Toru Araiba

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Toru Araiba
Personal information
Full name Toru Araiba
Date of birth July 12, 1979 (1979-07-12) (age 28)
Place of birth    Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Kashima Antlers
Number 3
Youth clubs
1995-1997 Gamba Osaka youth
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997-2003
2004-
Gamba Osaka
Kashima Antlers
140 0(13)
123 00(7)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of May 10, 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Toru Araiba (新井場 徹 Iwamasa Daiki?, born 12 July 1979 in Hirakata, Osaka) is a Japanese football defender who currently plays for Kashima Antlers.[1] He is naturally right footed but can use both feet. He mainly play as a left full back.

[edit] Playing career

He was a product of the youth system of Gamba Osaka. He was a member of the Japan team for the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship finals. He made 2 first team appearances for Gamba in 1997 while he still belonged to their youth team. He signed a professional contract in 1998 and started to play regularly for the club's first team. He received a call-up for the national team by Philippe Troussier in 2001 but has not played a game for Japan.

He moved to Kashima in 2004.

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