Anthony Tadashi Aoki Nakama (born 8 June 2000) is a Peruvian footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Peruvian regional club *Dianderas Futbol Club* de Chincha.
Career Early and international career Aoki started playing football at Carper Club-Aelu, where he already at the age of 4 played with boys up to 7 years old.El capitán futuro asoma en Cristal, perushimpo.com, 22 November 2018 At that time, he played as a forward but later began playing in the midfielder. Aoki then joined Deportivo AELU where he captained with great success in all the minor categories of the club, until he was summoned to train in some micro-cycles of the Peruvian U13 team (in 2012), coached by JJ Oré. Two years later, he was also included in the Peruvian U15 national team squad. In 2015, he received an offer from Sporting Cristal, which he accepted.Anthony Aoki, promesa del fútbol peruano, discovernikkei.org, 28 September 2017
In February 2017, Aoki was called up for the Peruvian U17 national team to play in the 2017 South American U-17 Championship who would take place from February 23 to March 19.Sudamericano Sub-17: Anthony Aoki, el peruano de origen japonés que quiere viajar a India, lanueve.com.pe, 24 February 2017 Aoki was also the team captain. He played four games for the team in the South American Championship.
In July 2017, Aoki went on a two-week trial at Japanese club Yokohama F. Marinos due to an invitation that arose out of the interest of Manchester City agents. Yokohama is owned by City Football Group, the holding company of Manchester City.Yokohama Marinos: Tadashi Aoki entrenó en Japón tras ser observado por agentes del Manchester City, movistardeportes.pe, 15 August 2017 Aoki was spotted by the City agents during the 2017 South American U-17 Championship with the U17 national team and told his representatives, that they would like him to belong to their company.
Club career Already at the age of 17, Aoki was training with Sporting Cristal's first team and in 2017, he signed his first professional contract with Cristal. He played his first game for Cristal in January 2019 in a friendly game against Ecuadorian club C.S. Emelec.Sporting Cristal fue goleado por 3-0 a manos de Emelec en la 'Explosión Azul', rpp.pe, 30 January 2019Tadashi Aoki:“Tengo muchas ganas de darle más alegrías a este club", elbocon.pe, 31 January 2019 Unfortunately shortly after, Aoki suffered an injury that took him away from the courts, preventing him from playing for Cristal. To gain some experience and game fitness, he was loaned out to Peruvian Segunda División club Unión Huaral in August 2019 for the remainder of the year.Unión Huaral se refuerza con Tadashi Aoki para afrontar la Liga 2, futbolperuano.com, 29 August 2019 He made seven appearances for the team before returning to Cristal in 2020.
At the end of February 2020, he was loaned out to Ayacucho FC.Anthony Aoki, volante central de Ayacucho FC, en el 2012 formó parte de..., facebook.com, 9 June 2020 He made six appearances for the club. On 28 January 2021 it was reported, that Aoki would continue at Ayacucho FC on loan for another year.Ayacucho FC sorprende en fichajes y tendrá a promesa de Sporting Cristal para el 2021, futbolperuano.com, 28 January 2021
In February 2022, Aoki moved to Peruvian Primera Division side Alianza Universidad on a permanent transfer.El volante Tadashi Aoki (2000) se incorpora a nuestro..., facebook.com, 16 February 2022
Personal life Aoki is also holding a Japanese passport. His role model is former FC Barcelona legend Xavi.
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