
Total			109	3	7	1	1	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	117	4
2012	Gamba Osaka	J1	14	0	3	0	1	1	3	0	colspan="2"	-	21	1
2013		J2	25	2	2	1	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	27	3
2014		J1	25	2	5	0	4	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	34	2
2015			34	0	4	0	1	0	12	0	4	0	55	0
2016			28	0	2	0	5	1	3	0	1	0	39	1
2017			5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	colspan="2"	-	7	0
Total			131	4	17	1	11	2	19	0	5	0	183	7
2017		J1	13	0	0	0	1	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	14	0
2018		J1	1	0	0	0	5	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	6	0
Total			14	0	0	0	6	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	20	0
2018	FC Tokyo	J1	6	0	1	0	0	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	7	0
2019			0	0	2	0	2	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	4	0
2020			3	0	colspan="2"	-	0	0	1	0	colspan="2"	-	4	0
Total			9	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	colspan="2"	-	15	0
2021	Sestao River Club	Tercera División	0	0	0	0	0	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	7	0
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	colspan="2"	-	0	0
Career Total			308	8	29	2	22	2	20	0	5	0	384	12

¹ includes J. League Championship and Japanese Super Cup appearances.

Reserves performance

Last Updated: 30 November 2019

Club performance			League		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Total
2018	FC Tokyo U-23	J3	1	0	1	0
2019	FC Tokyo U-23	J3	17	0	17	0
Career total			18	0	18	0

National team statistics

^[3]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2015	2	0
Total	2	0

Honors

Gamba Osaka

FC Tokyo

J.League Cup - 2020

Notes and References

Web site: 大久保嘉人ら28人日本代表候補合宿メンバー／一覧 : 日刊スポーツ.
http://www.jfa.jp/national_team/news/00006836/ EAFF東アジアカップ2015（8/2～9＠中国／武漢） SAMURAI BLUE（日本代表）メンバー・スケジュール
http://www.jfootball-db.com/players_na/daiki_niwa.html Japan National Football Team Database