Mina Tanaka

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Mina Tanaka
田中 美南
Personal information
Full name Mina Tanaka
Date of birth (1994-04-28) April 28, 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Bayer Leverkusen
(on loan from INAC Kobe Leonessa)
Number 26
Youth career
2007–2011 NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2019 NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza 153 (98)
2020– INAC Kobe Leonessa 8 (13)
2021 → Bayer Leverkusen (loan) 10 (4)
National team‡
2010 Japan U-17 3 (1)
2012 Japan U-20 6 (0)
2013– Japan 46 (19)
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 31, 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 17, 2019

Mina Tanaka (田中 美南, Tanaka Mina, born April 28, 1994) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Bayer Leverkusen (on loan from INAC Kobe Leonessa) and the Japan national team.

Club career[]

Tanaka was born in Thailand on April 28, 1994. On May 3, 2011, she made her debut for Nippon TV Beleza in a 1–0 loss to Okayama Yunogo Belle.[1] On August 14, she scored her first goal in a 5–0 home victory against Fukuoka J. Anclas.[2] She became top scorer in 2016 and 2017. She was also selected Best Eleven for 3 years in a row (2015–2017).

In 2020, Tanaka signed for INAC Kobe Leonessa. After the season was delayed by two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[3] Tanaka made her club debut in the season opener on July 18. She scored the only goal of the match.[4]

National team career[]

Tanaka was part of the Japan U-17 national team that finished in second place at the 2010 U-17 World Cup and of the U-20 team that finished in third place at the 2012 U-20 World Cup. In February 2013, she received her first senior team call-up.[5] On March 8, she made her debut for Japan and scored her first goal in a 2–1 loss to Germany in the 2013 Algarve Cup.[6] In 2018, she played at 2018 Asian Cup and Japan won the championship. She played 35 games and scored 14 goals for Japan.

Club statistics[]

As of 11 June 2021.
Club League Season League Cup[a] League Cup[b] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza Nadeshiko League 1 2011 7 1 3 0 — 10 1
2012 15 2 2 1 2 0 19 3
2013 17 10 2 0 8 7 27 17
2014 21 3 4 5 — 25 8
2015 23 14 4 7 — 27 21
2016 18 18 4 2 9 6 31 26
2017 18 15 5 7 6 6 29 28
2018 18 15 5 7 5 5 28 27
2019 16 20 5 4 10 10 33 34
Total 153 98 34 33 40 34 229 165
INAC Kobe Leonessa Nadeshiko League 1 8 13 0 0 0 0 8 13
Career total 161 111 34 33 40 34 237 178
  1. ^ Includes the Empress's Cup
  2. ^ Includes the Nadeshiko League Cup

National team statistics[]

As of December 17, 2019[7]
Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2013 4 1
2014 0 0
2015 2 0
2016 0 0
2017 14 5
2018 15 8
4 2
Total 39 16

National team goals[]

Scores and results list Japan goal tally first.
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 March 2013 Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal  Germany 1–1 1–2 2013 Algarve Cup
2 9 April 2017 Egao Kenkō Stadium, Kumamoto, Japan  Costa Rica 2–0 3–0 Friendly
3 27 July 2017 SDCCU Stadium, San Diego, United States  Australia 1–0 2–4 2017 Tournament of Nations
4 22 October 2017 Minami Nagano Sports Park Stadium, Nagano, Japan   Switzerland 2–0 2–0 Friendly
5 8 December 2017 Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan  South Korea 1–0 3–2 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
6 11 December 2017 Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan  China PR 1–0 1–0 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
7 1 April 2018 Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki, Isahaya, Japan  Ghana 1–0 7–1 Friendly
8 7 April 2018 King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan  Vietnam 4–0 4–0 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup
9 21 August 2018 Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia  Vietnam 4–0 7–0 2018 Asian Games
10 7–0
11 11 December 2019 Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan, South Korea  Chinese Taipei 2–0 9–0 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
12 4–0

Honours[]

Club[]

Nippon TV Beleza

Individual[]

  • Nadeshiko League Top Scorer: 2016, 2017,[8] 2018, 2019
  • Nadeshiko League Best XI: 2015, 2016, 2017,[8] 2018, 2019
  • Nadeshiko League Best Player Award (MVP): 2018, 2019

References[]

  1. ^ "Match Report: Okayoma Yunogo Belle – Nippon TV Beleza" (PDF) (in Japanese). Nadeshiko League. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Match Report: Nippon TV Beleza – Fukuoka J. Anclas" (PDF) (in Japanese). Nadeshiko League. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  3. ^ Kujawa, Taylor (July 21, 2020). "How to watch the 2020 Nadeshiko League season". Her Football Hub. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 Plenus Nadeshiko League Part 1 Section 1". inac-kobe.com/. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  5. ^ "アルガルベカップ（3/6～13）日本女子代表（なでしこジャパン） メンバー" (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Match Report: Germany – Japan" (PDF). Portuguese Football Federation. 8 March 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  7. ^ List of match in 2013, 2015 Archived 2018-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, 2016, 2017 Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, 2018, 2019 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "2017年度プレナスなでしこリーグ／プレナスチャレンジリーグ表彰式" (in Japanese). Nadeshiko League. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

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