is a Japanese

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defender. He has played in

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and

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Career

Before beginning his international football career, Tanaka played at Albirex Niigata. However, he lacked opportunities in the home-based club, thus he played during his early career in the satellite clubs such as Japan Soccer College, Albirex Niigata Singapore and Albirex Niigata Phnom Penh. He made his professional debut playing with the Albirex Niigata Singapore franchise in the

2014 S.League The 2014 S.League was the 19th season since the establishment of the S.League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football clubs. The league was also known as the Great Eastern Yeo's S.League due to sponsorship reason ...

. In 2015, he played for JP Voltes in the Philippines before moving to Europe at the end of the year signing with FK Iskra Danilovgrad and playing with them the second half of the

2015–16 Montenegrin First League The 2015–16 Montenegrin First League was the tenth season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 8 August 2015 and ended on 29 May 2016. Rudar are the defending champions. Teams FK Iskra Danilovgrad, the 2014-15 Second L ...

. Next summer, when the season ended, he signed with

FK Ogre FK Ogre is a Latvian football club. They are based in the Latvian town of Ogre, Latvia. 2014-2017 played in the second-highest division of Latvian football (the Latvian First League The Latvian First League ( lv, Latvijas Pirmā līga, 1. līga ...

playing in the Latvian First League. He returned to Balkans in 2017 and played with FK Slavija Sarajevo in the

2017–18 First League of the Republika Srpska The 2017–18 First League of the Republika Srpska was the twenty-third season of the First League of the Republika Srpska, the second tier Association football, football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina, since its original establishment and the ...

, a second-tier team in Bosnia and Herzegovina. His next experience was playing with

FC Ulaanbaatar FC Ulaanbaatar ( mn, ФС Улаанбаатар, , ) is a professional football club based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Club currently competes in top national division, Mongolian National Premier League. History FC Ulaanbaatar was founded in 201 ...

2019 Mongolian Premier League The 2019 Mongolian Premier League was the 51st season of football in Mongolia. The season began on 13 April and is scheduled to end in August 2019. This is the second year of a 3-year sponsorship deal with Mazala. Erchim are the defending champio ...

. In January 2020, he returned to Europe, this time by signing with Maltese premier-league team Sliema Wanderers.GILMAR RETURNS TO MALTA TO JOIN SLIEMA WANDERERS
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