Atomu Tanaka
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Full name | Atomu Tanaka | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | October 4, 1987 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Niigata, Japan | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | HJK Helsinki | |||||||||||||
Number | 37 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Maebashi Ikuei High School | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2005–2014 | Albirex Niigata | 200 | (17) | |||||||||||
2015–2017 | HJK Helsinki | 71 | (16) | |||||||||||
2018–2019 | Cerezo Osaka | 27 | (2) | |||||||||||
2018–2019 | → Cerezo Osaka U-23 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
2020– | HJK Helsinki | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Japan U-20 | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 2020 |
Atomu Tanaka (田中 亜土夢, Tanaka Atomu, born October 4, 1987) is a Japanese football player who plays for HJK Helsinki in the Veikkausliiga.
He was a participant at 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada and scored 1 goal in 3 appearances.[1]
Club career
Tanaka was educated at and played for Maebashi Ikuei High School in Gunma. While he was a high school student, he was chosen as one of the Designated Players for Development by J.League and JFA.[2] Because of this status, He was able to register as an Albirex Niigata player while he was still eligible to play for his high school club. He played two league games for Albirex in the 2005 season. He made his debut on 27 November 2005 in a J1 League away match against Nagoya Grampus Eight.[3]
After graduating from his high school in 2006, he officially signed with Albirex Niigata. His first appearance as a professional player came on 5 March 2006 in a league match against Kawasaki Frontale.[4] His first professional goal came on 8 April 2006 in a league match against Ventforet Kofu.[5]
After scoring once in five matches for his new team HJK Helsinki in the 2015 Finnish League Cup, he scored on his Veikkausliiga debut against RoPS in a 3-1 away win on 12 April.
In October 2015 of the same year, HJK exercised their option of keeping Tanaka under contract for the 2016 season.[6]
Tanaka was voted as a best eleven member in 2015 and 2016 in the Finnish League.[7]
On 25 October 2017 it was announced that Tanaka would leave HJK at the end of the 2017 season.[8]
He is playing for Cerezo Osaka for the 2018 season.[9]
On 3 March 2020, Tanaka returned to Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, signing a contract until the end of July.[10]
National team career
Tanaka was a U-20 international and took part in the 2006 AFC Youth Championship and 2007 U-20 World Cup. He scored 1 goal in 8 appearances for this tournament.
Club statistics
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Albirex Niigata | 2005 | J1 League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | ||
2006 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 27 | 2 | ||||
2007 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 13 | 1 | ||||
2008 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 32 | 1 | ||||
2009 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 0 | ||||
2010 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 16 | 4 | ||||
2011 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 28 | 4 | ||||
2012 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 39 | 4 | ||||
2013 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 41 | 5 | ||||
2014 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 37 | 3 | ||||
Total | 200 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 29 | 2 | - | - | 235 | 24 | ||||
HJK Helsinki | 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | 45 | 12 | |
2016 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 28 | 10 | |||
2017 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 30 | 5 | ||||
Total | 71 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 3 | - | 103 | 27 | |||
Cerezo Osaka | 2018 | J1 League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
2019 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | - | 30 | 3 | |||||
Total | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | ||
Cerezo Osaka U-23 | 2018 | J3 League | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | |||||||
2019 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
Total | 3 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
HJK Helsinki | 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |||||
Career total | 301 | 35 | 30 | 10 | 47 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 381 | 54 |
References
- ^ "Atomu Tanaka statistics". FIFA.com. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "JFA Release 00018873" (in Japanese). J's Goal. 3 May 2005. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "Match data: Nagoya Grumpus 0-1 Albirex Niigata" (in Japanese). J. League. 27 November 2005. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "Match data: Kawasaki Frontale 6-0 Albirex Niigata" (in Japanese). J. League. 5 March 2006. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "Match data: Ventforet Kofu 0-4 Albirex Niigata" (in Japanese). J. League. 8 April 2006. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "TAIWO, DÄHNE JA ATOM JATKAVAT KLUBISSA". hjk.fi (in Finnish). Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ "フィンランド1部ヘルシンキの田中亜土夢が2年連続ベストイレブン!". ゲキサカ. KODANSHA LTD. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Atomu Tanaka ja Ousman Jallow lähtevät HJK:sta –jäähyväisottelu lauantaina liigan päätöskierroksella". hs.fi (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "田中亜土夢選手 完全移籍のお知らせ". Cerezo Osaka HP. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Atom palaa Klubiin!". hjk.fi/ (in Finnish). Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ 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. 27 out of 289)
- ^ "Stats Centre: Atomu Tanaka Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
External links
- Profile at Cerezo Osaka
- Atomu Tanaka – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Atomu Tanaka at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Association football people from Niigata Prefecture
- Japanese footballers
- Japan youth international footballers
- J1 League players
- Albirex Niigata players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- Cerezo Osaka players
- Japanese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Finland
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Association football midfielders