Richard Iwai

Richard Iwai

Personal information
Date of birth	(1979-03-15) 15 March 1979
Place of birth	Vanuatu
Playing position	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

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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. In 2000 he trialed with the Wollongong Wolves, but was released after one week.

International career

Iwai has played at international level for Vanuatu. He is also country's all-time top scorer, with having 20 goals.

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	18–0	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

External links

• Richard Iwai at National-Football-Teams.com

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