Teruyuki Moniwa (茂庭 照幸, Moniwa Teruyuki, born 8 September 1981) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Maruyasu Okazaki.[2]

Teruyuki Moniwa
茂庭 照幸
Moniwa with FC Tokyo in September 2007
Personal information
Full name Teruyuki Moniwa[1]
Date of birth (1981-09-08) 8 September 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Maruyasu Okazaki
Number 35
Youth career
1994–1999 Bellmare Hiratsuka Youth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Shonan Bellmare 52 (0)
2002–2009 FC Tokyo 172 (1)
2010–2013 Cerezo Osaka 116 (0)
2014 Bangkok Glass 32 (0)
2015–2018 Cerezo Osaka 35 (2)
2016–2018Cerezo Osaka U-23 (loan) 6 (0)
2019– Maruyasu Okazaki
International career
2004 Japan U-23 3 (0)
2003–2006 Japan 9 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2020

Club career edit

Moniwa was born in Atsugi on 8 September 1981. He joined J1 League club Bellmare Hiratsuka (later Shonan Bellmare) from youth team in 1999. Although he played many matches as center back from first season,[2] the club finished at the bottom place and was relegated to J2 League. He became a regular player from summer 2001.[3]

In 2002, Moniwa moved to J1 club FC Tokyo. He played many matches as center back with Jean until 2006. the club won the champions in 2004 J.League Cup which is first major title in the club history. However his opportunity to play decreased for injuries from 2007 and he could only 9 matches in 2009 season.[2]

In 2010, Moniwa moved to Cerezo Osaka. He played many matches as regular center back until 2012.[2] However he lost his opportunity to play for injury from July.[4]

In 2014, Moniwa moved to Thailand and signed with Bangkok Glass.

In 2015, Moniwa returned to Japan and re-joined Cerezo Osaka which was relegated to J2 from 2015 season. Cerezo was at the 4th place in J2 for 2 years in a row and was promoted to J1 end of 2016 season. In 2017, Cerezo finished at 3rd place in J1 League and won the champions in J.League Cup an Emperor's Cup. However he could hardly play in the match in 2017 and he could not play at all in the match in 2018.[2]

On 28 January 2019, Moniwa joined FC Maruyasu Okazaki.[5]

International career edit

Moniwa made his international debut for Japan in a friendly against Tunisia on 8 October 2003.[6] He scored his first international goal on 3 August 2005 against China PR in an East Asian Cup match.[6]

Moniwa was a member of the Japanese U-23 team at the 2004 Olympics and played full-time in all 3 matches.[7] He was a late entry in Japan's 2006 World Cup squad, being called up after Makoto Tanaka was injured[8] when he was spending his vacation in Hawaii.[9] He replaced Keisuke Tsuboi in the 56th minute of Japan's first match against Australia after Tsuboi developed cramps in both thighs. He played 9 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 2006.[6]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of 1 January 2020[10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bellmare Hiratsuka 1999 J1 League 11 0 1 0 1 0 13 0
Shonan Bellmare 2000 J2 League 12 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
2001 29 0 2 0 2 0 33 0
Total 52 0 3 0 5 0 60 0
FC Tokyo 2002 J1 League 19 0 1 0 1 0 21 0
2003 27 0 1 0 7 0 35 0
2004 22 1 1 0 6 0 29 1
2005 32 0 2 0 6 0 40 0
2006 24 0 0 0 4 0 28 0
2007 17 0 3 0 3 0 23 0
2008 22 0 2 0 7 0 31 0
2009 9 0 0 0 3 0 12 0
Total 172 1 10 0 37 0 219 1
Cerezo Osaka 2010 J1 League 34 0 3 0 6 0 43 0
2011 33 0 5 0 1 0 8 0 47 0
2012 33 0 3 0 8 0 44 0
2013 16 0 2 0 5 0 23 0
Total 116 0 13 0 20 0 8 0 157 0
Bangkok Glass 2014 Premier League 32 0 32 0
Cerezo Osaka 2015 J2 League 14 2 0 0 2[a] 0 16 2
2016 20 0 2 0 0[a] 0 22 0
2017 J1 League 1 0 4 0 9 0 14 0
2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 35 2 6 0 9 0 2 0 52 2
Cerezo Osaka U-23 2016 J3 League 2 0 2 0
2017 4 0 4 0
Total 6 0 6 0
FC Maruyasu Okazaki 2019 JFL 15 0 15 0
Career total 428 3 32 0 71 0 8 0 2 0 541 3
  1. ^ a b Appearances in J2 Play-offs

International edit

Appearances and goals by national team and year[12]
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2003 2 0
2004 1 0
2005 4 1
2006 2 0
Total 9 1
Score and result list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Moniwa goal.
International goal scored by Teruyuki Moniwa
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 3 August 2005 Daejeon, Korea Republic   China 2–2 East Asian Football Championship 2005

References edit

  1. ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e Teruyuki Moniwa at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)  
  3. ^ J.League
  4. ^ J.League
  5. ^ 茂庭 照幸選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ, fc-maruyasu.jp, 28 January 2019
  6. ^ a b c Japan National Football Team Database
  7. ^ Teruyuki MoniwaFIFA competition record (archived)  
  8. ^ FIFA.com
  9. ^ "Mineiro steps in as Edmilson quits". CNN. 31 May 2006. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  10. ^ 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. 27 out of 289)
  11. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 144 out of 289)
  12. ^ Teruyuki Moniwa at National-Football-Teams.com

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