Tomoki Iwata
岩田 智輝
Iwata in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-04-07) 7 April 1997
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 7 (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
Winner2022 JapanTeam
AFC U-19 Championship
Gold medal – first place2016 Bahrain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2023
‡ 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

Oita Trinita

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

Yokohama F. Marinos

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

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

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

As of the end 2022 season[7][8]

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other[lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Oita Trinita 2015 J2 League 0010———10
2016 J3 League 24110———251
2017 J2 League 12000———120
2018 20011———211
2019 J1 League 2741030——314
2020 3020000——302
Total 11374130——1208
Yokohama F. Marinos 2021 J1 League 3401071——421
2022 322100070—402
Total 66220717000823
Celtic (loan) 2022–23 Scottish Premiership 13010———10
Career total 180961111700018711

International

As of match played 27 July 2022[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Japan 201920
202220
Total40

Honours

Yokohama F. Marinos

Celtic

Japan

Individual

References

  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
  10. 1 2 3 "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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