Tatsuya Tanaka

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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 41)
Place of birth Shunan, Yamaguchi, Japan
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5+12 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)
National team
2004 Japan U-23 3 (0)
2005–2009 Japan 16 (3)
Honours
Urawa Reds
Winner AFC Champions League 2007
Winner J1 League 2006
Runner-up J1 League 2004
Runner-up J1 League 2005
Runner-up J1 League 2007
Winner J.League Cup 2003
Runner-up J.League Cup 2002
Runner-up J.League Cup 2004
Runner-up J.League Cup 2011
Winner Emperor's Cup 2005
Winner Emperor's Cup 2006
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

Updated to January 1st, 2022.[1][2][3][4]

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 19 3 0 0 4 0 23 3
2002 23 5 1 0 3 0 27 5
2003 26 11 1 0 10 4 37 15
2004 23 10 4 4 6 4 2 0 35 18
2005 25 8 0 0 8 3 33 11
2006 18 4 1 2 0 0 19 6
2007 18 9 0 0 1 0 8 3 27 12
2008 15 2 1 0 4 1 2 0 22 3
2009 15 0 1 0 0 0 16 0
2010 22 2 2 0 2 0 26 2
2011 22 2 0 0 1 0 23 2
2012 7 0 2 1 2 0 11 1
Albirex Niigata 2013 32 2 1 0 3 0 36 2
2014 24 2 2 2 4 1 30 5
2015 13 1 2 2 5 0 20 3
2016 20 3 3 0 3 0 26 3
2017 11 2 0 0 2 2 13 4
2018 31 2 0 0 6 2 37 4
2019 17 1 1 0 18 1
2020 7 0 7 0
2021 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 389 69 22 11 64 17 10 3 2 0 487 100

1Includes AFC Champions League and A3 Champions Cup.

2Includes J.League Championship and Japanese Super Cup.

National team statistics[change | change source]

As of 14 November 2013[5]

Awards and honours[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

Urawa Red Diamonds

Individual[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  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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