Teruyuki Moniwa

Teruyuki Moniwa (茂庭 照幸, Moniwa Teruyuki; born 8 September 1981) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a centre back.^[2]

Teruyuki Moniwa
茂庭 照幸

Moniwa with FC Tokyo in September 2007
Personal information
Full name	Teruyuki Moniwa[1]
Date of birth	(1981-09-08) 8 September 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
1994–1999	Bellmare Hiratsuka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2001	Shonan Bellmare	52	(0)
2002–2009	FC Tokyo	172	(1)
2010–2013	Cerezo Osaka	116	(0)
2014	Bangkok Glass	32	(0)
2015–2018	Cerezo Osaka	35	(2)
2016–2018	→Cerezo Osaka U-23 (loan)	6	(0)
2019–2022	Maruyasu Okazaki	27	(0)
2023	FC Kariya	3	(1)
International career
2004	Japan U-23	3	(0)
2003–2006	Japan	9	(1)
Medal record Representing  Japan Asian Games 2002 Busan Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 January 2020

Club career

Moniwa was born in Atsugi on 8 September 1981. He joined J1 League club Bellmare Hiratsuka (later Shonan Bellmare) from youth team in 1999. Although he played many matches as center back from first season,^[2] the club finished at the bottom place and was relegated to J2 League. He became a regular player from summer 2001.^[3]

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.^[2]

In 2010, Moniwa moved to Cerezo Osaka. He played many matches as regular center back until 2012.^[2] However he lost his opportunity to play for injury from July.^[4]

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.^[2]

On 28 January 2019, Moniwa joined FC Maruyasu Okazaki.^[5]

International career

Moniwa made his international debut for Japan in a friendly against Tunisia on 8 October 2003.^[6] He scored his first international goal on 3 August 2005 against China PR in an East Asian Cup match.^[6]

Moniwa was a member of the Japanese U-23 team at the 2004 Olympics and played full-time in all 3 matches.^[7] He was a late entry in Japan's 2006 World Cup squad, being called up after Makoto Tanaka was injured^[8] when he was spending his vacation in Hawaii.^[9] 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.^[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 January 2020^[10][11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bellmare Hiratsuka	1999	J1 League	11	0	1	0	1	0	–		–		13	0
Shonan Bellmare	2000	J2 League	12	0	0	0	2	0	–		–		14	0
	2001		29	0	2	0	2	0	–		–		33	0
	Total		52	0	3	0	5	0	–		–		60	0
FC Tokyo	2002	J1 League	19	0	1	0	1	0	–		–		21	0
	2003		27	0	1	0	7	0	–		–		35	0
	2004		22	1	1	0	6	0	–		–		29	1
	2005		32	0	2	0	6	0	–		–		40	0
	2006		24	0	0	0	4	0	–		–		28	0
	2007		17	0	3	0	3	0	–		–		23	0
	2008		22	0	2	0	7	0	–		–		31	0
	2009		9	0	0	0	3	0	–		–		12	0
	Total		172	1	10	0	37	0	–		–		219	1
Cerezo Osaka	2010	J1 League	34	0	3	0	6	0	–		–		43	0
	2011		33	0	5	0	1	0	8	0	–		47	0
	2012		33	0	3	0	8	0	–		–		44	0
	2013		16	0	2	0	5	0	–		–		23	0
	Total		116	0	13	0	20	0	8	0	–		157	0
Bangkok Glass	2014	Premier League	32	0	–		–		–		–		32	0
Cerezo Osaka	2015	J2 League	14	2	0	0	–		–		2[a]	0	16	2
	2016		20	0	2	0	–		–		0[a]	0	22	0
	2017	J1 League	1	0	4	0	9	0	–		–		14	0
	2018		0	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	Total		35	2	6	0	9	0	–		2	0	52	2
Cerezo Osaka U-23	2016	J3 League	2	0	–		–		–		–		2	0
	2017		4	0	–		–		–		–		4	0
	Total		6	0	–		–		–		–		6	0
FC Maruyasu Okazaki	2019	JFL	15	0	–		–		–		–		15	0
Career total			428	3	32	0	71	0	8	0	2	0	541	3

1. Appearances in J2 Play-offs

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[12]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	2003	2	0
	2004	1	0
	2005	4	1
	2006	2	0
Total		9	1

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

International goal scored by Teruyuki Moniwa

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	3 August 2005	Daejeon, Korea Republic	China		2–2	East Asian Football Championship 2005