Shinji Tanaka

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.

Shinji Tanaka
田中 真二

Personal information
Full name	Shinji Tanaka
Date of birth	(1960-09-25) September 25, 1960 (age 63)
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	22	(0)
1994–1995	Kyoto Purple Sanga	6	(0)
Total		169	(0)
International career
1979	Japan U-20	3	(0)
1980–1985	Japan	17	(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

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			22	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
1994	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Football League	6	0	3	0	-		9	0
1995			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
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Tokushima Vortis	2005	2006	83	18	24	41	021.69
Total			83	18	24	41	021.69

References

1. Japan National Football Team Database
2. J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

External links

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