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Makoto Tanaka

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Makoto Tanaka (田中 誠, Tanaka Makoto; born August 8, 1975) is a Japanese professional football manager and former player. Tanaka spent the majority of his career with Júbilo Iwata, forming a part of the team's 'glory years' that won the club's first Asian Club Championship in 1999, and three Japanese league titles between 1997 and 2002. After leaving the club in 2008, Tanaka then had a stint with Avispa Fukuoka, before retiring at the end of the 2011 season. He was capped 32 times for the Japan national team and was part of the squad that won the 2004 AFC Asian Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. Makoto Tanaka is the 8,272nd most popular soccer player (up from 8,501st in 2024), the 2,572nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,185th in 2019) and the 978th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Makoto Tanaka ranks 8,272 out of 21,273. Before him are Rudi Bommer, Ada Hegerberg, Jinyu Nasu, Andrés Guglielminpietro, Sebastian Hoeneß, and Samir Shaker. After him are Yoichi Akiba, Rafik Saïfi, Yuya Nakamura, Filipe Machado, Manucho, and Mariano Pernía.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Makoto Tanaka ranks 478. Before him are Martin Hairer, Damián Szifron, Isolde Kostner, Michele Merkin, Sergio Martínez, and Vicky Kalogera. After him are Rafik Saïfi, Halina Reijn, Masahiro Miyashita, Anne Kremer, Ganira Pashayeva, and Yumileidi Cumbá.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Makoto Tanaka ranks 2,572 out of 6,245. Before him are Yumi Tōma (1966), Yuji Ozaki (1985), Asami Sugiura (1985), Takashi Sakurai (1977), Jinyu Nasu (1999), and Toma Ikuta (1984). After him are Yoichi Akiba (1983), Yuya Nakamura (1987), Michiru Yamane (1963), Masahiro Miyashita (1975), Satoru Kashiwase (1993), and Sōichirō Hoshi (1972).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Makoto Tanaka ranks 978. Before him are Hisao Kuramata (1958), Tomohisa Yoshida (1984), Kengo Fukudome (1987), Yuji Ozaki (1985), Takashi Sakurai (1977), and Jinyu Nasu (1999). After him are Yoichi Akiba (1983), Yuya Nakamura (1987), Masahiro Miyashita (1975), Satoru Kashiwase (1993), Ryoji Mano (1990), and Jun Mizuno (1974).

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