Junya Tanaka

Japanese footballer

Junya Tanaka

Tanaka with Sporting CP in 2014

Personal information

Full name

Junya Tanaka^[1]

Date of birth

(1987-07-15) 15 July 1987 (age 36)

Place of birth

Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan

Height

1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Position(s)

Forward / Midfielder

Team information

Current team

FC Gifu

Number

Youth career

2000–2005

Mitsubishi Yowa

2006–2009

Juntendo University

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

2009–2014

Kashiwa Reysol

138

(40)

2014–2016

Sporting CP

(5)

2016

→ Kashiwa Reysol (loan)

(4)

2017–2021

Vissel Kobe

(13)

2022–

FC Gifu

(3)

International career^‡

2012–2014

Japan

(0)

Medal record

Kashiwa Reysol

Winner	J1 League	2011
Winner	J.League Cup	2013
Winner	Emperor's Cup	2012

*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2022
‡ 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 FC Gifu.

Career

He played 9 games for Kashiwa Reysol in 2009 as System Specially Designated Player during his last studying year in Juntendo University.^[2] After spending nearly six years playing for Reysol, he signed a five-year deal with Primeira Liga side Sporting CP on 29 June 2014.^[3]

Personal life

On December 21, 2013, Tanaka married model Manami Ui,^[4] and on July 16, 2014, they welcomed the birth of their first child.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

Updated to 19 December 2020.^[6]

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

^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2011. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2012.
^ "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.
^ "柏イケメンＦＷ田中順也が宇井愛美と結婚 - Ｊ１ニュース". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 December 2023.
^ "第１子誕生の田中順也自ら祝うハットトリックで大勝貢献 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex サッカー". スポニチ Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 December 2023.
^ 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.