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Teruyuki Moniwa

b. 1981

Japanese association football player

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About Teruyuki Moniwa

Born 1981. Teruyuki Moniwa is a Japanese association football player.

is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a centre back. the club finished at the bottom place and was relegated to J2 League. He became a regular player from summer 2001.

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.

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.

International career Moniwa made his international debut for Japan in a friendly against Tunisia on 8 October 2003. He scored his first international goal on 3 August 2005 against China PR in an East Asian Cup match. He was a late entry in Japan's 2006 World Cup squad, being called up after Makoto Tanaka was injured when he was spending his vacation in Hawaii. 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.

International

Score and result list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Moniwa goal.

+ International goal scored by Teruyuki MoniwaNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 3 August 2005 Daejeon, Korea Republic 2–2 East Asian Football Championship 2005

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Who is Teruyuki Moniwa?

Japanese association football player

When was Teruyuki Moniwa born?

Teruyuki Moniwa was born on 8 September 1981 in Atsugi.

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Teruyuki Moniwa is an association football player.

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Teruyuki Moniwa is Japanese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Teruyuki Moniwa

· Wikidata: Q733555

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