What is Daiki Niwa?
{{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_date={{Birth date and age|1986|1|16}} |birth_place=[[Kawachinagano]], [[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]], [[Japan]] |death_date= |death_place= |height={{Height|m=1.81}} |position=[[Defender (football)|Defender]] |currentclub= |clubnumber= |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 |totalcaps=|totalgoals= |nationalyears1=2015|nationalteam1=[[Japan national football team|Japan]]|nationalcaps1=2|nationalgoals1=0 |manageryears1=|managerclubs1= |medaltemplates= {{Medal|Team|[[Gamba Osaka]]}} {{Medal|W|[[J1 League]]|2005}} {{Medal|W|[[J1 League]]|2014}} {{Medal|RU|[[J1 League]]|2015}} {{Medal|W|[[J.League Cup]]|2014}} {{Medal|RU|[[J.League Cup]]|2005}} {{Medal|RU|[[J.League Cup]]|2015}} {{Medal|RU|[[J.League Cup]]|2016}} {{Medal|W|[[Emperor's Cup]]|2014}} {{Medal|W|[[Emperor's Cup]]|2015}} {{Medal|RU|[[Emperor's Cup]]|2006}} {{Medal|RU|[[Emperor's Cup]]|2012}} {{Medal|Team|[[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]}} {{Medal|RU|[[J1 League]]|2018}} |club-update=end of the 2020 season |nationalteam-update= }} {{Nihongo|'''Daiki Niwa'''|丹羽 大輝|Niwa Daiki|born January 16, 1986}} is a [[Japan]]ese [[Association football|football]] player. He played for the [[Japan national football team|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]] cl