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Ao Tanaka
Be the first in the standsMidfielderage 285' 11"
Japancurrently Leeds United
Japancurrently Leeds UnitedCareer goals
35
all competitions, from the season archive · club 27 · country 8 — season by season in The Record below
Career appearances
302
all competitions, from the season archive — the same total The Record shows
World Cup 2026
no goals yet
goals and assists land here the moment they happen
Team trophies
8
team silverware — the cabinet below
Career totals from the ESPN season archive — all competitions, the same numbers The Record below shows (Wikidata's senior spells fill in when the archive is thin — never the youth years, which stay listed on their own below); live World Cup stats from our own match timelines. Individual awards are counted separately from team trophies, so the headline count can't inflate.
Ao Tanaka is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Leeds United and the Japan national team. — Wikipedia's own summary; its figures are theirs
International goals in our archive
3 goals across 3 scoring matches · 2 tournaments · 2021–2024
North Korea
Spain
AustraliaHonours
8 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours8 | ||||
| J1 League | ×3 | 2017, 2018, 2020 | Kawasaki Frontale | |
| Japanese Super Cup | ×2 | 2019, 2021 | Kawasaki Frontale | |
| EFL Championship | ×1 | 2024–25 | Leeds United | |
| Emperor's Cup | ×1 | 2020 | Kawasaki Frontale | |
| J.League Cup | ×1 | 2019 | Kawasaki Frontale | |
| Individual honours8 | ||||
| Player of the year · 2 | ||||
| Leeds United Players' Player of the Year | 2024–25 | |||
| Maurice Revello Tournament Third Best Player | 2019 | |||
| Teams of the season · 2 | ||||
| EFL Championship Team of the Season | 2024–25 | |||
| PFA Team of the Year | 2024–25 | |||
| More honours · 4 | ||||
| J.League Best XI | 2020 | |||
| J.League Rookie of the Year | 2019 | |||
| Leeds United Goal of the Season | 2024–25 | |||
| Maurice Revello Tournament Best XI | 2019 | |||
The Record
season by season · 30 competition-seasons · ESPN archive| Season | Competition | Team | Apps | Goals | Assists | Shots | YC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | all competitions | all teams | 302 | 35 | 11 | 217 | 26 |
| 2026 | FIFA World Cup | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | Friendlies | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | League Cup | Leeds United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2026 | Premier League | Leeds United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | FA Cup | Leeds United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | Friendlies | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | Premier League | Leeds United | 28 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 2024 | Championship | Leeds United | 43 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 8 |
| 2024 | DFB-Pokal | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | FA Cup | Leeds United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career
league apps & goals · Wikidata, community-updated (national-team rows can lag a match or two)| Years | Team | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–2022 | Kawasaki Frontale | 79 | 7 |
| 2019–now | Japan | 38 | 8 |
| 2021–2022 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 29 | 1 |
| 2022–2024 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 55 | 8 |
| 2024–now | Leeds United F.C. | 71 | 7 |
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