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Shinji Tanaka - Wikipedia

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Shinji Tanaka
田中真二

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 9 in)

Position(s)

Midfielder, Defender

Youth career

1976–1978

Saitama Urawa Minami High School

1979–1982

Chuo University

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1983–1992

Nissan Motors

141

(0)

1992–1993

Urawa Reds

(0)

1994–1995

Kyoto Purple Sanga

(0)

Total

169

(0)

International career

1979

Japan U-20

(0)

1980–1985

Japan

(0)

Managerial career

1999–2006

Tokushima Vortis

Medal record

Nissan Motors

Winner	Japan Soccer League	1988/89
Winner	Japan Soccer League	1989/90
Runner-up	Japan Soccer League	1983
Runner-up	Japan Soccer League	1984
Runner-up	Japan Soccer League	1990/91
Runner-up	Japan Soccer League	1991/92
Winner	JSL Cup	1988
Winner	JSL Cup	1989
Winner	JSL Cup	1990
Runner-up	JSL Cup	1983
Runner-up	JSL Cup	1985
Runner-up	JSL Cup	1986
Winner	Emperor's Cup	1983
Winner	Emperor's Cup	1985
Winner	Emperor's Cup	1988
Winner	Emperor's Cup	1989
Winner	Emperor's Cup	1991
Runner-up	Emperor's Cup	1990

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

References

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

External links

Shinji Tanaka – FIFA competition record (archived)
Shinji Tanaka at National-Football-Teams.com
Japan National Football Team Database
Player statistics at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Manager statistics manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

v t e 1989–90 Japan Soccer League Team of the Year
Kenichi Shimokawa Takumi Horiike Moner Tetsuji Hashiratani Shinji Tanaka Ruy Ramos Walter Kazushi Kimura Renato Nobuhiro Takeda Akihiro Nagashima

v t e Tokushima Vortis – managers
Tanaka (2005–06) Azuma (2006) Imai (2007) Minobe (2008–11) Kobayashi (2012–15) Nagashima (2016) Rodríguez (2017–20) Poyatos (2021–22) Labaien (2023) Yoshida (2023–24) Masuda (2024–)

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