Asuna Tanaka

Asuna Tanaka
田中明日菜
Personal information
Full name	Asuna Tanaka
Date of birth	23 April 1988
Place of birth	Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Gyeongju KHNP
Number	4
Youth career
2004–2006	Tokiwagi Gakuen High School
Senior career*
National team
Tasaki Perule FC
INAC Kobe Leonessa
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
FIFA Women's World Cup
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
AFC U-16 Women's Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2017

Asuna Tanaka (田中明日菜, Tanaka Asuna, born 23 April 1988) is a Japanese football player. She plays for Gyeongju KHNP. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Tanaka was born in Sakai on 23 April 1988. After graduating from high school, she joined Tasaki Perule FC in 2007. However, the club was disbanded in 2008 due to financial strain. She moved to INAC Kobe Leonessa in 2009. She was selected Best Eleven in 2011 and 2012. She moved to German Bundesliga club Frankfurt in July 2013.[1] In October 2014, she returned to INAC Kobe Leonessa.[2] She moved to Korean WK League club Gyeongju KHNP.[3]

In November 2008, Tanaka was selected by the Japan U-20 national team for the 2008 U-20 World Cup.[4] In March 2011, Tanaka was selected by the Japan national team for the 2011 Algarve Cup. At this competition, on 4 March, she debuted against Finland. In July, she played at the 2011 World Cup as Japan won the championship.[5] She also played at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2015 World Cup.[6] Japan won 2nd place at both tournaments. She played 39 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 2016.

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tasaki Perule FC	2007	13	0	3	0	3	0	19	0
	2008	19	2	3	0	-		22	2
	Total	32	2	6	0	3	0	41	2
INAC Kobe Leonessa	2009	19	4	3	1	-		22	5
	2010	18	5	4	2	5	1	27	8
	2011	16	4	4	1	-		20	5
	2012	18	1	4	1	6	0	28	2
	2013	9	1	-		3	0	12	1
	Total	80	15	15	5	14	1	109	21
Frankfurt	2013–14	18	1	4	0	-		22	1
	2014–15	4	0	1	1	1*	0*	6	1
	Total	22	1	5	1	1	0	28	2
Career total		134	18	26	6	18	1	178	25

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	1 September 2011	Jinan, China	Thailand	2–0	3–0	Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics Qualifiers
2.	11 September 2011	Jinan, China	China PR	1–0	1–0	Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics Qualifiers
3.	2 March 2012	Faro, Portugal	Germany	2–2	4–3	2012 Algarve Cup

Champion: 2005

Champion: 2011

Champions: 2011, 2012

Champions: 2010, 2011, 2012

Champion: 2012

Champion: 2013–14

Best Eleven: 2011, 2012

INAC Kobe Leonessa(in Japanese)
INAC Kobe Leonessa(in Japanese)
INAC Kobe Leonessa(in Japanese)
FIFA
"USA v Japan - as it happened". The Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
FIFA
List of match in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Archived 11 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine, 2016 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

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