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Koji Tanaka
田中孝司

Personal information

Full name

Koji Tanaka

Date of birth

November 2, 1955 (age 69)

Place of birth

Saitama, Japan

Height

1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

Position(s)

Midfielder

Youth career

1971–1973

Saitama Urawa High School

1974–1977

Meiji University

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1978–1988

NKK

International career

1982–1984

Japan

(3)

Managerial career

1993–1995

1997–1999

2001–2002

2003–2006

2016–2020

Medal record

NKK

Runner-up	Japan Soccer League	1985/86
Runner-up	Japan Soccer League	1986/87
Runner-up	Japan Soccer League	1987/88
Winner	JSL Cup	1980
Winner	JSL Cup	1987
Winner	Emperor's Cup	1981
Runner-up	Emperor's Cup	1986

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Koji Tanaka (田中孝司, Tanaka Kōji, born November 2, 1955) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Tanaka was born in Saitama on November 2, 1955. After graduating from Meiji University, he joined Nippon Kokan (later NKK) in 1978. The club won the champions at 1980 JSL Cup and 1981 Emperor's Cup. From 1985, the club won the 2nd place for 3 years in a row and won the champions 1987 JSL Cup. He retired in 1988.

National team career

On July 15, 1982, Tanaka debuted for Japan national team against Romania. In November, he played at 1982 Asian Games. In 1983 and 1984, he played at 1984 Summer Olympics qualification. He played 20 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 1984.^[1]

Coaching career

After retirement, Tanaka started coaching career at NKK in 1989. In 1993, he became a manager for Japan U-20 national team. At 1995 World Youth Championship, he led U-20 Japan to advanced to the quarter-finals. In 1995, he signed with Nagoya Grampus Eight and became a coach. In November 1997, he became a manager as Carlos Queiroz successor. He was sacked in April 1999. In 2001, he signed with J2 League club Shonan Bellmare and managed the club until 2002.

In 2016 Tanaka was appointed manager of Matsue City FC, renamed FC Kagura Shimane.

Club statistics

Club performance			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Japan			League
1978	Nippon Kokan	JSL Division 1	18	0
1979		JSL Division 1	16	1
1980		JSL Division 2
1981		JSL Division 2
1982		JSL Division 1	18	0
1983		JSL Division 2
1984		JSL Division 1	18	0
1985/86			15	0
1986/87			22	0
1987/88			22	0
1988/89	NKK	JSL Division 1	14	0
Total			143	1

National team statistics

^[1]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1982	6	0
1983	8	3
1984	6	0
Total	20	3

Managerial statistics

^[2]

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Nagoya Grampus Eight	1998	1999	40	25	1	14	062.50
Shonan Bellmare	2001	2002	88	36	20	32	040.91
Vegalta Sendai	2003	2006
Matsue City	2016	2020
Total			128	61	21	46	047.66

References

^ ^a ^b Japan National Football Team Database
^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

External links

Koji Tanaka at National-Football-Teams.com
Japan National Football Team Database
Koji Tanaka manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

Nagoya Grampus – managers

Hiraki (1992–93)
Milne (1994)
Miura (1994)
Wenger (1995–96)
Costa (1996)
Queiroz (1996–97)
Tanaka (1997–99)
Sanchez (1999)
Mazarópi (1999)
João Carlos (1999–01)
Miura (2001)
Verdenik (2002–03)
Nelsinho (2003–05)
Nakata (2005)
Vergoossen (2006–07)
Stojković (2008–13)
Nishino (2014–15)
Ogura (2016)
Gjurovski (2016)
Kazama (2017–19)
Ficcadenti (2019–21)
Hasegawa (2022–)

v t e Shonan Bellmare – managers
Komaeda (1994–95) Ueki (1995) Toninho (1996) Ueki (1996–98) Ueda (1999) Komaeda (1999) Kato (2000) Tanaka (2001–02) Samir (2003) Yamada (2003–04) Mochizuki (2004) Ueda (2004–06) Kanno (2006–08) Sorimachi (2009–11) Cho (2012–19) Ukishima (2019–21) Yamaguchi (2021–)

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