Shinji Tanaka

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Shinji Tanaka
田中 真二
Personal information
Full name Shinji Tanaka
Date of birth (1960-09-25) September 25, 1960 (age 60)
Place of birth Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Defender
Youth career
1976–1978
1979–1982 Chuo University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1992 Nissan Motors 141 (0)
1992–1993 Urawa Reds 22 (0)
1994–1995 Kyoto Purple Sanga 6 (0)
Total 169 (0)
National team
1979 Japan U-20 3 (0)
1980–1985 Japan 17 (0)
Teams managed
1999–2006 Tokushima Vortis
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Shinji Tanaka (田中 真二, Tanaka Shinji, born September 25, 1960) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Club career[]

Tanaka was born in Saitama on September 25, 1960. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined Nissan Motors in 1983. The club won 1983 and 1985 Emperor's Cup. From 1988 to 1990, the club won all three major title in Japan; Japan Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup for 2 years in a row. He was also selected Best Eleven 1989–90. In 1990s, he lost opportunity to play in the match. He moved to J1 League club Urawa Reds in 1992 and Japan Football League club Kyoto Purple Sanga in 1994. He retired in 1995.

National team career[]

In August 1979, when Tanaka was a Chuo University student, he was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1979 World Youth Championship and he played all 3 games. In March 1980, he was selected Japan national team for 1980 Summer Olympics qualification. At this qualification, on March 30, he debuted against Malaysia. In December, he also played at 1982 World Cup qualification. In 1984, he played at 1984 Summer Olympics qualification for the first time in 3 years. In 1985, he also played at 1986 World Cup qualification. He played 17 games for Japan until 1985.[1]

Coaching career[]

After retirement, Tanaka became a manager for Japan Football League club Otsuka Pharmaceutical (later Tokushima Vortis). The club won the champions in 2003 and 2004 and was promoted to J2 League. He was sacked in September 2006.

Club statistics[]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1983 Nissan Motors JSL Division 1 18 0 18 0
1984 15 0 15 0
1985/86 22 0 22 0
1986/87 19 0 19 0
1987/88 22 0 22 0
1988/89 22 0 22 0
1989/90 22 0 4 0 26 0
1990/91 0 0 4 0 4 0
1991/92 1 0 0 0 1 0
1992 Urawa Reds J1 League - 4 0 9 0 13 0
1993 22 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1994 Kyoto Purple Sanga Football League 6 0 3 0 - 9 0
1995 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
Total 169 0 7 0 17 0 193 0

National team statistics[]

[1]

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
1980 4 0
1981 8 0
1982 0 0
1983 0 0
1984 2 0
1985 3 0
Total 17 0

Managerial statistics[]

[2]

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Tokushima Vortis 2005 2006 83 18 24 41 021.69
Total 83 18 24 41 021.69

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Japan National Football Team Database
  2. ^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

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