Daiki Niwa

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

## Biography

Niwa was born in Kawachinagano on January 16, 1986. He joined J1 League club Gamba Osaka from their youth team in 2004. However he could not play at all in the match. In 2007, he moved to J2 League club Tokushima Vortis on loan. He played 45 matches as defensive midfielder. In 2008, he moved to J1 club Omiya Ardija on loan. However, there were few opportunities to play. In August, he moved to J2 club Avispa Fukuoka on loan. He played as center back and Avispa was promoted to J1 end of the 2010 season. In 2012, he returned to Gamba. However Gamba was relegated to J2 end of the 2012 season. In 2013, he became a regular player as center back and Gamba won the champions and was returned to J1 in a year. In 2014, Gamba won all three major title in Japan; J1 League, J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup. In July 2017, he moved to Sanfrecce Hiroshima. In July 2018, he moved to FC Tokyo.

In July 2015, Niwa was selected the Japan national team for 2015 East Asian Cup. At this tournament, he debuted against China on August 9. He played 2 games for Japan in 2015.

## Statistics

|-
|2004||rowspan="3"|Gamba Osaka||rowspan="3"|J1 League||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|2005||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|2006||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|2007||Tokushima Vortis||J2 League||45||1||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||47||1
|-
|2008||Omiya Ardija||J1 League||0||0||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0
|-
|2008||rowspan="4"|Avispa Fukuoka||rowspan="3"|J2 League||9||1||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||10||1
|-
|2009||35||1||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||37||1
|-
|2010||35||1||4||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||39||1
|-
|2011||J1 League||30||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||31||0
|-
|2012||rowspan="6"|Gamba Osaka||J1 League||14||0||3||0||1||1||3||0||21||1
|-
|2013||J2 League||25||2||2||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||27||3
|-
|2014||rowspan="4"|J1 League||25||2||5||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||35||2
|-
|2015||34||0||4||0||1||0||11||0||50||0
|-
|2016||28||0||2||0||5||1||3||0||38||1
|-
|2017||5||0||1||0||0||0||1||0||7||0
|-
|2017||rowspan="2"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima||rowspan="2"|J1 League||13||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||14||0
|-
|2018||1||0||0||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||6||0
|-
|2018||rowspan="3"|FC Tokyo||rowspan="3"|J1 League||6||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||7||0
|-
|2019||0||0||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0
|-
|2020||3||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0||1||0||4||0
|-
|2018||rowspan="2"|FC Tokyo U-23||rowspan="2"|J1 League||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||1||0
|-
|2019||17||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||17||0
326||8||29||2||23||2||19||0||397||12
326||8||29||2||23||2||19||0||397||12
|}

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|2015||2||0
|-
!Total||2||0
|}

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Daiki Niwa
- **image**: Daiki Niwa 2014.png
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Niwa playing for Gamba Osaka in 2014
- **fullname**: Daiki Niwa
- **birth place**: Kawachinagano, Osaka Prefecture, Osaka, Japan
- **position**: Defender (football), Defender
- **youthyears1**: 2001–2003
- **youthclubs1**: Gamba Osaka
- **years1**: 2004–2017
- **clubs1**: Gamba Osaka
- **caps1**: 131
- **goals1**: 4
- **years2**: 2007
- **clubs2**: →Tokushima Vortis (loan)
- **caps2**: 45
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 2008
- **clubs3**: →Omiya Ardija (loan)
- **caps3**: 0
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2008–2011
- **clubs4**: →Avispa Fukuoka (loan)
- **caps4**: 109
- **goals4**: 3
- **years5**: 2017–2018
- **clubs5**: Sanfrecce Hiroshima
- **caps5**: 14
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2018–2020
- **clubs6**: FC Tokyo
- **caps6**: 9
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2018–2019
- **clubs7**: →FC Tokyo U-23 (loan)
- **caps7**: 18
- **goals7**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2015
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **club-update**: end of the 2020 season