Daiki Niwa (footballer)

Daiki Niwa
丹羽大輝
Personal information
Full name	Daiki Niwa
Date of birth	16 January 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Arenas
Number	5
Youth career
1998–2003	Gamba Osaka
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2017	Gamba Osaka
2007	→ Tokushima Vortis (loan)
2008	→ Omiya Ardija (loan)
2008–2011	→ Avispa Fukuoka (loan)
2017–2018	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2018–2020	FC Tokyo
2018–2020	→ FC Tokyo U-23 (loan)
2021–2023	Sestao River Club
2023–	Arenas
International career
2015	Japan
Medal record
Gamba Osaka
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2024

Daiki Niwa (丹羽大輝, Niwa Daiki, born 16 January 1986) 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

As of end of 2020 season

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	-		-		0	0
2005			0	0	0	0	0	0	-		-		0	0
2006			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
2007	Tokushima Vortis	J2	45	1	2	0	-		-		-		47	1
Total			45	1	2	0	-		-		-		47	1
2008	Omiya Ardija	J1	0	0	0	0	2	0	-		-		2	0
Total			0	0	0	0	2	0	-		-		2	0
2008	Avispa Fukuoka	J2	9	1	1	0	-		-		-		10	1
2009			35	1	2	0	-		-		-		37	1
2010			35	1	4	1	-		-		-		39	2
2011		J1	30	0	0	0	1	0	-		-		31	0
Total			109	3	7	1	1	0	-		-		117	4
2012	Gamba Osaka	J1	14	0	3	0	1	1	3	0	-		21	1
2013		J2	25	2	2	1	-		-		-		27	3
2014		J1	25	2	5	0	4	0	-		-		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	-		7	0
Total			131	4	17	1	11	2	19	0	5	0	183	7
2017	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	J1	13	0	0	0	1	0	-		-		14	0
2018	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	J1	1	0	0	0	5	0	-		-		6	0
Total			14	0	0	0	6	0	-		-		20	0
2018	FC Tokyo	J1	6	0	1	0	0	0	-		-		7	0
2019			0	0	2	0	2	0	-		-		4	0
2020			3	0	-		0	0	1	0	-		4	0
Total			9	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	-		15	0
2021	Sestao River Club	Tercera División	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		-		7	0
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
Career Total			308	8	29	2	22	2	20	0	5	0	384	12