| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Osamu Taninaka | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | September 24, 1964 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1980–1982 | Teikyo High School | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1983–1991 | Fujita Industries | 138 | (19) | |||||||||||
| 1991–1995 | Tosu Futures | |||||||||||||
| Total | 138 | (19) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Japan | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Osamu Taninaka (谷中 治, Taninaka Osamu, born September 24, 1964) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Taninaka was born in Fuchu on September 24, 1964. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Soccer League club Fujita Industries in 1983. He moved to Regional Leagues club PJM Futures (later Tosu Futures) in 1991. He retired in 1995.
On September 30, 1984, when Taninaka was 20 years old, he debuted for Japan national team against South Korea. He played 3 games for Japan until 1986.[1]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1983 | Fujita Industries | JSL Division 1 | ||||||||
| 1984 | ||||||||||
| 1985/86 | ||||||||||
| 1986/87 | ||||||||||
| 1987/88 | ||||||||||
| 1988/89 | ||||||||||
| 1989/90 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| 1990/91 | JSL Division 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
| 1991/92 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||||
| 1991 | PJM Futures | Regional Leagues | ||||||||
| 1992 | ||||||||||
| 1993 | Football League | |||||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||||
| 1995 | Tosu Futures | Football League | ||||||||
| Total | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 2 | ||
| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 |