Junya Tanaka

Junya Tanaka
Personal information
Full name	Junya Tanaka
Date of birth	15 July 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward / Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Vissel Kobe
Number	21
Youth career
2000–2005	Mitsubishi Yowa
2006–2009	Juntendo University
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2014	Kashiwa Reysol
2014–2016	Sporting CP
2016	→ Kashiwa Reysol (loan)
2017–	Vissel Kobe
International career‡
2012–2014	Japan
Medal record
Kashiwa Reysol
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 December 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2014

Junya Tanaka (田中順也, Tanaka Jun'ya, born 15 July 1987) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Vissel Kobe.

Career

He played 9 games for Kashiwa Reysol in 2009 as System Specially Designated Player during his last studying year in Juntendo University.^[1] After spending nearly six years playing for Reysol, he signed a five-year deal with Primeira Liga side Sporting CP on 29 June 2014.^[2]

Career statistics

Club

Updated to 19 December 2020.^[3]

Club	Season	League		Cup¹		League Cup²		Continental³		Other⁴		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kashiwa Reysol
	2009	9	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0	9	0
	2010	24	6	3	1	-		-		0	0	27	7
	2011	30	13	3	2	2	0	-		4	1	39	16
	2012	31	5	6	2	3	0	6	4	1	0	47	11
	2013	32	11	0	0	4	3	9	2	1	0	46	16
	2014	12	5	-		6	3	-		-		18	8
	2016	21	4	1	0	4	1	-		-		23	4
	Total	159	44	13	5	19	7	15	6	6	1	209	62
Sporting CP
	2014–15	17	5	4	1	5	1	2	0	0	0	28	7
	2015–16	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
	Total	20	5	4	1	7	1	3	0	0	0	34	7
Vissel Kobe
	2017	24	1	1	0	7	4	-		-		32	5
	2018	20	2	2	0	2	0	-		-		24	2
	2019	23	6	6	4	6	1	-		-		35	11
	2020	19	2	-		0	0	4	0	1	0	24	2
	Total	86	11	9	4	15	5	4	0	1	0	115	20
Career total		265	60	26	10	41	13	22	6	7	1	361	90

¹Includes Emperor's Cup.

²Includes J. League Cup.

³Includes AFC Champions League.

⁴Includes FIFA Club World Cup and Japanese Super Cup.

International

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2012	1	0
2013	0	0
2014	3	0
Total	4	0

Honours

Kashiwa Reysol

Sporting

Vissel Kobe

References

^ "Stats Centre: Junya Tanaka Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
^ "Junya Tanaka at Alvalade". Sporting Clube de Portugal. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
^ 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. 58 out of 289)
^ "Andres Iniesta lifts Japan Super Cup after nine straight pen misses". ESPN. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

External links

Junya Tanaka on Twitter
Junya Tanaka on Instagram
Junya Tanaka – FIFA competition record (archived)
Junya Tanaka at National-Football-Teams.com
Japan National Football Team Database
Junya Tanaka at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Junya Tanaka at Kashiwa Reysol official site (in Japanese)
Profile at Vissel Kobe
Junya Tanaka at Soccerway
Junya Tanaka – Yahoo! Japan competition record (in Japanese)

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[1] "Stats Centre: Junya Tanaka Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2011.

[2] "Junya Tanaka at Alvalade". Sporting Clube de Portugal. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.

[3] 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. 58 out of 289)

[JapaneseSuperCup-4] "Andres Iniesta lifts Japan Super Cup after nine straight pen misses". ESPN. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

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