Go Oiwa

is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.

## Biography

Oiwa was born in Shizuoka on June 23, 1972. After graduating from University of Tsukuba, he joined J1 League club Nagoya Grampus Eight in 1995. From first season, he played as center-back with Alexandre Torres for long years. The club won the champions 1995 and 1999 Emperor's Cup. In Asia, the club won the 2nd place 1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. He moved to Júbilo Iwata in September 2000. The club won the champions in 2002 J1 League and the 2nd place 2000–01 Asian Club Championship. In 2003, he moved to rival club Kashima Antlers, biggest rival competed for the champions with Júbilo. He played as center-back with Yutaka Akita or Daiki Iwamasa. Although his opportunity to play decreased from 2007, the club won the champions for 3 years in a row (2007-2009). The club also won the champions 2007 and 2010 Emperor's Cup. He retired end of 2010 season.

On February 5, 2000, Oiwa debuted the for Japan national team against Mexico. He played 3 games for Japan in 2000.

After the retirement, Oiwa started coaching career at Kashima Antlers in 2011. He served as an assistant coach. In May 2017, he became a manager as Masatada Ishii successor. In 2018, the club won the champions AFC Champions League. He was also selected "AFC Coach of the Year".

## Statistics

|-
|1995||rowspan="6"|Nagoya Grampus Eight||rowspan="6"|J1 League||38||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||42||0
|-
|1996||27||1||1||0||12||0||colspan="2"|-||40||1
|-
|1997||32||1||0||0||7||0||colspan="2"|-||39||1
|-
|1998||32||2||1||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||37||2
|-
|1999||26||2||5||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||35||2
|-
|2000||17||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||17||0
|-
|2000||rowspan="3"|Júbilo Iwata||rowspan="3"|J1 League||1||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0
|-
|2001||28||2||1||1||7||0||colspan="2"|-||36||3
|-
|2002||20||0||0||0||6||0||colspan="2"|-||26||0
|-
|2003||rowspan="8"|Kashima Antlers||rowspan="8"|J1 League||29||1||4||0||5||0||3||0||41||1
|-
|2004||29||0||3||0||6||1||colspan="2"|-||38||1
|-
|2005||30||0||3||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||38||0
|-
|2006||27||1||1||0||7||0||colspan="2"|-||35||1
|-
|2007||20||0||5||0||6||1||colspan="2"|-||31||1
|-
|2008||18||0||0||0||0||0||8||0||26||0
|-
|2009||6||0||2||0||0||0||2||1||10||1
|-
|2010||6||0||5||0||1||0||0||0||12||0
386||10||35||1||71||2||13||1||505||14
386||10||35||1||71||2||13||1||505||14
|}

|-
|2000||3||0
|-
!Total||3||0
|}

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Go Oiwa
- **image**: Go Oiwa in press conference before ACL Final 2018.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Oiwa managing Kashima Antlers in 2018
- **fullname**: Go Oiwa
- **birth place**: Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Shizuoka, Japan
- **position**: Defender (football), Defender
- **youthyears1**: 1988–1990
- **youthclubs1**: Shimizu Commercial High School
- **youthyears2**: 1991–1994
- **youthclubs2**: University of Tsukuba
- **years1**: 1995–2000
- **clubs1**: Nagoya Grampus, Nagoya Grampus Eight
- **caps1**: 172
- **goals1**: 6
- **years2**: 2000–2002
- **clubs2**: Júbilo Iwata
- **caps2**: 49
- **goals2**: 2
- **years3**: 2003–2010
- **clubs3**: Kashima Antlers
- **caps3**: 165
- **goals3**: 2
- **totalcaps**: 386
- **totalgoals**: 10
- **nationalyears1**: 2000
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 2017–2019
- **managerclubs1**: Kashima Antlers