Atomu Tanaka

Atomu Tanaka
Personal information
Full name Atomu Tanaka
Date of birth (1987-10-04) October 4, 1987
Place of birth Niigata, Niigata, Japan
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 HJK Helsinki
Number 10
Youth career
2003–2005 Maebashi Ikuei High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2014 Albirex Niigata 200 (17)
2015– HJK Helsinki 48 (13)
Total 248 (30)
National team
2006–2007 Japan U-20 8 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 24, 2016.


Atomu Tanaka (田中 亜土夢 Tanaka Atomu, born October 4, 1987) is a Japanese football player. He 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]

Career

Born in Niigata. 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]

Tanaka was a U-20 international and took part in the 2006 AFC Youth Championship and 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He scored 1 goal in 8 appearances for these tournament.

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]

Club statistics

As of match played 2 April 2016'[7]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2005Albirex NiigataJ1 League2000000020
2006221104100272
2007111002000131
2008251205000321
200950203000100
2010101333000164
2011253102100284
2012344104000394
2013334216000415
2014332410000373
2015HJK HelsinkiVeikkausliiga3183251614512
2016165215231269
Career total 247302183959231645

References

  1. ↑ "Atomu Tanaka statistics". FIFA.com. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "JFA Release 00018873" (in Japanese). J's Goal. 3 May 2005. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Match data: Nagoya Grumpus 0-1 Albirex Niigata" (in Japanese). J. League. 27 November 2005. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Match data: Kawasaki Frontale 6-0 Albirex Niigata" (in Japanese). J. League. 5 March 2006. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Match data: Ventforet Kofu 0-4 Albirex Niigata" (in Japanese). J. League. 8 April 2006. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "TAIWO, DÄHNE JA ATOM JATKAVAT KLUBISSA". hjk.fi (in Finnish). Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Stats Centre: Atomu Tanaka Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved 2009-09-03.

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