Former Celtic man Tomoki Iwata has scored another stunner for Birmingham City this afternoon.
It comes after the Japanese midfielder opened his account for the club on Monday evening in a 3-1 win over Wrexham.
Iwata found the back of the net from range with a thorough strike and once again did so today.
His side are away to Rotherham United this afternoon, and the 27-year-old opened the scoring 14 minutes in with a fine finish which found the bottom corner:
TOMOKI IWATA!!!
ROTHERHAM 0 – BLUES 1 #BCFC #KRO#ROTBIR pic.twitter.com/E0FuIfnsoY
— CMF (@Ohffs1984) September 21, 2024
In English League One, Iwata is strolling it already, as many Celtic fans expected he would.
Many eyebrows were raised when the treble-winner departed the Hoops on transfer deadline day, but he wanted regular minutes.
Iwata wasn’t guaranteed games at Celtic this campaign, but in his year and a half with the Scottish Premiership champions, he was always a dependable squad player.
The former Yokohama F. Marinos man offered a more defensive option in the middle of the park, which few other midfielders could.
He got his move down south and is pleasingly flourishing. Birmingham will be aiming to go straight back up to the English Championship this term, and it looks as though Iwata’s form could be key to them doing so.
Many anticipated he would stroll it at St. Andrew’s, and so far, that has been exactly the case.
