Mana Iwabuchi

Mana Iwabuchi
	Iwabuchi at the 2015 World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Mana Iwabuchi
Date of birth	March 18, 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Aston Villa WFC
Youth career
2005–2007	Nippon TV Beleza
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2012	Nippon TV Beleza
2012–2014	Hoffenheim
2014–2017	Bayern Munich
2017–2020	INAC Kobe Leonessa
2021–	Aston Villa WFC
National team‡
2008	Japan U-17
2010	Japan U-20
2010–	Japan
Honours
Nippon TV Beleza
INAC Kobe Leonessa
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
FIFA Women's World Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 31, 2020

Mana Iwabuchi (岩渕真奈, Iwabuchi Mana, born March 18, 1993) is a Japanese football player. She plays for the Japan national team.

Biography

Iwabuchi began her international career in 2008 when she was selected for the Japan U-17 national team at the age of 15, and participated in the 2008 U-17 World Cup in New Zealand. The team was defeated in the quarterfinals but she was named the tournament's MVP (adidas Golden Ball).^[1] A French team coach hailed her as a "future star of women's football."^[2] 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 EAFF Championship, held in early 2010, and debuted in the game against China. She scored her first goal against the Chinese Taipei in the same competition. In 2011, she played at the 2011 World Cup and Japan won the competition. She played as a substitute in the final against United States.^[3] She also played 2012 Summer Olympics and 2015 World Cup. Japan got second place at both tournaments.^[4] In 2018, at 2018 Asian Cup, she played in all matches and scored 2 goals. Japan won the championship and she was selected for the MVP award.^[5]

Statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nippon TV Beleza	2007	1	0	-		5	3	6	3
	2008	7	3	4	2	-		11	5
	2009	17	5	3	3	-		20	8
	2010	18	8	1	0	5	2	24	10
	2011	13	9	3	1	-		16	10
Career Total		56	25	17	10	10	5	83	40

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Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2010	3	2
2011	8	0
2012	4	0
2013	5	0
2014	5	1
2015	5	1
2016	7	4
2017	6	3
2018	18	9
2019	8	7
2020	3	2
Total	72	29

References

↑ Perfect tens strike gold Archived 2013-07-21 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
↑ Japan's Mana from heaven Archived 2013-06-13 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
↑ "USA v Japan - as it happened". Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
↑ "FIFA". Archived from the original on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
↑ AFC
↑ List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

Other websites

Mana Iwabuchi at Soccerway.com
Mana Iwabuchi at WorldFootball.net
Mana Iwabuchi at Soccerbase.com
Mana Iwabuchi at kicker (in German)
Mana Iwabuchi at FBref.com
Japan Football Association

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[1] Perfect tens strike gold Archived 2013-07-21 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com

[2] Japan's Mana from heaven Archived 2013-06-13 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com

[3] "USA v Japan - as it happened". Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

[4] "FIFA". Archived from the original on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2021-02-22.

[5] AFC

[6] List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

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