*anese footballer

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daiki Iwamasa (岩政 大樹, Iwamasa Daiki, born 30 January 1982) is a *anese former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for *an national team.

Contents

• 1 Club career
• 2 International career
• 3 Career statistics
  • 3.1 Club
  • 3.2 International
• 4 Honours
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Club career

Iwamasa was born in Suo-Oshima, Yamaguchi on 30 January 1982. He was educated at and played for Iwakuni High School and Tokyo Gakugei University before turning professional. He started his professional career at Kashima Antlers where he later became one of the club's longest serving players. He became a regular player at center back from late first season. The club won the champions in J1 League for three years in a row (2007–2009) first time in J1 League history. He was also elected Best XI for three years in a row. The club also won 2007, 2010 Emperor's Cup, 2011 and 2012 J.League Cup. His opportunity to play decreased in 2013 and he left the club end of 2013 season.

In 2014, he moved to BEC Tero Sasana, Thailand, and helped the club win 2014 Thai League Cup in which he scored a goal in the final match. In 2015, he returned to *an, playing for *iano Okayama. In 2017, he moved to Regional Leagues club Tokyo United FC. He retired end of 2018 season.

International career

Iwamasa was the captain of the *an team that won the 2003 Summer Universiade held in Daegu, South Korea, where he scored a goal in the final of the tournament. He received the first call-up for *an national team in 2008 by newly appointed coach Takeshi Okada. On 10 October 2009, he made his international debut in a friendly match against Scotland. He was also one of the final 23 *an national football players participating in 2010 FIFA World Cup although did not play any minute during the tournament. After 2010 World Cup, in January 2011, he was selected *an for 2011 AFC Asian Cup by new manager Alberto Zaccheroni. At 2011 Asian Cup, he played in four matches and *an won the champions. He played eight games for *an until 2011.

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 January 2015

International

Honours

Kashima Antlers

• J1 League: 2007, 2008, 2009
• Emperor's Cup: 2007, 2010
• J.League Cup: 2011, 2012
• *anese Super Cup: 2009, 2010

BEC Tero Sasana

• Thai League Cup: 2014

*an

• AFC Asian Cup: 2011

Individual

• J.League Best XI: 2007, 2008, 2009

References

External links

• Daiki Iwamasa – FIFA compe*ion record (archived)
• Daiki Iwamasa at National-Football-Teams.com
• *an National Football Team Database
• Daiki Iwamasa at J.League (in *anese)