Tatsuya Tanaka

Tatsuya Tanaka
田中 達也
Tanaka in 2011
Personal information
Full name Tatsuya Tanaka
Date of birth (1982-11-27) 27 November 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth Shunan, Yamaguchi, Japan
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1998–2000 Teikyo High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2012 Urawa Red Diamonds 233 (56)
2013–2021 Albirex Niigata 156 (13)
Total 364 (68)
International career
2004 Japan U-23 3 (0)
2005–2009 Japan 16 (3)
Medal record
Urawa Reds
WinnerAFC Champions League2007
WinnerJ1 League2006
Runner-upJ1 League2004
Runner-upJ1 League2005
Runner-upJ1 League2007
WinnerJ.League Cup2003
Runner-upJ.League Cup2002
Runner-upJ.League Cup2004
Runner-upJ.League Cup2011
WinnerEmperor's Cup2005
WinnerEmperor's Cup2006
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2002 BusanTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 1st, 2022

Tatsuya Tanaka (田中 達也, Tanaka Tatsuya; born November 27, 1982) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Tanaka was born in Shunan on November 27, 1982. After graduating from Teikyo High School, he joined J1 League club Urawa Reds in 2001. He played many matches as forward from first season. The club won the champions in the 2003 J.League Cup and he was selected "MVP award" and "New Hero award". However he suffered for repeated injuries from late 2005 while the club won many title, 2005 Emperor's Cup, 2006 J1 League, 2006 Emperor's Cup and 2007 AFC Champions League. In 2012, he could not play many matches and left the club end of 2012 season. In 2013, he moved to Albirex Niigata. The club was relegated to J2 League end of the 2017 season.

In 2004, Tanaka was selected the Japan U-23 national team for 2004 Summer Olympics and played all 3 matches. In 2005, he was selected the Japan national team for 2005 East Asian Football Championship. At this tournament, he debuted against North Korea on July 31. He played several matches every season including 2010 World Cup qualification. He played 16 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 2009.

Club statistics

Updated to January 1st, 2022.

Club Season League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Continental1 Other2 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Urawa Red Diamonds 2001 1930040––233
2002 2351030––275
2003 261110104––3715
2004 23104464–203518
2005 2580083––3311
2006 1841200––196
2007 189001083–2712
2008 152104120–223
2009 1501000––160
2010 2222020––262
2011 2220010––232
2012 702120––111
Albirex Niigata 2013 3221030––362
2014 2422241––305
2015 1312250––203
2016 2033030––263
2017 1120022––134
2018 3120062––374
2019 17110–––181
2020 70––––70
2021 1000–––10
Career total 389692211641710320487100

1Includes AFC Champions League and A3 Champions Cup.

2Includes J.League Championship and Japanese Super Cup.

National team statistics

As of 14 November 2013

Awards and honours

Club

Urawa Red Diamonds

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2021 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑: NSKムック (日本語) (NSK MOOK)”, 18 February 2021, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411772 (p. 203 out of 298)
  2. ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 160 out of 289)
  3. ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 122 out of 289)
  4. ↑ "Stats Centre: Tatsuya Tanaka Facts". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  5. ↑ Tatsuya Tanaka at National-Football-Teams.com

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