Atomu Tanaka facts for kids
Tanaka in 2017
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||
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| Full name | Atomu Tanaka | ||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 October 1987 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Niigata, Japan | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m | ||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||
| Current club | 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 | 71 | (16) | ||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Cerezo Osaka | 27 | (2) | ||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Cerezo Osaka U-23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2020– | HJK | 72 | (8) | ||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Japan U20 | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||
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Atomu Tanaka (田中 亜土夢, Tanaka Atomu, born 4 October 1987) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki.
He was a participant at 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada and scored 1 goal in 3 appearances.
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. 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.
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. His first professional goal came on 8 April 2006 in a league match against Ventforet Kofu.
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.
Tanaka was voted as a best eleven member in 2015 and 2016 in the Finnish League.
On 25 October 2017, it was announced that Tanaka would leave HJK at the end of the 2017 season.
He is playing for Cerezo Osaka for the 2018 season.
On 3 March 2020, Tanaka returned to Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, after signing a contract until the end of July.
In the 2023 season Atom surpassed the 200th match mark with HJK. On 28 November 2023, Atom extended his contract with HJK, signing a new deal for the 2024 season, which will be his eight season with the club in total.
International 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.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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| Division | 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 | 0 | 0 | 245 | 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 | 10 | 0 |
| 2019 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | – | 30 | 3 | |||
| Total | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 3 | ||
| Cerezo Osaka U-23 | 2018 | J3 League | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| HJK Helsinki | 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 5 | ||
| 2021 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | 28 | 3 | |||
| 2022 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 3 | ||
| Total | 72 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 111 | 12 | ||
| Career total | 373 | 43 | 41 | 11 | 54 | 8 | 34 | 4 | 492 | 66 | ||
Honours
Veikkausliiga: 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Finnish Cup: 2017, 2020
Individual
- Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2016
See also
In Spanish: Atomu Tanaka para niños
