Junya Tanaka

{{short description|Japanese footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Junya Tanaka

| image = Junya Tanaka.png

| caption = Tanaka with Sporting CP in 2014

| fullname = Junya Tanaka{{cite web |title=FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by Toyota: List of Players |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FCWC/2011/pdf/FCWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |page=6 |date=11 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119163204/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FCWC/2011/pdf/FCWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=19 January 2012 |url-status=dead}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|7|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan

| height = {{height|m=1.80}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Forward / Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 2000–2005

| youthclubs1 = Mitsubishi Yowa

| collegeyears1 = 2006–2009

| college1 = Juntendo University

| years1 = 2009–2014

| clubs1 = Kashiwa Reysol

| caps1 = 138

| goals1 = 40

| years2 = 2014–2016

| clubs2 = Sporting CP

| caps2 = 20

| goals2 = 5

| years3 = 2016

| clubs3 = → Kashiwa Reysol (loan)

| caps3 = 21

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2017–2021

| clubs4 = Vissel Kobe

| caps4 = 93

| goals4 = 13

| years5 = 2022–2023

| clubs5 = FC Gifu

| caps5 = 48

| goals5 = 6

| nationalyears1 = 2012–2014

| nationalteam1 = Japan

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Team|Kashiwa Reysol}}

{{Medal|W|J1 League|2011}}

{{Medal|W|J.League Cup|2013}}

{{Medal|W|Emperor's Cup|2012}}

| pcupdate =

| ntupdate =

}}

{{nihongo|Junya Tanaka|田中 順也|Tanaka Jun'ya|born 15 July 1987}} is a Japanese former professional footballer.

Career

He played 9 games for Kashiwa Reysol in 2009 as a specially-designated player during his graduation year at Juntendo University.{{cite web|publisher=Guardian.co.uk |title=Stats Centre: Junya Tanaka Facts |url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=63&CPID=147&pStr=Player&PLID=217108&TEID=3539 |access-date=2011-06-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011114418/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=63&CPID=147&pStr=Player&PLID=217108&TEID=3539 |archive-date=2012-10-11 }} After spending nearly six years playing for Reysol, he signed a five-year deal with Primeira Liga side Sporting CP on 29 June 2014.{{cite web|publisher=Sporting Clube de Portugal |title=Junya Tanaka at Alvalade |url=http://www.sporting.pt/English/News/newsfut_eng_futtanakadeal_290614_129433.asp |access-date=2014-07-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707160125/http://www.sporting.pt/English/News/newsfut_eng_futtanakadeal_290614_129433.asp |archive-date=2014-07-07 }}

Personal life

On December 21, 2013, Tanaka married model Manami Ui,{{Cite web |title=柏イケメンFW田中順也が宇井愛美と結婚 - J1ニュース |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/news/p-sc-tp1-20131222-1234491.html |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=nikkansports.com |language=ja}} and on July 16, 2014, they welcomed the birth of their first child.{{Cite web |title=第1子誕生の田中順也 自ら祝うハットトリックで大勝貢献 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex サッカー |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/soccer/news/2014/07/25/kiji/K20140725008625250.html?amp=1 |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=スポニチ Sponichi Annex |language=ja}}

Career statistics

=Club=

Updated to 19 December 2020.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2017-J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411424/ref=pd_sim_14_1/356-9491148-0114816?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BA8BN4Y0F97GNWKQM78H "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"], 8 February 2017, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411420}} (p. 58 out of 289)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="2"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup1

!colspan="2"|League Cup2

!colspan="2"|Continental3

!colspan="2"|Other4

!colspan="2"|Total

Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="9"|Kashiwa Reysol
2009

|9

00000colspan="2"
|0090
2010

|24

631colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|00277
2011

|30

133220colspan="2"
|413916
2012

|31

5623064104711
2013

|32

11004392104616
2014

|12

5colspan="2"
|63colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|188
2016

|21

41041colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|234
colspan="1"|Total

!159||44||13||5||19||7||15||6||6||1||209||62

rowspan="4"|Sporting CP
2014–15

|17

541512000287
2015–16

|3

00020100060
colspan="1"|Total

!20||5||4||1||7||1||3||0||0||0||34||7

rowspan="6"|Vissel Kobe
2017

|24

11074colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|325
2018

|20

22020colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|242
2019

|23

66461colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|3511
2020

|19

2colspan=2
|004010242
colspan="1"|Total

!86||11||9||4||15||5||4||0||1||0||115||20

colspan="2"|Career total

!265||60||26||10||41||13||22||6||7||1||361||90

1Includes Emperor's Cup.

2Includes J. League Cup.

3Includes AFC Champions League.

4Includes FIFA Club World Cup and Japanese Super Cup.

= International =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan=4 | Japan national team

YearAppsGoals
201210
201300
201430
Total||4||0

Honours

Kashiwa Reysol

Sporting

Vissel Kobe

  • Emperor's Cup: 2019
  • Japanese Super Cup: 2020{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/japanese-j1-league/story/4049174/andres-iniesta-lifts-japan-super-cup-after-nine-straight-pen-misses|title=Andres Iniesta lifts Japan Super Cup after nine straight pen misses|website=ESPN|date=8 February 2020|access-date=8 February 2020}}

References

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