Richard Iwai
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 15 March 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Vanuatu | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Ifira Black Bird (assistant) | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2002 | Tafea | (1) | |
2003 | Suva | 11 | |
2003–2005 | Mitchelton | ||
2006–2007 | Tafea | ||
2008 | Mitchelton | ||
2008–2012 | Tafea | ||
National team‡ | |||
2000–2011 | Vanuatu | 34 | (20) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 July 2019 |
Richard Iwai (born 15 March 1979, Vanuatu) is a former Vanuatuan international footballer who played most of his career for Tafea as a forward. He's currently assistant coach of Ifira Black Bird and the head coach of the Vanuatu under-23 team.
Career[]
Club career[]
Iwai began his career in Vanuatu with Tafea. Also he played in Fiji for Suva and in Australia for Mitchelton. In 2008, he return to Tafea.
International career[]
Iwai has played at international level for Vanuatu.
International goals[]
- Scores and results list Vanuatu's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vanuatu goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 11 April 2000 | ANZ National Stadium, Suva, Fiji | ![]() |
1–4 | 1–4 | 2000 Melanesia Cup | |
2 | 13 April 2000 | ![]() |
6–0 | 6–0 | |||
3 | 6–0 | ||||||
4 | 21 June 2000 | Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae, Tahiti | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–3 | 2000 OFC Nations Cup | |
5 | 22 June 2000 | ![]() |
2–1 | 3–2 | |||
6 | 6 June 2001 | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand | ![]() |
4–1 | 8–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
7 | 5–1 | ||||||
8 | 6–1 | ||||||
9 | 8–1 | ||||||
10 | 8 June 2001 | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–7 | |||
11 | 2–4 | ||||||
12 | 10 July 2002 | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2002 OFC Nations Cup | |
13 | 7 July 2003 | Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji | ![]() |
5–0 | 21–0 | 2003 South Pacific Games | |
14 | 9–0 | ||||||
15 | 10–0 | ||||||
16 | 15–0 | ||||||
17 | 16–0 | ||||||
18 | 6 June 2004 | Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide, Australia | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 | 2004 OFC Nations Cup | |
19 | 25 August 2007 | National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa | ![]() |
1–0 | 4–0 | 2007 South Pacific Games | |
20 | 29 August 2007 | ![]() |
7–0 | 15–0 |
External links[]
- Richard Iwai at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Vanuatuan footballers
- Vanuatu international footballers
- Vanuatuan expatriate footballers
- Suva F.C. players
- Tafea F.C. players
- 2000 OFC Nations Cup players
- 2002 OFC Nations Cup players
- 2004 OFC Nations Cup players
- 2008 OFC Nations Cup players
- Association football forwards
- Expatriate soccer players in Australia
- Expatriate footballers in Fiji
- Vanuatuan expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- Vanuatuan expatriate sportspeople in Fiji
- Vanuatuan football biography stubs