Shinji Tanaka

Shinji Tanaka
Personal information
Full name	Shinji Tanaka
Date of birth	September 25, 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth	Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender, Midfielder
Youth career
1976–1978	Saitama Urawa Minami High School
1979–1982	Chuo University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1992	Nissan Motors
1992–1993	Urawa Reds
1994–1995	Kyoto Purple Sanga
Total
National team
1979	Japan U-20
1980–1985	Japan
Teams managed
1999–2006	Tokushima Vortis
Honours
Nissan Motors
	* 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 the Japan national team.

Biography

Tanaka was born in Saitama on September 25, 1960. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined Japan Soccer League club 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 in 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.

In August 1979, when Tanaka was a Chuo University student, he was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 1979 World Youth Championship and he played all 3 games. In March 1980, he was selected the 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.

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.

Statistics

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Club statistics			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	Urawa Reds	J1 League	22	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
1994	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Football League	6	0	3	0	-		9	0
1995	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Football League	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
Country	Japan		169	0	7	0	17	0	193	0
Total			169	0	7	0	17	0	193	0