Wataru Tanaka
{{short description|Japanese footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Wataru Tanaka
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|09|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gunma, Japan
| height = 1.69 m
| currentclub = Kagoshima United
(on loan from Montedio Yamagata)
| clubnumber = 21
| position = Midfielder
| youthclubs1 = FC Ojima Junior
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2012
| youthclubs2 = Maebashi SC
| youthyears2 = 2013–2015
| youthclubs3 = Kiryu Daiichi High School
| youthyears3 = 2016–2018
| years1 = 2019–2021
| clubs1 = Vegalta Sendai
| caps1 = 8
| goals1 = 0
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 =
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| club-update = 01:20,13 December 2023 (AEST)
| nationalteam-update =
| years2 = 2021–2022
| clubs2 = → Renofa Yamaguchi FC (loan)
| caps2 = 55
| goals2 = 6
| years3 = 2023–
| clubs3 = Montedio Yamagata
| caps3 = 29
| goals3= 1
| years4 = 2024– | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = Kagoshima United (loan)
}}
{{nihongo|Wataru Tanaka|田中 渉|Tanaka Wataru|born 23 September 2000}} is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Kagoshima United on loan from Montedio Yamagata.
Personal life
Tanaka is the brother of fellow footballer Hiromu Tanaka.{{cite web|url=https://web.gekisaka.jp/news/detail/?328566-328566-fl|title=札幌が立正大MF田中宏武の来季加入を発表!「1番のライバルであり弟でもある仙台の田中渉と同じ舞台に」|trans-title=Sapporo announces Rissho University midfielder Hiromu Tanaka will be joining next season! "On the same stage as Wataru Tanaka of Sendai, who is also my number one rival and younger brother"|date=9 April 2021|accessdate=14 July 2021|website=web.gekisaka.jp|language=Japanese}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|20 July 2022.}}{{Soccerway|wataru-tanaka/592040|accessdate=23 July 2018}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||||||
| rowspan="3"|Vegalta Sendai
|2019 |rowspan="3"|J1 League |1 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=EC|Appearances in the Emperor's Cup}} | 0 | 3{{efn|name=JLC|Appearances in the J. League Cup}} | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2020
|7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=JLC}} | 2 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| 2021
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=JLC}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| rowspan="2" |Renofa Yamaguchi (loan)
|2021 | rowspan="2" |J2 League |17 |1 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |– | colspan="2" |– |0 |0 |17 |1 | |||||||||||
| 2022
|25 |2 |2{{efn|name=EC|Appearances in the Emperor's Cup}} |0 | colspan="2" |– | colspan="2" |– |0 |0 |27 |2 | |||||||||||
| colspan="3" | Career total
!50 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 6 |
;Notes
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{J.League player}}
{{Kagoshima United FC squad}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tanaka, Wataru}}
Category:Association football people from Gunma Prefecture
Category:Japanese men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Vegalta Sendai players
category:Renofa Yamaguchi FC players
category:Kagoshima United FC players
Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen
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