is a

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player who plays for

Matsumoto Yamaga FC or Simply Matsumoto Yamaga FC (松本山雅, ''Matsumoto Yamaga Efu Shī'') is the Japanese football (soccer) club based in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture. The club currently play in the J3 League after relegation from J2 League at the end of the ...

. He formerly played for the Japanese national team.

Club career

Tanaka was born in

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on 31 July 1982. He played for

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youth team. However Flügels was merged with cross-town

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(later ''Yokohama F. Marinos'') and Flügels was dissolved end of 1998 season. So, he moved to Yokohama F. Marinos youth team. Tanaka was promoted to

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top team in 2000. He debuted in

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. He played many matches as defensive midfielder in 2001 season and Marinos won the champions in 2001 J.League Cup. However he could hardly play in the match in 2002. In June 2002, Tanaka moved to

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on loan. He was converted to right side back and became a regular player. However his opportunity to play decreased behind Masayuki Yanagisawa in 2003. In 2004, Tanaka returned to

. He became a regular player as right side midfielder from summer and Marinos won the champions

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. From 2005, he played more than 30 games every season until 2008. In 2009, Tanaka moved to

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. He became a regular player as right side-back soon under manager

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. In 2010, Grampus won the champions in

first time in the club history. In 2011, Grampus also won the 2nd place in

. In 2014, Tanaka moved to his local club

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. He was given number "3" shirt, which Tanaka's teammate at Marinos,

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wore. Tanaka played as regular player and won the 2nd place and was promoted to J1 first time in the club history. In 2015 season, although he played all 34 matches, the club finished at the 16th place of 18 clubs and was relegated to J2 in a year. In 2018, the club won the champions in J2 and was promoted to J1 again.

National team career

On August 9, 2006, Tanaka debuted for Japan national team against

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Club statistics

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National team statistics

Honors and awards

Club

; Yokohama F. Marinos *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

; Nagoya Grampus *

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References

External links

*
Japan National Football Team Database
*
Profile at Matsumoto Yamaga FC
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tanaka, Hayuma 1982 births Living people Association football people from Nagano Prefecture Japanese footballers Japan international footballers J1 League players J2 League players J3 League players Yokohama F. Marinos players Tokyo Verdy players Nagoya Grampus players Matsumoto Yamaga FC players Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Association football defenders Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games