Ao Tanaka
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ao Tanaka | ||
| Date of birth | 10 September 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Fortuna Düsseldorf (on loan from Kawasaki Frontale) | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2016 | Kawasaki Frontale | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Kawasaki Frontale | 79 | (8) |
| 2021– | → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2019– | Japan U23 | 18 | (2) |
| 2019– | Japan | 2 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 August 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:14, 6 August 2021 (UTC) | |||
Ao Tanaka (田中碧, Tanaka Ao, born 10 September 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fortuna Düsseldorf, on loan from Kawasaki Frontale, and the Japan national team.
Career[]
Raised for a decade by Kawasaki Frontale youth ranks, Tanaka made his J1 League in September 2018 against Consadole Sapporo and even scored his 1st pro-goal in his six minutes-game.[2]
On 26 June 2021, he joined German 2. Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf on a year-long loan with an option to buy.[3]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Continental[c] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2017 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | J1 League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2019 | J1 League | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 2 | |
| 2020 | J1 League | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | 38 | 6 | ||
| 2021 | J1 League | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| Total | 79 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 91 | 10 | ||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) | 2021–22 | 2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 79 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 91 | 10 | ||
- ^ Includes Emperor's Cup and DFB-Pokal
- ^ Includes J. League Cup
- ^ Includes AFC Champions League
International[]
- As of [1]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
Honors[]
Kawasaki Frontale
Individual
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b http://www.jfa.jp/eng/national_team/u24_2021/member/TANAKA_Ao.html
- ^ J1デビュー弾の田中碧、どん欲な姿勢が実を結んだ瞬間「今までの人生で一番楽しかった時間」 (in Japanese). goal.com. 16 September 2018.
- ^ "Fortuna verpflichtet Tanaka". kicker (in German). 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 13 out of 289)
- ^ Ao Tanaka at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
External links[]
- Ao Tanaka at J.League (in Japanese)
- Profile at Kawasaki Frontale
- Profile at J. League
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Categories:
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Association football people from Kanagawa Prefecture
- Japanese footballers
- Association football midfielders
- J1 League players
- Kawasaki Frontale players
- Fortuna Düsseldorf players
- Japan international footballers
- Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Japan
- Japanese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Japanese football midfielder, 1990s birth stubs