Osamu Taninaka

is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography
Taninaka was born in Fuchu on September 24, 1964. After graduating from Teikyo High School, he joined Japan Soccer League club Fujita Industries in 1983. He played 138 matches and scored 19 goals for the club until 1991. He moved to Regional Leagues club PJM Futures (later Tosu Futures) in 1991. The club was promoted to Japan Football League from 1993. He retired in 1995.

On September 30, 1984, when Taninaka was 20 years old, he debuted for the Japan national team against South Korea. He played 3 games for Japan until 1986.

Statistics

|-
|1983||rowspan="9"|Fujita Industries||rowspan="7"|JSL Division 1||8||0
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|1984||17||8
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|1985/86||22||4
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|1986/87||14||3
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|1987/88||10||0
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|1988/89||12||2
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|1989/90||16||0
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|1990/91||rowspan="2"|JSL Division 2||21||1
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|1991/92||18||1
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|1991||rowspan="4"|PJM Futures||rowspan="2"|Regional Leagues||||
|-
|1992||||
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|1993||rowspan="2"|Football League||17||9
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|1994||15||7
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|1995||Tosu Futures||Football League||13||0
183+||35+
183+||35+
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1984||1||0
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|1985||0||0
|-
|1986||2||0
|-
!Total||3||0
|}

References

Other websites

Category:1964 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Tokyo Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:Shonan Bellmare players
Category:Sagan Tosu players