TANI Kosei

Date of Birth: 22 Nov 2000

Age: 20

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.90/6'2''

Place of birth: SAKAI

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Football	Men JPN Japan	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Group A #01 JPN Japan 1 RSA South Africa 0	Finished
	Saitama Stadium	Men's Group A #09 JPN Japan 2 MEX Mexico 1	Finished
	International Stadium Yokohama	Men's Group A #17 FRA France 0 JPN Japan 4	Finished
	Ibaraki Kashima Stadium	Men's Quarter-final #25 JPN Japan 0 (4) PSO NZL New Zealand 0 (2)	Finished
	Saitama Stadium	Men's Semi-final #30 JPN Japan 0 ESP Spain 1 AET	Finished
	Saitama Stadium	Men's Bronze Medal Match #31 MEX Mexico 3 JPN Japan 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
12	U17	2017	India

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Gamba Osaka [Japan] since 2018

Masanobu Matsunami [club], JPN; Hajime Moriyasu [national], JPN

Position style:

Goalkeeper (bellmare.co.jp, 13 Jul 2021)

Right-footed (bellmare.co.jp, 13 Jul 2021)

In February 2019 he dislocated his left shoulder during training. He decided to focus on rehabilitation instead of undergoing surgery so he would be able to compete at the U20 World Cup in Poland. However, he suffered a further dislocation in April that year and had to have an operation. (Shonan Bellmare Official Channel YouTube channel, 25 May 2021; sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 09 May 2021; mainichi.jp, 13 Dec 2019)

National league:

J1 League [JPN] (bellmare.co.jp, 13 Jul 2021)

He took up football at age five, and began playing as a goalkeeper in grade four of primary school. (bellmare.co.jp, 13 Jul 2021; mainichi.jp, 13 Dec 2019)

"My older brother asked me to play for his team as they didn't have sufficient players, and I became a goalkeeper due to my height. I played quite well, but I was just happy to be of use to the team." (bellmare.co.jp, 13 Jul 2021; Shonan Bellmare Official Channel YouTube channel, 25 May 2021)

Japanese baseball player Shohei Otani. (bellmare.co.jp, 13 Jul 2021)

His parents. (bellmare.co.jp, 13 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
ON LOAN
In 2018 he joined J1 League club Gamba Osaka. He was loaned to Shonan Bellmare in December 2020. (transfermarkt.com, 30 Jun 2021; sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 09 May 2021; gamba-osaka.net, 04 Jan 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
AET:: After Extra Time
PSO:: Penalty Shoot-out

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