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Tatsuya Tanaka
田中達也
	Tanaka in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Tatsuya Tanaka
Date of birth	27 November 1982 (age 42)
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
2001–2012	Urawa Red Diamonds
2013–2021	Albirex Niigata
Total
International career
2004	Japan U-23
2005–2009	Japan
Medal record
Urawa Reds
Representing Japan
Asian Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 1st, 2022

Tatsuya Tanaka (田中達也, Tanaka Tatsuya, born 27 November 1982) is a retired Japanese football player who last played for Albirex Niigata.^[1] He played for Japan national team.

Club career

When he was at Shūyō Junior High School, he represented Yamaguchi Prefecture with future international teammate Seiichiro Maki. He went on to football powerhouse Teikyo High School. While at Teikyo, Tanaka was chosen as one of the Designated Players for Development by J.League and JFA. Because of this status, he was able to register as a FC Tokyo player while he was still eligible to play for his high school club.

After graduating Teikyo, he joined Urawa Reds. His first league appearance came on 29 April 2001 against Kashima Antlers.^[2] His first professional goal came on 21 May 2001 against Tokyo Verdy.^[2] He played many matches as forward from 2001 season. In 2003, Reds won the champions in J.League Cup. 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 let the club end of 2012 season.

In 2013, Tanaka signed with Albirex Niigata.^[3] He played 32 matches in 2013 season, the most in his career. Although he played many matches every season, Albirex was relegated to J2 League end of 2017 season.

After nine years in Niigata, Tanaka officially retired on December 5, 2021, when he left the pitch after 40 minutes into the home match against Machida Zelvia.^[4] Tanaka immediately joined Niigata's coaching staff for the youth sector.^[5]

National team career

Tanaka represented Japan at several underage levels. He was part of the Japanese 2004 Olympic football team eliminated in the first round after finishing fourth in group B, below group winners Paraguay, Italy, and Ghana.^[6]

He made his international debut on 31 July 2005 in an East Asian Championship against North Korea when he replaced Keiji Tamada in the 67th minute. He scored his first international goal on 3 August 2005 against China in the same tournament.^[7]^[8] His most recent goal came against Qatar on 19 November 2008. He played 16 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 2009.^[9]

Club statistics

Updated to January 1st, 2022.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]

Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Continental¹		Other²		Total
Club	Season	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

As of 14 November 2013^[14]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2005	2	1
2006	4	0
2007	2	0
2008	4	1
2009	4	1
Total	16	3

International goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	3 August 2005	Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon, South Korea	China	2–2	2–2	2005 East Asian Football Championship
2.	19 November 2008	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	1–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
3.	20 January 2009	KKWing Stadium, Kumamoto, Japan	Yemen	2–1	2–1	2011 AFC Asian Cup Qualification