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Nobutaka Tanaka
田中 信孝
Personal information
Full name Nobutaka Tanaka
Date of birth (1971-06-10) June 10, 1971 (age 54)
Place of birth Saitama, Japan
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
1987–1989 Bunan High School
1990–1993 Tokyo University of Agriculture
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Kashiwa Reysol 28 (0)
1996–1997 Brummel Sendai 9 (0)
Total 37 (0)
Teams managed
2005–2006 Sagawa Express Tokyo
2008 Sagawa Shiga
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Nobutaka Tanaka (田中 信孝, Tanaka Nobutaka, born June 10, 1971) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He was born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

Playing Football

Nobutaka Tanaka was born on June 10, 1971. After finishing his studies at Tokyo University of Agriculture, he started his professional football career.

In 1994, he joined a team called Kashiwa Reysol. The next year, in 1995, he played in many games as a defensive midfielder. A defensive midfielder is a player who helps protect the team's goal from the opposing team's attacks. He played alongside another player named Takahiro Shimotaira. However, in 1996, he didn't get to play in any matches for Kashiwa Reysol.

Later in 1996, he moved to another team called Brummel Sendai. This team was part of the Japan Football League. He played for Brummel Sendai until the end of the 1997 season, when he decided to retire from playing football.

Becoming a Coach

After he stopped playing, Nobutaka Tanaka decided to become a football manager. In 2005, he became the manager for a team called Sagawa Express Tokyo. He led this team for two seasons.

In 2007, Sagawa Express Tokyo joined with another team, Sagawa Express Osaka, to form a new team called Sagawa Shiga. Nobutaka Tanaka then became a coach for this new team.

In 2008, he was given the chance to be the manager for Sagawa Shiga again. However, the team's results were not very good. Because of this, he was replaced as manager in October of that year.

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