Ao Tanaka

Leeds UnitedMidfielder

Japan28 years (Sep 10, 1998)180 cm#22

€8.7MMarket Value#16 Japan

Market Value#16 Japan

€8.7M#18 Leeds United

Season Performance 26/27

All Competitions

Matches: 11
Goals: 0
Assists: 1
Goal Contributions: 1
Mins/game: 59
Avg Rating: 6.76

Last 10 matches · rating

Avg 6.69

7.3

6.2

6.9

6.8

6.4

7.0

6.4

Date	Opponent	Res	Min	G	A	Rating
Oct 31	AFC Bournemouth	0-2	65'	–	–	6.4
Oct 25	Sunderland	0-0	89'	–	–	7.0
Oct 18	Manchester United	1-1	81'	–	–	7.0
Oct 10	Arsenal	1-2	71'	–	–	6.4
Sep 28	Venezuela	2-1	44'	–	–	6.4
Sep 24	Uruguay	3-1	13'	–	–	6.4
Sep 20	Crystal Palace	0-0	67'	–	–	6.8
Sep 14	Newcastle United	4-1	72'	–	–	6.9
Sep 9	Chelsea	3-6	23'	–	–	6.2
Sep 5	Brighton & Hove Albion	1-1	73'	–	1	7.3

All matches

Season 26/27 · all comps

Attack

Goals: 0

Passing

Assists: 1
Key passes: 3
Passes: 318
Crosses (accurate): 0 (0)

Defence

Tackles: 20
Interceptions: 8
Blocks: 3

Duels

Total: 67
Won: 32

Minutes

Started: 8
Off the bench: 2
Total: 653'
Minutes per match: 65'

Discipline

Yellow: 3
Red: 0
Fouls (drawn): 1 (1)

Duels won32 of 67 · 48%

Pass accuracy90%

Form · 22 matches

Avg 6.71High 7.4Low 5.6

10 W7 D5 L

Appearances 2026/2027

8 started2 sub

Position

Midfielder

Market value & valuation

Leeds United · 2.7% of €327M

Estimated market value

€8.7M

Leeds United#18of 25

Japan#16

Most valuable · Leeds United

#1
Tarik Muharemović€30M
#2
Jean-Mattéo Bahoya€28M
#3
James Trafford€26M
#4
Anton Stach€19M
#18
Ao Tanaka€8.7M

Share of €327M squad2.7%

Contract & transfers

Contract until: Jun 30, 2028
Highest fee paid: €4M2024 · Leeds United
Cumulative fees: €5M2 moves
Latest move: €4M08/2024 · Leeds United

Career · goals by team

Team	Apps	Goals	A	G/App	Rating
Fortuna Düsseldorf21/22–23/24	95	10	7	0.11	7.12
Leeds United24/25–	88	9	4	0.10	7.04
Kawasaki Frontale2022	23	2	5	0.09	7.28
Japan2019–	44	8	1	0.18	7.14

Club career

206
Apps: 21
Goals: 16
Assists: 0.10
G/App

League · 7 seasons

best 2021 7.28

202121/2222/2323/2424/2525/2626/27

Bars: goals · line: average rating

Honours & transfers

6 titles

3× J1 League
1× Championship
1× Bundesliga Play-offs
1× Super Cup

Transfers

08/2024€4M
Fortuna Düsseldorf → Leeds United
07/2022€1M
Kawasaki Frontale → Fortuna Düsseldorf
06/2022End of loan
Fortuna Düsseldorf → Kawasaki Frontale
07/2021Loan
Kawasaki Frontale → Fortuna Düsseldorf

All matches

Last 22 matches

Nov 8, 2025 — Nov 8, 2026

Date	Opponent	Result	Mins	G	A	YC	RC	Rating
Oct 31	AFC Bournemouth	0 - 2	65'	-	-	-	-	6.4
Oct 25	Sunderland	0 - 0	89'	-	-	-	-	7.0
Oct 18	Manchester United	1 - 1	81'	-	-	-	-	7.0
Oct 10	Arsenal	1 - 2	71'	-	-	1	-	6.4
Sep 28	Venezuela	2 - 1	44'	-	-	1	-	6.4
Sep 24	Uruguay	3 - 1	13'	-	-	-	-	6.4
Sep 20	Crystal Palace	0 - 0	67'	-	-	1	-	6.8
Sep 14	Newcastle United	4 - 1	72'	-	-	-	-	6.9
Sep 9	Chelsea	3 - 6	23'	-	-	-	-	6.2
Sep 5	Brighton & Hove Albion	1 - 1	73'	-	1	-	-	7.3
Aug 30	Brentford	1 - 1	44'	-	-	-	-	6.9
Aug 25	Nottingham Forest	2 - 0	68'	-	-	1	-	6.6
Aug 15	FC Augsburg	4 - 0	0'	-	1	-	-	-
Aug 12	Manchester United	1 - 1	46'	-	-	-	-	6.4
Aug 8	RB Leipzig	2 - 0	10'	-	-	-	-	6.7
Aug 2	Liverpool	4 - 2	90'	-	-	1	-	6.3
Jun 29	Brazil	1 - 2	12'	-	-	-	-	5.6
Jun 25	Sweden	1 - 1	90'	-	-	-	-	7.3
Jun 21	Tunisia	4 - 0	90'	-	-	-	-	7.4
May 31	Iceland	1 - 0	73'	-	-	-	-	7.2
May 24	West Ham United	0 - 3	78'	-	-	-	-	6.8
May 17	Brighton & Hove Albion	1 - 0	60'	-	-	-	-	6.8

5 months • 22 matches

Career

Club Career

MGAGxGMinRtg

Fortuna Düsseldorf

2021/2022 - 2023/2024

Total

20621160.1011,274

National Team

MGAGxGMinRtg

Japan

2019 - now

44810.182,5947.14

Youth Career

MGAGxGMinRtg

Japan U23

2019 - 2020

9010.007186.87

Japan U22

2019/2020

4000.00420-

Club Career

MGAMinG+A/90YCRCRtg

Leeds United

26/27

11016530.143—6.76

Leeds United

25/26

32411,6250.282—6.89

Leeds United

24/25

4552——7—7.21

Fortuna Düsseldorf

24/25

4003600.001—6.98

Fortuna Düsseldorf

23/24

36832,8370.354—7.23

Fortuna Düsseldorf

22/23

25132,0510.182—7.12

Fortuna Düsseldorf

21/22

30111,8260.103—7.01

Kawasaki Frontale

2021

23251,9220.332—7.28

National Team

MGAMinG+A/90YCRCRtg

Japan

2026

20111,0160.181—7.10

Japan

2025

3001620.001—6.75

Japan

2024

11079———-

Japan

2023

4301931.40——7.55

Japan

2022

14309870.27——7.16

Japan

2019

2001570.00——-

Youth Career

MGAMinG+A/90YCRCRtg

Japan U23

2020

8016740.13216.87

Japan U22

2019

4004200.00——-

Japan U23

2019

10044———-

League seasons, computed

Season	League	Apps	Min	Goals	Assists	G+A / 90	Rating
2018	J1 League	3	165	1	0	0.55	7.38
2019	J1 League	24	1967	0	2	0.09	7.03
2020	J1 League	31	2185	5	1	0.25	7.45
2021	J1 League	20	1652	1	4	0.27	7.28
2021/2022	2. Bundesliga	29	1780	1	1	0.1	7.03
2022/2023	2. Bundesliga	22	1751	1	1	0.1	7.06
2023/2024	2. Bundesliga	30	2257	7	3	0.4	7.22
2024/2025	Championship (England)	43	3339	5	2	0.19	7.24
2024/2025	2. Bundesliga	3	270	0	0	0	7.03
2025/2026	Premier League	28	1318	2	1	0.2	6.81
2026/2027	Premier League	8	562	0	1	0.16	6.85

Ao Tanaka: career in numbers

Career figures, computed

Best-rated season: 2020 · 7.45J1 League
Lowest-rated season: 2025/2026 · 6.81Premier League
Rating trend: -0.36last 2 rated seasons vs career average before them
Career involvement (league): 0.2 G+A per 9023 goals + 16 assists across 11 league seasons (per-90 from 17246 minutes on record)
League seasons on record: 11 (2018–2026)
Clubs with recorded appearances: 3

How we calculate this

Rival Clubs(46)

Player stats against each opponent club

Team	MP	W	D	L	G	A	YC
Nottingham Forest	4	3	0	1	0	0	1
Liverpool	3	1	2	0	1	0	1
Chelsea	3	1	1	1	1	0	0
Derby County	3	3	0	0	1	0	0
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	1	1	0	1	0
Brentford	3	0	3	0	0	0	0
St. Pauli	3	1	1	1	1	0	0
Hansa Rostock	3	3	0	0	2	1	1
Hannover 96	3	0	3	0	0	1	0
Hamburger SV	3	1	1	1	0	0	1
Karlsruher SC	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
Ulsan HD	3	0	2	1	0	0	0
Gamba Osaka	3	2	1	0	0	1	0
Sunderland	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Middlesbrough	2	2	0	0	0	1	0
Manchester City	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
Fulham	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
Everton	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Aston Villa	2	0	1	1	0	0	1
Newcastle United	2	1	0	1	0	0	0