Mana Iwabuchi

      Mana Iwabuchi
      Personal information
      Full name Mana Iwabuchi
      Date of birth (1993-03-18) March 18, 1993 (age 20)
      Place of birth Tokyo, Japan
      Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
      Playing position Forward
      Club information
      Current club NTV Beleza
      Number 13
      Youth career
      2005-2007 NTV Menina
      Senior career*
      Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
      2007-2012 NTV Beleza 64 (30)
      2013- Hoffenheim
      National team‡
      2007 Japan U-16 4 (1)
      2008 Japan U-17 3 (2)
      2009 Japan U-19 4 (4)
      2010 Japan U-20 3 (2)
      2010- Japan 15 (2)
      * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 November 2012.

      † Appearances (Goals).

      ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 August 2012

      Mana Iwabuchi (岩渕 真奈 Iwabuchi Mana?, also いわぶち まな; born March 18, 1993) is a female football player from Japan. She currently plays for NTV Beleza and its youth team, NTV Menina, and the Japan women's national football team.

      Career

      Iwabuchi started playing soccer at Sekimae S.C. in her second year of elementary school. She was encouraged by her brother Ryota, who played soccer on the FC Tokyo junior youth team and currently plays for the Meiji University soccer club. She joined NTV Menina in 2005, and has been a member of NTV Beleza since 2007.[1]

      Iwabuchi began her international carrier in 2008 when she was selected onto Japan's Under-17 national football team at the age of 15, and participated in the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand. The team was defeated in the quarterfinals but she was awarded the tournament's MVP (adidas Golden Ball).[2] A French team coach hailed her as a "future star of women's football."[3] Iwabuchi was also awarded the Asian Young Footballer of the Year by the Asian Football Confederation in 2008. She joined the Japan national team for the East Asian Football Championship, held in early 2010, and debuted in the game against PRC national team. She scored her first goal against the Chinese Taipei national team in the same competition.

      On 28 November 2012, It was announced that Iwabuchi would be transferred to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.[4]

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      Career statistics

      Club

      As of 11 November 2012
      Club Season League Cup League Cup Total
      Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
      NTV Menina 2006 - 3 0 - 3 0
      2007 - 3 4 - 3 4
      Total - 6 4 - 6 4
      NTV Beleza 2007 1 0 - 5 3 6 3
      2008 7 3 4 2 - 11 5
      2009 17 5 3 3 - 20 8
      2010 18 8 1 0 5 2 24 10
      2011 13 9 3 1 - 16 10
      2012 8 5 0 0 8 5
      Total 64 30 11 6 10 5 85 41
      Hoffenheim 2012–13 -
      Total -
      Career Total 64 30 17 10 10 5 91 45

      International

      As of 9 August 2012
      National team Year Apps !Goals
      Japan U-16 2007 4 1
      Total 4 1
      Japan U-17 2008 3 2
      Total 3 2
      Japan U-19 2009 4 4
      Total 4 4
      Japan U-20 2010 3 2
      Total 3 2
      Japan 2010 3 2
      2011 8 0
      2012 4 0
      Total 15 2
      International goals
      # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
      March 14, 2007 Malaysia Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam  China PR
      1-2
      1-3
      		 2007 AFC U-16 Women's Championship / Japan U-16
      October 30, 2008 New Zealand Waikato Stadium, Hamilton  United States
      1-1
      3-2
      		 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup / Japan U-17
      November 9, 2008 New Zealand Waikato Stadium, Hamilton  England
      2-1
      2-2
      		 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup / Japan U-17
      August 1, 2009 China Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan  Australia
      1-0
      1-1
      		 2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship / Japan U-19
      August 5, 2009 China Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan  China PR
      1-0
      1-1
      		 2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship / Japan U-19
      August 9, 2009 China Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan  North Korea
      0-1
      0-1
      		 2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship / Japan U-19
      August 12, 2009 China Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan  South Korea
      2-1
      2-1
      		 2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship / Japan U-19
      1. February 11, 2010 Japan National Stadium, Tokyo  Chinese Taipei
      1-0
      3-0
      		 2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship
      2. February 11, 2010 Japan National Stadium, Tokyo  Chinese Taipei
      2-0
      3-0
      		 2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship
      July 14, 2010 Germany Impuls Arena, Augsburg  Mexico
      3-3
      3-3
      		 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup / Japan U-20
      July 17, 2010 Germany Impuls Arena, Augsburg  Nigeria
      1-2
      1-2
      		 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup / Japan U-20
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      Honors and awards

      Teams

      Japan women's national football team
      Champion (1): 2011
      Champion (1): 2010
      Champion (1): 2009
      NTV Beleza
      Champions (3): 2007, 2008, 2010
      Champions (2): 2008, 2009
      • L. League Cup :
      Champions (3): 2007, 2010, 2012

      Individual

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      References

      1. ^ The L. League has a system where youth team players can join the top team without removing registration on the youth team). Iwabuchi is still the member of NTV Menina (as of March 2010), though she no longer plays for it.
      2. ^ Perfect tens strike gold, FIFA.com
      3. ^ Japan's Mana from heaven, FIFA.com
      4. ^ 日テレ・ベレーザ岩渕真奈選手移籍のお知らせ Retrieved 28 November 2012.
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      External links
      NTV Beleza – current squad
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