Daiki Iwamasa
Daiki Iwamasa was born in Su-shima, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan on January 30th, 1982 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 42, Daiki Iwamasa biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Daiki Iwamasa (born January 30, 1982) is a former Japanese football player.
He played for Japan national team.
Club career
Iwamasa was born in Suo-Oshima, Yamachi, on January 30, 1982. He attended and competed for Iwakuni High School and Tokyo Gakugei University before moving to Tokyo. He began his playing days with Kashima Antlers, where he later became one of the club's longest-serving players. From the late first season, he became a regular center back. For the first time in J1 League history, the club defeated the champions in J1 League for three years in a row (2007–2009). He was also named Best XI for three years in a row. The club has also won the J.League Cup in 2007, 2010, 2011, and 2012. He was denied a chance to play in 2013 and left the club at the end of the 2013 season.
He moved to BEC Tero Sasana, Thailand, in 2014, winning the 2014 Thai League Cup, in which he scored a goal in the final match. In 2015, he returned to Japan, playing for Fagiano Okayama. He moved to Tokyo United FC's Regional Leagues club in 2017. At the end of the 2018 season, he retired.
International career
Iwamasa was the captain of the Japan team that won the 2003 Summer Universiade in Dae, South Korea, where he scored a goal in the tournament's final. Takeshi Okada, the newly appointed coach of Japan's national team, was given his first call-up. He made his international debut in a friendly match against Scotland on October 10, 2009. He was also one of the top 23 Japanese national football players competing in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but he did not play a single minute during the tournament. He was selected Japan by new manager Alberto Zaccheroni in January 2011 after the 2010 World Cup in January 2011. He competed in four matches at the 2011 Asian Cup, and Japan defeated the champions. He appeared in eight games for Japan before 2011.
Managerial career
Iwamasa's first managerial role was as player-coach for Tokyo United FC in 2017. In 2021, he became the head of Jobu University's football team after retiring as a player. Iwamasa, the assistant manager of Kashima Antlers, was responsible for a string of games in the 2022 season, although René Weiler, the current manager, waited for permission to enter the country due to COVID-19 quarantine restrictions. Following Weiler's departure, Iwamasa will be promoted to manager of Kashima Antlers in August 2022.