is a Japanese

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

currently playing as a

centre back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either ...

for

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo is a Japanese professional football club, which plays in the J1 League. The team is based in Sapporo, on the island of Hokkaido. The club name of "Consadole" is made from ''consado'', a reverse of the Japanese word and the Spanish expression ...

Club career

Tanaka was born in Osaka Prefecture on May 26, 1997. In May 2019, when he was an

Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences Osaka University of Health and Sports Sciences is a private university in the town of Kumatori in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The school was established in 1965. Notable alumni * Nobuko Fujimura, athlete * Siro Fujise, baseball player * Yoshika ...

student, J1 League club

announced that signed a contract with Tanaka from the 2020 season.

National team career

In December 2019, when Tanaka was an

student, he was selected Japan national team for

2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship The 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship was the 8th edition of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship, an international football tournament for East Asian countries and territories organized by the EAFF. The finals were held in South Korea in Decem ...

. At this tournament, he debuted as center back against

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on December 14.

Career statistics

Club

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National team

References

External links

* * 1997 births Living people Association football people from Osaka Prefecture Japanese footballers Japan youth international footballers Japan international footballers Association football defenders J1 League players Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players {{Japan-footy-defender-1990s-stub