Sōichirō Tanaka (footballer)

Sōichirō Tanaka (Japanese: 田中 総一郎, Hepburn: Tanaka Souichiro, born 30 April 1993) is a Japanese football defender who plays for Sliema Wanderers in Maltese Premier League. Until date, in his career, he has played in Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, Philippines, Montenegro, Latvia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mongolia and Malta.

Sōichirō Tanaka
Personal information
Full name Sōichirō Tanaka
Date of birth (1993-04-30) 30 April 1993
Place of birth Japan
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Sliema Wanderers
Number TBD
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Japan SC
2014 Albirex Niigata Singapore 18 (2)
2015 Albirex Niigata Phnom Penh
2015 JP Voltes
2016 Iskra Danilovgrad
2016 Ogre
2017–2018 Slavija Sarajevo
2019 Ulaanbaatar
2020– Sliema Wanderers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Before becoming a prolific globetrotter, Tanaka started playing at Albirex Niigata. However, he lacked opportunities in the home-based club, thus he played during his early career in the satellite clubs such as Japan Soccer College, Albirex Niigata Singapore and Albirex Niigata Phnom Penh.[1] He made his professional debut by playing with Singapore franchise at the 2014 S.League.[2]

Then, in 2015, he played with JP Voltes in Philippines before moving to Europe at the end of the year signing with FK Iskra Danilovgrad and playing with them the second half of the 2015–16 Montenegrin First League. Next summer, when season ended, he signed with FK Ogre playing in the Latvian First League. He returned to Balkans in 2017 and played with FK Slavija Sarajevo in the 2017–18 First League of the Republika Srpska, a second tier in Bosnia and Herzegovina. His next experience was playing with FC Ulaanbaatar in 2019 Mongolian Premier League.[3]

In January 2020, he returned to Europe, this time by signing with Maltese top-league side Sliema Wanderers.[4]

References
  1. Soichiro Tanaka at zerozero.pt
  2. Soichiro Tanaka profile at Soccerway
  3. Soichiro Tanaka at footballdatabase.eu
  4. GILMAR RETURNS TO MALTA TO JOIN SLIEMA WANDERERS at maltafootball.com, by Antoine Busuttil, 30-1-2020, retrieved 8-4-2020
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