Mana Iwabuchi

Mana Iwabuchi
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-03-18) 18 March 1993
Place of birth Tokyo, Japan
Height 155 cm (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Bayern Munich
Number 13
Youth career
2005–2007 NTV Menina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2007–2012 NTV Beleza 64 (30)
2013–2014 Hoffenheim 30 (10)
2014– Bayern Munich 12 (3)
National team‡
2007 Japan U-16 4 (1)
2008 Japan U-17 3 (2)
2009 Japan U-19 4 (4)
2010 Japan U-20 3 (2)
2010– Japan 29 (4)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:50, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Mana Iwabuchi (岩渕 真奈 Iwabuchi Mana, also いわぶち まな; born 18 March 1993) is a Japanese female footballer. She currently plays for Bayern Munich and the Japan women's national football team.

Career

Iwabuchi started playing soccer at Sekimae S.C. in her second year of elementary school. She was encouraged by her brother Ryota, who played soccer on the FC Tokyo junior youth team and currently plays for the Meiji University soccer club. She joined NTV Menina in 2005, and has been a member of NTV Beleza since 2007.[2]

Iwabuchi began her international career in 2008 when she was selected onto Japan's Under-17 national football team at the age of 15, and participated in the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand. The team was defeated in the quarterfinals but she was awarded the tournament's MVP (adidas Golden Ball).[3] A French team coach hailed her as a "future star of women's football."[4] Iwabuchi was also awarded the Asian Young Footballer of the Year by the Asian Football Confederation in 2008. She joined the Japan national team for the East Asian Football Championship, held in early 2010, and debuted in the game against PRC national team. She scored her first goal against the Chinese Taipei national team in the same competition.

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 June 2014
Club Season League Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
NTV Menina 2006 -30-30
2007 -34-34
Total -64-64
NTV Beleza 2007 10-5363
2008 7342-115
2009 17533-208
2010 18810522410
2011 13931-1610
2012 850085
Total 64301161058541
Hoffenheim 2012–13 9400-94
2013–14 21610-226
Total 301010-3010
FC Bayern Munich 2014–15 13310-143
Total 13310-143
Career Total 10743191010513658

International

As of 5 July 2015

National teamYearApps Goals
Japan U-16200741
Total41
Japan U-17200832
Total32
Japan U-19200944
Total44
Japan U-20201032
Total32
Japan
201032
201180
201240
201350
201421
201571
Total294
International goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. February 11, 2010 Japan National Stadium, Tokyo  Chinese Taipei
1–0
3–0
2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship
2. February 11, 2010 Japan National Stadium, Tokyo  Chinese Taipei
2–0
3–0
2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship
3. March 7, 2014 Portugal Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal  Denmark
1–0
1–0
2014 Algarve Cup
4. June 27, 2015 Canada Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton  Australia
1–0
1–0
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Honors and awards

Teams

Japan women's national football team
Champion: 2011
Runner-Up: 2015
Runner-Up: 2012
Champion: 2010
Champion: 2009
NTV Beleza
Champions: 2007, 2008, 2010
Champions: 2008, 2009
Champions: 2007, 2010, 2012
FC Bayern Munich
Champions: 2015

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. ↑ The L. League has a system where youth team players can join the top team without removing registration on the youth team). Iwabuchi is still the member of NTV Menina (as of March 2010), though she no longer plays for it.
  3. ↑ Perfect tens strike gold, FIFA.com
  4. ↑ Japan's Mana from heaven, FIFA.com

External links

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