Daiki Niwa (footballer)

{{Infobox football biography

|name=Daiki Niwa
丹羽大輝

|image=Daiki Niwa 2014.png

|fullname=Daiki Niwa

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1986|1|16|df=y}}

|birth_place=Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan

|height={{Height|m=1.81}}

|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

|totalcaps=|totalgoals=

|nationalyears1=2015|nationalteam1=Japan|nationalcaps1=2|nationalgoals1=0

|medaltemplates=

|club-update=15 May 2024

|nationalteam-update=

}}

{{Nihongo|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.{{cite web| url = http://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/japan/news/1473077.html| title = 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}} On 23 July 2015, he was called again for the upcoming 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup.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

Club statistics

colspan=3 \| Club performance ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Cup ! colspan=2 \| League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Continental ! colspan=2 \| Other¹ ! colspan=2 \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Season ! Club ! League ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals
colspan=3 \|Japan ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Emperor's Cup ! colspan=2 \| J.League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Asia ! colspan=2 \| ! colspan=2 \| Total
2004	rowspan="3"\|Gamba Osaka	rowspan="3"\|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
colspan=3\|Total !0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"
\|0	0
2007	{{nowrap\|Tokushima Vortis}}	J2	45	1	2	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|47	1
colspan=3\|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
colspan=3\|Total !0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|2\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|2	0
2008	rowspan="4"\|Avispa Fukuoka	rowspan="3"\|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	rowspan="1"\|J1	30	0	0	0	1	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|31	0
colspan=3\|Total !109\|\|3\|\|7\|\|1\|\|1\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|117	4
2012	rowspan="6"\|Gamba Osaka	rowspan="1"\|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	rowspan="4"\|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
colspan=3\|Total !131\|\|4\|\|17\|\|1\|\|11\|\|2\|\|19\|\|0\|\|5\|\|0\|\|183\|\|7
2017	rowspan="2"\|{{nowrap\|Sanfrecce Hiroshima}}	rowspan="2"\|J1	13	0	0	0	1	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|14	0
2018	1	0	0	0	5	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|6	0
colspan=3\|Total !14\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|6\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|20	0
2018	rowspan="3"\|FC Tokyo	rowspan="3"\|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
colspan=3\|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
colspan=3\|Total !0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"
\|0	0
colspan=3\|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

colspan=3 \| Club performance ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Season	Club	League ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals
colspan=3 \| Japan ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Total
2018	rowspan=2\|FC Tokyo U-23	rowspan=2\|J3	1	0	1	0
2019	17	0	17	0
colspan=3 \| Career total !18\|\|0\|\|18\|\|0