Makoto Tanaka

Makoto Tanaka
田中 誠
Personal information
Full name Makoto Tanaka
Date of birth (1975-08-08) August 8, 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1991–1993 Shimizu Shogyo High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2008 Júbilo Iwata 353 (10)
2009–2011 Avispa Fukuoka 66 (2)
Total 419 (12)
International career
1996 Japan U-23 3 (0)
2004–2006 Japan 32 (0)
Managerial career
2024 Tochigi SC
Medal record
Júbilo Iwata
Winner J1 League 1997
Winner J1 League 1999
Winner J1 League 2002
Runner-up J1 League 1998
Runner-up J1 League 2001
Runner-up J1 League 2003
Winner J.League Cup 1998
Runner-up J.League Cup 1994
Runner-up J.League Cup 1997
Runner-up J.League Cup 2001
Winner Emperor's Cup 2003
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2004
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2004 China
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Makoto Tanaka (田中 誠, Tanaka Makoto, born August 8, 1975) is a Japanese professional football manager and former player who was most recently manager of J2 League club Tochigi SC. He played for Japan national team.

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 team and was part of the squad that won the 2004 AFC Asian Cup.