Marcus Tulio Tanaka

Stalwart CB Right-footed

Rating

Caps

Goals

Life

1981

Clubs

Mito HollyHock, Urawa Red Diamonds, Nagoya Grampus

#20

Editorial rank of 33 for Japan

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Known for aggressive defending, aerial threat and emotional leadership; biggest achievements: 2010 World Cup last-16 run, J.League MVP, Asian Cup winner.

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Around Tanaka in the almanac

One rank above: Junichi Inamoto at #19.

One rank below: Masami Ihara at #21.

Japan's editorial top five: Hidetoshi Nakata · Shinji Kagawa · Keisuke Honda · Makoto Hasebe · Shunsuke Nakamura.