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Asuna Tanaka
田中 明日菜

Personal information
Full name	Asuna Tanaka
Date of birth	(1988-04-23) 23 April 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Gyeongju KHNP
Number	4
Youth career
2004–2006	Tokiwagi Gakuen High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Tasaki Perule FC	32	(2)
2009–2013	INAC Kobe Leonessa	80	(15)
2013–2014	Frankfurt	22	(1)
2014–2017	INAC Kobe Leonessa	39	(3)
2018–	Gyeongju KHNP	0	(0)
Total		173	(21)
International career
2008	Japan U-20	4	(1)
2011–2016	Japan	39	(3)
Medal record Tasaki Perule FC Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2007 Runner-up Empress's Cup 2007 INAC Kobe Leonessa Winner Nadeshiko League 2011 Winner Nadeshiko League 2012 Winner Nadeshiko League 2013 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2016 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2017 Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2013 Runner-up Nadeshiko League Cup 2012 Winner Empress's Cup 2010 Winner Empress's Cup 2011 Winner Empress's Cup 2012 Winner Empress's Cup 2013 Winner Empress's Cup 2015 Winner Empress's Cup 2016 Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2012 London Team FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 Germany 2015 Canada AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2007 China AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2005 South Korea
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2017

Asuna Tanaka (田中 明日菜, Tanaka Asuna, born 23 April 1988) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder. She plays for Gyeongju KHNP and has also played for the 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. In October 2014, she returned to INAC Kobe Leonessa. She moved to Korean WK League club Gyeongju KHNP.

National team career

In November 2008, Tanaka was selected by the Japan U-20 national team for the 2008 U-20 World Cup. 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. She also played at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2015 World Cup. Japan won 2nd place at both tournaments. She played 39 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 2016.

Club statistics

*Champions League

National team statistics

National team Goals

#	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	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

Honors

International

Japan National Team

• AFC U-17 Women's Championship

Champion: 2005

• FIFA Women's World Cup

Champion: 2011

Club

INAC Kobe Leonessa

• L.League

Champions: 2011, 2012

• Empress's Cup

Champions: 2010, 2011, 2012

• Japan and South Korea Women's League Championship

Champion: 2012

Frankfurt

• DFB-Pokal

Champion: 2013–14

Individual

• L.League Division 1

Best Eleven: 2011, 2012

References

1. INAC Kobe Leonessa Archived 26 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)
2. INAC Kobe Leonessa Archived 23 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)
3. INAC Kobe Leonessa Archived 1 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)
4. FIFA
5. "USA v Japan - as it happened". The Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
6. FIFA
7. List of match in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Archived 11 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine, 2016 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

External links

• Asuna Tanaka – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Asuna Tanaka at Soccerway
• Asuna Tanaka at WorldFootball.net
• Asuna Tanaka at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Japan Football Association

v t e Japan squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup winners (1st title)
1 Yamago 2 Kinga 3 Iwashimizu 4 Kumagai 5 Yano 6 Sakaguchi 7 Ando 8 Miyama 9 Kawasumi 10 Sawa (c) 11 Ohno 12 Fukumoto 13 Utsugi 14 Kamionobe 15 Sameshima 16 Tanaka 17 Nagasato 18 Maruyama 19 Takase 20 Iwabuchi 21 Kaihori Coach: Sasaki

v t e Japan women's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Silver medalists
1 Fukumoto 2 Kinga 3 Iwashimizu 4 Kumagai 5 Sameshima 6 Sakaguchi 7 Ando 8 Miyama (c) 9 Kawasumi 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Yano 13 Maruyama 14 Tanaka 15 Takase 16 Iwabuchi 17 Ōgimi 18 Kaihori Coach: Sasaki

v t e Japan squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup runners-up
1 Fukumoto 2 Kinga 3 Iwashimizu 4 Kumagai 5 Sameshima 6 Sakaguchi 7 Ando 8 Miyama (c) 9 Kawasumi 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Kamionobe 13 Utsugi 14 Tanaka 15 Sugasawa 16 Iwabuchi 17 Ōgimi 18 Kaihori 19 Ariyoshi 20 Kawamura 21 Yamane 22 Nagasato 23 Kitahara Coach: Sasaki

• 1988 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Sakai, Osaka
• Association football people from Osaka Prefecture
• Japanese women's footballers
• Japan women's international footballers
• Nadeshiko League players
• Tasaki Perule FC players
• INAC Kobe Leonessa players
• 1. FFC Frankfurt players
• Japanese expatriate women's footballers
• Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
• Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Germany
• Japanese expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
• Expatriate women's footballers in South Korea
• FIFA Women's World Cup–winning players
• 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
• 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
• Olympic footballers for Japan
• Olympic silver medalists for Japan
• Olympic medalists in football
• Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Women's association football midfielders
• 21st-century Japanese sportswomen