Richard Iwai - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Vanuatu player scored 20 international goals in 34 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 15- 3-1979
Country: Vanuatu 
Caps:	34	(W14-D5-L15 - GF90-GA52 - %48.53)
Goals:	20	(% 0.59 per match)
Age First Cap: 21 yr  46 d  11- 4-2000 vs. Fiji1-4
Age Last Cap:  31 yr 315 d  24- 1-2011 vs. New Caledonia 0-0
National Team Career: 10 yr 288 d

 
Cap  Goals    Date	Venue	  	Opponent       Score	Competition

 1   1	 1  11- 4-00	Suva    	Fiji    	1-4	Melanesia Cup
 2   2	 3  13- 4-00	Suva    	New Caledonia	6-0	Melanesia Cup
 3   1	 4  21- 6-00	Papeete 	New Zealand	1-3	Oceania Nations Cup
 4   1	 5  23- 6-00	Papeete 	Tahiti  	3-2	Oceania Nations Cup
 5	 5  25- 6-00	Papeete 	Australia	0-1	Oceania Nations Cup
 6	 5  28- 6-00	Papeete 	Solomon Islands	1-2	Oceania Nations Cup
 7	 5   4- 6-01	Auckland	Tahiti  	1-6	World Cup Qualifier
 8   4	 9   6- 6-01	Auckland	Cook Islands	8-1	World Cup Qualifier
 9   2	11   8- 6-01	Auckland	Solomon Islands	2-7	World Cup Qualifier
10	11   6- 7-02	Penrose 	Australia	0-2	Oceania Nations Cup
11	11   8- 7-02	Penrose 	Fiji    	1-0	Oceania Nations Cup
12   1	12  10- 7-02	Penrose 	New Caledonia	1-0	Oceania Nations Cup
13	12  12- 7-02	Penrose 	New Zealand	0-3	Oceania Nations Cup
14	12  14- 7-02	Penrose 	Tahiti  	0-1	Oceania Nations Cup
15	12  30- 6-03	Suva    	Fiji    	0-0	South Pacific Games
16	12   1- 7-03	Suva    	Solomon Islands	2-2	South Pacific Games
17	12   3- 7-03	Suva    	Tuvalu   	1-0 [*]	South Pacific Games
18   5	17   7- 7-03	Lautoka 	Kiribati       18-0 [*]	South Pacific Games
19	17   9- 7-03	Lautoka 	New Caledonia 	1-1 [1]	South Pacific Games
20	17  11- 7-03	Suva    	Tahiti  	1-0	South Pacific Games
21	17  10- 5-04	Apia    	Papua N. Guinea	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
22	17  12- 5-04	Apia    	American Samoa  9-1	World Cup Qualifier
23	17  19- 5-04	Apia    	Fiji    	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
24	17  29- 5-04	Adelaide	Solomon Islands	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
25	17  31- 5-04	Adelaide	Fiji    	0-1	Oceania Nations Cup
26	17   4- 6-04	Adelaide	Australia	0-3	Oceania Nations Cup
27   1	18   6- 6-04	Adelaide	Tahiti  	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
28	18  17- 7-07	Nouméa  	New Caledonia	3-5	
29	18  19- 7-07	Nouméa  	New Caledonia	2-0	
30   1	19  25- 8-07	Apia    	Samoa   	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
31   1	20  29- 8-07	Apia    	American Samoa 15-0	World Cup Qualifier
32	20   1- 9-07	Apia    	Solomon Islands	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
33	20   3- 9-07	Apia    	Tonga   	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
34	20  24- 1-11	Port Vila	New Caledonia	0-0

[*] match not full A for FIFA, as opponents were not FIFA members, but it is for Vanuatu FA.
[1] Vanuatu lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.

Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    34    14    5   15   90-  52      33      48.53

Types of           Matches    Goals

World Cup Qualifier	12	 9
Oceania Nations Cup	11	 3
South Pacific Cup	 6	 5
Friendlies  		 3	 0
Melanesia Cup  		 2	 3

Total 			34	20


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