Takuya Iwata (footballer, born 1983)

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| name = Takuya Iwata
岩田卓也

| image = Takuya Iwata in Oct 2012.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Takuya Iwata in 2012

| fullname = Takuya Iwata{{cite web |title=FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by Toyota: List of Players |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FCWC/2012/pdf/FCWC_2012_SquadLists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |page=2 |date=29 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207065034/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FCWC/2012/pdf/FCWC_2012_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=7 December 2012 |url-status=dead}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|4|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Aichi Prefecture, Japan

| height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=Takuya Iwata |url=http://www.aucklandcityfc.com/players/premiership/takuya-iwata/ |publisher=Auckland City FC |access-date=26 December 2022}}

| position = Left back

| currentclub = Western Springs

| clubnumber = 22

| youthyears1 = 1999–2001

| youthclubs1 = Gifu Technical High School

| youthyears2 = 2002–2005

| youthclubs2 = Hamamatsu University

| years1 = 2006

| clubs1 = FC Gifu

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| years2 = 2007–2009

| clubs2 = FC Gifu B

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| years3 = 2010–2011

| clubs3 = Edge Hill United

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| years4 = 2012

| clubs4 = Far North Queensland FC

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| years5 = 2012–2019

| clubs5 = Central United

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| years6 = 2012–2019

| clubs6 = Auckland City

| caps6 = 81

| goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2020

| clubs7 = Western Springs

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| years8 = 2020–2021

| clubs8 = Hayabusa Eleven

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| years9 = 2021–2022

| clubs9 = Fukui United

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| years10 = 2022–2023

| clubs10 = Auckland City

| caps10 = 19

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2024

| clubs11 = Western Springs

| caps11 = 21

| goals11 = 0

| club-update = 25 November 2024

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{{Nihongo|Takuya Iwata|岩田卓也|Iwata Takuya|born 22 April 1983}} is a Japanese footballer who plays as a left back for Auckland City in the NRFL Premier.

Club career

=Japan=

Iwata began his football career with Gifu Technical High School between 1999 and 2001. Then he went to study at Hamamatsu University, where he also played for the college football team from 2002 and 2005.{{cite web|last1=Uematsu|first1=Hisataka|script-title=ja:岩田卓也、亡き母と共に歩んだクラブＷ杯への道|url=http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/sports/soccer/clubwcup/2012/columndtl/201212040010-spnavi|website=Sportsnavi|accessdate=19 April 2015|language=Japanese}} In 2006, Iwata began to play with FC Gifu. At the end of the 2006 season he was transferred to the club's B team, in which he played between 2007 and 2009.

=Australia=

In 2010, Iwata was signed by Edge Hill United in Cairns for the Far North Queensland Premier League in Australia . This club played there until 2011. Iwata was part of the team that won the 2011 Far North Queensland Premier League, and was named the club MVP.{{cite news|last1=Rugari|first1=Vince|title=Ex-Edge Hill player stars with Auckland City at Club World Cup|url=http://www.cairnspost.com.au/sport/local-sport/ex-edge-hill-player-stars-with-auckland-city-at-club-world-cup/story-fnjpuwsz-1227157788983|accessdate=19 April 2015|publisher=Cairns Post|date=16 December 2014}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:岩田卓也「夢はいつか叶うと知った」|url=http://start.gifu.jp/column/startline3_1/|website=Star+|accessdate=19 April 2015|language=Japanese}} In addition, that season's Edge Hill United won the Matsuda Cup. In 2012, he went to play with Far North Queensland Bulls FC in the Queensland State League. Before the end of the season he was transferred again.

=New Zealand=

In 2012, Iwata was signed by Central United in the Northern League (New Zealand). In August, Central United won the 2012 Chatham Cup Final against Lower Hutt City AFC where they won by 6–1.

Iwata began to play with Auckland City FC in October 2012, becoming was part of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup.{{cite web|script-title=ja:岩田卓也選手が示してくれた、サッカーでの可能性|url=http://www.mensclub.jp/lifestyle/sports/iwata14_1227/|website=Men's Plus|date=27 December 2014 |accessdate=19 April 2015|language=Japanese}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aucklandcityfc.com/squad/profile.asp?ID=67|title=Playing Squad : Takuya Iwata|publisher=Aucklandcityfc.com|accessdate=6 January 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103161854/http://www.aucklandcityfc.com/squad/profile.asp?ID=67|archivedate=3 January 2015|df=dmy-all}} Iwata played the entire game in the match against Cruz Azul to decide third place.{{cite web|title=PK戦を制したオークランドが3位に…岩田はフル出場|url=http://web.gekisaka.jp/news/detail/?153968-153968-fl|website=Gekisaka|date=21 December 2014 |accessdate=19 April 2015|language=Japanese}} That and a friendly between Auckland City and the Japan National Football Team have earned Iwata considerable press coverage in Japan.{{cite web|title=NZのアマチュアクラブから世界3位へ／オークランドFC岩田卓也選手|url=http://ja.ifaf.asia/column/836|website=Institute for Future Asian Football|accessdate=19 April 2015|language=Japanese}}{{cite web|title=岩田卓也がクラブW杯出場へ|url=http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/9564579/|website=Livedoor News|accessdate=19 April 2015|language=Japanese}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:オークランド岩田「勝てない相手では」|url=http://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/world/news/f-sc-tp3-20141218-1410541.html|website=Nikkan Sports|accessdate=19 April 2015|language=Japanese}}