Ken Tajiri

Ken Tajiri (田尻 健, Tajiri Ken) is a Japanese football player. He currently plays for Gainare Tottori in J3 League. He has previously had loan spells with the J.League U-22 Selection and J2 League outfit Zweigen Kanazawa. His playing position is goalkeeper and he has spent most of his career as a backup 'keeper.[1][2]

Ken Tajiri
田尻 健
Personal information
Full name Ken Tajiri
Date of birth (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993
Place of birth Minoh, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Gainare Tottori
Number 13
Youth career
2000–2011 Gamba Osaka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012−2019 Gamba Osaka 1 (0)
2014–2015 → J.League U-22 9 (0)
2016–2019 → Gamba Osaka U-23 30 (0)
2017–2018 → Zweigen Kanazawa (loan) 9 (0)
2020− Gainare Tottori 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:34, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Minoh in the north of Osaka, Tajiri came up through Gamba Osaka's youth system and earned his first professional contract ahead of the 2012 season. He spent his first 5 years with the club as a reserve and didn't see a single minute of game time.

He finally got the chance to get on the field in 2017. After starting the season as third-choice goalkeeper, an injury to first-choice Masaaki Higashiguchi saw Tajiri make the bench for the clash at home to Urawa Red Diamonds on 19 March 2017. Starting goalkeeper Yōsuke Fujigaya got injured in the 73rd minute and Tajiri was brought on as a replacement with Gamba leading 1-0 courtesy of Yasuyuki Konno's goal earlier in the second half. Unfortunately he was unable to keep a clean sheet and Rafael Silva equalised for Urawa in the 92nd minute.[3]

That was to be his only appearance for Gamba in 2017 and he was then loaned out to J2 side Zweigen Kanazawa for the next 18 months where he was only able to play 9 league games before moving back to Osaka for the 2019 season.[1][4][5][6]

Tajiri played 9 games across the 2014 and 2015 seasons for the J.League U-22 Selection, a team set up to increase the number of competitors in J3 League and also give a platform for young Japanese players to perform ahead of the 2016 Olympic games. The following year he played 13 times for Gamba Osaka's newly formed Under-23 side in J3 League.[1][2]

Club statistics

Last update: 2 December 2018[1]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Super Cup Total
2012Gamba OsakaJ100000000-00
2013J20000---00
2014J1000000--00
2015000000000000
2016000000000000
201710000000-10
2019000000--00
Total 100000000010
2017Zweigen KanazawaJ20000---00
20189010---100
Total 9010---100
Career Total 10010000000110

Reserves performance
Club performance League Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Total
2014J.League U-22 SelectionJ34040
20155050
2016Gamba Osaka U-23130130
20190000
Career total 220220

References
  1. "Ken Tajiri Soccerway Player Statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. "Ken Tajiri Gamba Osaka Player Profile". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. "Gamba Osaka vs Urawa Red Diamonds 19 March 2017". J.League English Site. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  4. "Ken Tajiri loan departure". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). 4 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. "Gamba Osaka News – Ken Tajiri loan extension". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. "Gamba Osaka News – Ken Tajiri Loan Return". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.


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