Richard Iwai

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Richard Iwai
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-03-15) 15 March 1979 (age 42)
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[]

This list is complete and up to date as of July 2020.
Scores and results list Vanuatu's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vanuatu goal.
List of international goals scored by Richard Iwai
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 11 April 2000 ANZ National Stadium, Suva, Fiji  Fiji 1–4 1–4 2000 Melanesia Cup
2 13 April 2000  New Caledonia 6–0 6–0
3 6–0
4 21 June 2000 Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae, Tahiti  New Zealand 1–0 1–3 2000 OFC Nations Cup
5 22 June 2000  Tahiti 2–1 3–2
6 6 June 2001 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand  Cook Islands 4–1 8–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 5–1
8 6–1
9 8–1
10 8 June 2001  Solomon Islands 1–1 2–7
11 2–4
12 10 July 2002 Ericsson Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand  New Caledonia 1–0 1–0 2002 OFC Nations Cup
13 7 July 2003 Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji  Kiribati 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  Tahiti 1–0 1–2 2004 OFC Nations Cup
19 25 August 2007 National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa  Samoa 1–0 4–0 2007 South Pacific Games
20 29 August 2007  American Samoa 7–0 15–0

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