Toru Araiba

Football player infobox
playername = Toru Araiba


fullname = Toru Araiba
height = height|meters=1.82
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|7|12
cityofbirth = Hirakata, Osaka
countryofbirth = Japan
currentclub = Kashima Antlers
clubnumber = 3
position = Defender
youthyears = 1995-1997
youthclubs = Gamba Osaka youth
years = 1997-2003
2004-
clubs = Gamba Osaka
Kashima Antlers
caps(goals) = 140 0(13)
123 00(7)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = May 10, 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =

nihongo|Toru Araiba|新井場 徹|Iwamasa Daiki|born 12 July, 1979 in Hirakata, Osaka is a Japanese football defender who currently plays for Kashima Antlers. [cite web | url = http://www.so-net.ne.jp/antlers/english/profile.html | title = Kashima Antlers Official Web site | accessdate = 2008-04-13 | publisher = Kashima Antlers] He is naturally right footed but can use both feet. He mainly play as a left full back.

Playing career

He was a product of the youth system of Gamba Osaka. He was a member of the Japan team for the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship finals. He made 2 first team appearances for Gamba in 1997 while he still belonged to their youth team. He signed a professional contract in 1998 and started to play regularly for the club's first team. He received a call-up for the national team by Philippe Troussier in 2001 but has not played a game for Japan.

He moved to Kashima in 2004.

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