Keiji Tamada

Keiji Tamada (玉田 圭司, Tamada Keiji, born 11 April 1980) is a Japanese football player who plays for V-Varen Nagasaki.[1]

Keiji Tamada
玉田 圭司
Tamada escaping a defender (right)
Personal information
Full name Keiji Tamada
Date of birth (1980-04-11) 11 April 1980
Place of birth Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 V-Varen Nagasaki
Number 11
Youth career
1996–1998 Narashino High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2005 Kashiwa Reysol 109 (30)
2006–2014 Nagoya Grampus 233 (66)
2015–2016 Cerezo Osaka 57 (13)
2017–2018 Nagoya Grampus 52 (9)
2019– V-Varen Nagasaki
Total 451 (118)
National team
2004–2010 Japan 72 (16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of 2018 season

Career

Club career

Tamada joined Kashiwa Reysol from Narashino High School in 1999. His debut was the game against Avispa Fukuoka on 13 March 1999. Kashiwa Reysol won the J.League Cup tile that year. He was not a key player from the start. His prominence grew gradually, especially in the latter half of the 2002 season. He was selected to the Japan national team in 2004. He transferred to Nagoya Grampus Eight (later Nagoya Grampus) taking the opportunity of Kashiwa Reysol's relegation to J2 in 2006.[2] He took an active part in the 2008 season and Nagoya participated in the AFC Champions League for the first time. He enumerated two goals in 2009 AFC Champions League for Nagoya Grampus and contributed to the team's semifinal advancement. Nagoya Grampus won the J1 League Championship in 2010. He will be playing for Cerezo Osaka this 2015 season.

On 29 December 2016, Tamada re-joined Nagoya Grampus,[3] signing another one-year contract with Nagoya Grampus on 20 December 2017.[4] On 6 December 2018, Tamada was released by Nagoya Grampus.[5]

In 2019, Tamada moved to J2 League club V-Varen Nagasaki.[6]

National Team career

Tamada made his field debut as a member of the Japan national team against Singapore in 2006 World Cup qualifiers on 31 March 2004.[7] He scored 3 goals in the 2004 Asian Cup, and this contributed to the Japan national team's top place finish. He was a member of the Japanese team at the 2006 World Cup.[7] He scored a goal against Brazil in the first round of that World Cup.[7] He scored 2 goals in 2010 World Cup qualifying matches helping Japan reach the 2010 World Cup. He participated in 2 games at the 2010 World Cup.[7] He played 72 games and scored 16 goals for Japan until 2010.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of end of 2018 season[8][9]
Club Season League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AFC Other1 Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kashiwa Reysol 1999 J1 League 500010--60
2000 500010--60
2001 201000--30
2002 1331020--163
2003 28112150--3512
2004 28101000-203110
2005 2860000--286
Total 109305190-2012531
Nagoya Grampus Eight 2006 J1 League 2662010--296
2007 1452042--207
Nagoya Grampus 2008 3141020--344
2009 278411092-4111
2010 29132110--3214
2011 3314300030104014
2012 255310072-358
2013 3191062--3811
2014 1722241--245
Total 233662051951941029180
Cerezo Osaka 2015 J2 League 331000––213110
2016 24321––00243
Total 571321––216115
Nagoya Grampus 2017 J2 League 28610––20316
2018 J1 League 2431030––283
Total 5292030–20599
V-Varen Nagasaki 2019 J2 League –
Total –
Career total 45111829731519470537134

1Includes J.League Promotion / Relegation Series and Japanese Super Cup.

International

[10]

Honors

Teams
Kashiwa Reysol
Nagoya Grampus
Japan National Team

Individual

References
  1. Keiji Tamada at J.League (in Japanese)
  2. "Japan striker Tamada joins Nagoya". The Japan Times. 20 January 2006. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  3. 玉田 圭司選手、移籍加入のお知らせ. nagoya-grampus.jp (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  4. 2018シーズン契約更新選手のお知らせ（1）. nagoya-grampus.jp (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  5. 玉田 圭司選手、契約満了のお知らせ. nagoya-grampus.jp (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  6. V-Varen Nagasaki(in Japanese)
  7. Japan National Football Team Database
  8. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 155 out of 289)
  9. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 2014 (NSK MOOK)", 14 February 2014, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411109 (p. 93 out of 290)
  10. "Tamada, Keiji". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
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