Tatsuya Tanaka

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.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,  (p. 203 out of 298)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,  (p. 160 out of 289)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,  (p. 122 out of 289)
ClubSeasonLeagueEmperor's CupJ.League CupContinental1Other2TotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsUrawa Red Diamonds20011930040––23320022351030––2752003261110104––3715200423104464–20351820052580083––331120061841200––1962007189001083–27122008152104120–22320091501000––16020102222020––26220112220010––2322012702120––111Albirex Niigata20133221030––36220142422241––30520151312250––20320162033030––26320171120022––13420183120062––374201917110–––181202070––––7020211000–––10Career total389692211641710320487100
1Includes AFC Champions League and A3 Champions Cup.
2Includes J.League Championship and Japanese Super Cup.

National team statistics

 Japan national teamYearAppsGoals200521200640200720200841200941Total163

International goals #  Date  Venue  Opponent  Score  Result  Competition 1.  3 August 2005  Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon, South Korea        2005 East Asian Football Championship 2.  19 November 2008  Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar        2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification 3.  20 January 2009  KKWing Stadium, Kumamoto, Japan         2011 AFC Asian Cup Qualification

Awards and honours

Club
Urawa Red Diamonds
J1 League (1): 2006
Emperor's Cup (2): 2005, 2006
J.League Cup (1): 2003
AFC Champions League (1): 2007
Japanese Super Cup (1): 2006

Individual
J.League Cup MVP (1): 2003
J.League Cup New Hero Award (1): 2003

References

Other websites

Category:1982 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Yamaguchi Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:J2 League players
Category:Urawa Red Diamonds players
Category:Albirex Niigata players
Category:Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics