is a former Japanese
football
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player and manager. He played for the
Japan national team.
Club career
Tanaka was born in
Saitama on November 2, 1955. After graduating from
Meiji University
, abbreviated as Meiji (明治) or Meidai (明大'')'', is a private research university located in Chiyoda City, the heart of Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1881 as Meiji Law School (明治法律学校, ''Meiji Hōritsu Gakkō'') by three Meiji-er ...
, he joined
Nippon Kokan (later ''NKK'') in 1978. The club won the champions at
1980 JSL Cup
Statistics of JSL Cup in the 1980 season.
Overview
It was contested by 20 teams, and Nippon Kokan won the championship.
Results 1st Round
* Yomiuri 3-2 Yamaha Motors
*Furukawa Electric 3-2 Fujita Industries
*Honda 3-0 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals
...
and
1981 Emperor's Cup
Statistics of Emperor's Cup in the 1981 season.
Overview
It was contested by 28 teams, and Nippon Kokan won the championship.
Results 1st Round
*Teijin 1–3 Toyota Motors
*Mazda 1–2 Kyushu Sangyo University
* Dainichi Cable Industries 0–2 ...
. From 1985, the club won the 2nd place for 3 years in a row and won the champions
1987 JSL Cup
Statistics of JSL Cup in the 1987 season.
Overview
It was contested by 28 teams, and Nippon Kokan won the championship.
Results
1st round
*Fujitsu 2-0 Kawasaki Steel
*Mitsubishi Motors 1-1 (PK 4–3) Toyota Motors SC, Toyota Motors
*Toshiba SC ...
. He retired in 1988.
National team career
On July 15, 1982, Tanaka debuted for
Japan national team against
Romania
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. In November, he played at
1982 Asian Games
The 9th Asian Games ( hi, 1982 एशियाई खेल) were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of ...
. In 1983 and 1984, he played at
1984 Summer Olympics qualification. He played 20 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 1984.
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Coaching career
After retirement, Tanaka started coaching career at NKK in 1989. In 1993, he became a manager for Japan U-20 national team. At 1995 World Youth Championship, he led U-20 Japan to advanced to the quarter-finals. In 1995, he signed with Nagoya Grampus Eight
(formerly known as ) is a Japanese association football club that plays in the J1 League, following promotion from the J2 League in 2017. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp. in 1939, the c ...
and became a coach. In November 1997, he became a manager as Carlos Queiroz successor. He was sacked in April 1999. In 2001, he signed with J2 League
The or simply J2 is the second division of the and the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The top tier is represented by the J1 League. It (along with the rest of the J.League) is currently sponsored by Meiji Yas ...
club Shonan Bellmare
is a Japanese professional football club based in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Hiratsuka ...
and managed the club until 2002.
In 2016 Tanaka was appointed manager of Matsue City FC (松江シティフットボールクラブ), (renamed FC Kagura Shimane, FC神楽しまね, 2022)
Club statistics
National team statistics
Managerial statistics
J.League Data Site
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References
External links
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1955 births
Living people
Meiji University alumni
Japanese men's footballers
Japan men's international footballers
Japan Soccer League players
NKK SC players
Japanese football managers
J1 League managers
J2 League managers
Nagoya Grampus managers
Shonan Bellmare managers
Footballers at the 1982 Asian Games
Men's association football midfielders
Asian Games competitors for Japan
Association football people from Saitama (city)
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