Tomoki Iwata

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Tomoki Iwata
岩田 智輝
Iwata in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-04-07) 7 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Usa, Ōita, Japan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Celtic
Number 24
Youth career
2015 Oita Trinita Youth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Oita Trinita 113 (7)
2021–2023 Yokohama F. Marinos 66 (2)
2023 → Celtic (loan) 13 (0)
2023– Celtic 13 (1)
International career‡
2015 Japan U18 5 (0)
2016 Japan U19 7 (0)
2017 Japan U23 3 (0)
2019– Japan 4 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Japan
EAFF Championship
Winner 2022 Japan Team
AFC U-19 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bahrain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 July 2022

Tomoki Iwata (岩田 智輝, Iwata Tomoki, born 7 April 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Celtic and the Japan national team.

Club career[edit]

Oita Trinita[edit]

Born in Ōita, Iwata began his youth career with Oita Trinita in 2015, before signing professionally the following year, in 2016.

Yokohama F. Marinos[edit]

In 2021, Iwata signed for J1 club, Yokohama F. Marinos. On 5 November 2022, he led the club to the 2022 J1 League title. Two days later, he was named among the Best XI of the season and also voted Player of the Year.

Celtic[edit]

On 30 December 2022, Iwata signed for Scottish Premiership side Celtic on an initial loan deal with a compulsory purchase clause.[1][2] This has seen Iwata reunited with his former Yokohama manager, Ange Postecoglou. On 21 January 2023, Iwata made his debut for the club in a 5–0 win against Greenock Morton in the Scottish Cup.[3]

Celtic confirmed in July 2023 that Iwata had signed for the club on a permanent basis.[4]

International career[edit]

On 24 May 2019, Iwata was called up by Japan's head coach Hajime Moriyasu to feature in the Copa América played in Brazil.[5] He made his debut on 20 June 2019 in the game against Uruguay, as a starter.[6]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 13 April 2024[7][8]

Club[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup[a] Continental Other[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Oita Trinita 2015 J2 League 0 0 1 0 — — — 1 0
2016 J3 League 24 1 1 0 — — — 25 1
2017 J2 League 12 0 0 0 — — — 12 0
2018 20 0 1 1 — — — 21 1
2019 J1 League 27 4 1 0 3 0 — — 31 4
2020 30 2 0 0 0 0 — — 30 2
Total 113 7 4 1 3 0 — — 120 8
Yokohama F. Marinos 2021 J1 League 34 0 1 0 7 1 — — 42 1
2022 32 2 1 0 0 0 7 0 — 40 2
Total 66 2 2 0 7 1 7 0 0 0 82 3
Celtic (loan) 2022–23 Scottish Premiership 13 0 4 0 1 0 — — 18 0
Celtic 2023-24 14 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 — 18 1
Total 27 1 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 36 1
Career total 206 10 11 1 11 1 10 0 0 0 238 12
  1. ^ Includes J.League Cup
  2. ^ Includes Japanese Super Cup

International[edit]

As of match played 27 July 2022[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2019 2 0
2022 2 0
Total 4 0

Honours[edit]

Yokohama F. Marinos

Celtic

Japan

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Celtic sign Japan midfielder Iwata". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Tomoki Iwata: Celtic sign Japanese player of the Year from Ange Postecoglou's former club Yokohama F Marinos". Sky Sports. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Kyogo reaches 20 goals as Celtic sail past Morton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  4. ^ @CelticFC (13 July 2023). "Following his initial six-month loan spell, Tomoki Iwata is now a full time Celt!" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 July 2023 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "SAMURAI BLUE (Japan National Team) Squad, Schedule - CONMEBOL Copa America Brazil 2019 (6/14–7/7)". JFA. 24 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Uruguay v Japan game report". CONMEBOL. 20 June 2019.
  7. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 189 out of 289)
  8. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 251 out of 289)
  9. ^ Tomoki Iwata at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata
  10. ^ a b c "2022 Jリーグアウォーズ受賞者一覧". Football Channel. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  11. ^ Watt, Martin (7 May 2023). "Heart of Midlothian 0–2 Celtic: Ange Postecoglou's side seal back-to-back titles". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  12. ^ Duncan, Thomas (3 June 2023). "Celtic 3–1 Inverness CT: Ange Postecoglou's side win Scottish Cup to claim treble". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  13. ^ Moffat, Colin (26 February 2023). "Kyogo strikes twice as Celtic beat Rangers in final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 February 2023.

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