is a Japanese

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who plays as a

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for club

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Career

After studying in

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, Tanaka joined the

SC Sagamihara commonly known as SC Sagamihara (SC相模原, ''Esu Shī Sagamihara'') is a Japanese professional football club based in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. They currently play in the J3 League, Japanese third tier of professional football. Hist ...

team in January 2018. He spent two seasons with the club and then moved to

Blaublitz Akita is a Japanese professional association football team based in Akita (city), Akita, capital of Akita Prefecture. The club currently play in the J2 League, Japanese second tier of professional football league. Due to the club's former ownership b ...

for the 2020 season, helping them gain promotion to the

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. He went on to make over 100 appearances for Akita in three seasons at the club, before moving to

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team

for the 2023 season.

Club statistics

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"J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)"
7 February 2018, Japan, (p. 247 out of 289)

Honours

Sanfrecce Hiroshima *

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;

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(1):

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Individual

* Milk Soccer Academy Data Awards 2020 J3 MVP

References

External links

Yudai Tanaka
at J.LEAGUE Data Site (archived)
Yudai Tanaka
at J.LEAGUE.jp
archive

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at

(archived) 1995 births Living people Toin University of Yokohama alumni Association football people from Miyagi Prefecture Japanese men's footballers J2 League players J3 League players 21st-century Japanese sportsmen SC Sagamihara players Blaublitz Akita players Sanfrecce Hiroshima players Men's association football goalkeepers {{Japan-footy-goalkeeper-stub