Hiroto Tanaka (田中 裕人, Tanaka Hiroto, born 26 April 1990 in Osaka) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for J2 League club Blaublitz Akita.[1]

Hiroto Tanaka
田中 裕人
Personal information
Full name Hiroto Tanaka
Date of birth (1990-04-26) 26 April 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Osaka, Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Blaublitz Akita
Number 23
Youth career
2003–2008 Gamba Osaka Youth
2009–2012 Kansai University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Júbilo Iwata 26 (0)
2016V-Varen Nagasaki (loan) 37 (0)
2017Ehime FC (loan) 22 (0)
2018–2022 Ehime FC 166 (4)
2023– Blaublitz Akita 0 (0)
International career
2007 Japan U-17 1 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
AFC U-16 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2006 Singapore
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 January 2023

Club career

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Tanaka signed for Júbilo Iwata from Kansai University in January 2013. Then on 20 March 2013 Tanaka made his professional debut for Iwata against Omiya Ardija in the J. League Cup at the NACK5 Stadium Omiya in which he came on in the 76th minute for Kosuke Yamamoto as Iwata won the match 2–0.[2]

National team career

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Tanaka represented the Japan U-17 national team at the 2007 U-17 World Cup in which he played one match against France on 25 August 2007 in which he played 82 minutes as Japan's lost the match 2–1.[3]

Club statistics

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Updated to end of 2022 season.[4][5][6]

Club Season League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup AFC Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kansai University 2009 2 1 2 1
2012 2 0 2 0
Júbilo Iwata 2013 7 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
2014 5 0 0 0 5 0
2015 14 0 2 0 16 0
V-Varen Nagasaki 2016 37 0 1 0 38 0
Ehime FC 2017 22 0 2 0 24 0
2018 41 0 1 0 42 0
2019 40 2 0 0 40 2
2020 29 0 29 0
2021 32 0 0 0 32 0
2022 24 2 24 2
Blaublitz Akita 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 251 4 10 1 2 0 263 5

References

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  1. ^ "田中 裕人:ブラウブリッツ秋田" (in Japanese). jleague.jp. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  2. ^ "OMIYA ARDIJA VS. JÚBILO IWATA 0 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  3. ^ "France U17 2-1 Japan U17". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  4. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 212 out of 289)
  5. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 192 out of 289)
  6. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 180 out of 289)
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