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Keiji Tamada
玉田圭司

Tamada (right) escaping a defender

Personal information

Full name

Keiji Tamada

Date of birth

11 April 1980 (age 44)

Place of birth

Urayasu, Chiba, Japan

Height

1.73 m

Playing position

Forward

Club information

Current club

V-Varen Nagasaki

Number

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

(13)

2017–2018

Nagoya Grampus

(9)

2019–

V-Varen Nagasaki

Total

451

(118)

National team

2004–2010

Japan

(16)

Honours


Kashiwa Reysol
Winner	J.League Cup	1999
Nagoya Grampus
Winner	J1 League	2010
Runner-up	J1 League	2011
Runner-up	Emperor's Cup	2009
Representing Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Gold	2004 China

Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of 2018 season.

† Appearances (Goals).

Keiji Tamada (玉田圭司, Tamada Keiji, born 11 April 1980) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for V-Varen Nagasaki.

Club career
International career
Career statistics
- Club
- International
Honors
See also

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. 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 played for Cerezo Osaka in the 2015 season.

On 29 December 2016, Tamada re-joined Nagoya Grampus. He signed another one-year contract with the club on 20 December 2017. On 6 December 2018, Tamada was released by Nagoya Grampus.

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

International career

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

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		AFC		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kashiwa Reysol	1999	J1 League	5	0	0	0	1	0	–		–		6	0
	2000		5	0	0	0	1	0	–		–		6	0
	2001		2	0	1	0	0	0	–		–		3	0
	2002		13	3	1	0	2	0	–		–		16	3
	2003		28	11	2	1	5	0	–		–		35	12
	2004		28	10	1	0	0	0	–		2	0	31	10
	2005		28	6	0	0	0	0	–		–		28	6
	Total		109	30	5	1	9	0	–		2	0	125	31
Nagoya Grampus Eight	2006	J1 League	26	6	2	0	1	0	–		–		29	6
Nagoya Grampus Eight	2007		14	5	2	0	4	2	–		–		20	7
Nagoya Grampus	2008		31	4	1	0	2	0	–		–		34	4
	2009		27	8	4	1	1	0	9	2	–		41	11
	2010		29	13	2	1	1	0	–		–		32	14
	2011		33	14	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	40	14
	2012		25	5	3	1	0	0	7	2	–		35	8
	2013		31	9	1	0	6	2	–		–		38	11
	2014		17	2	2	2	4	1	–		–		24	5
	Total		233	66	20	5	19	5	19	4	1	0	291	80
Cerezo Osaka	2015		J2 League	33	10	0	0	–		–		2	1	31	10
	2016	24	J2 League	3	2	1	–		–		0	0	24	3
	Total		57	13	2	1	–		–		2	1	61	15
Nagoya Grampus	2017	J2 League	28	6	1	0	–		–		2	0	31	6
	2018	J1 League	24	3	1	0	3	0	–		–		28	3
	Total		52	9	2	0	3	0	–		2	0	59	9
V-Varen Nagasaki	2019	J2 League							–
Career total			451	118	29	7	31	5	19	4	7	0	537	134

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	2004	18	5
	2005	16	2
	2006	7	2
	2007	0	0
	2008	12	4
	2009	10	1
	2010	9	2
Total		72	16

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tamada goal.

List of international goals scored by Keiji Tamada
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
1	25 April 2004	ZTE Arena, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary	Hungary	2–3	Friendly
2	3 August 2004	Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan, China	Bahrain	4–3	2004 AFC Asian Cup
3	3 August 2004	Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan, China	Bahrain	4–3	2004 AFC Asian Cup
4	7 August 2004	Workers Stadium, Beijing, China	China	3–1	2004 AFC Asian Cup
5	17 November 2004	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan	Singapore	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	29 January 2005	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan	Kazakhstan	4–0	Friendly
7	29 January 2005	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan	Kazakhstan	4–0	Friendly
8	4 June 2006	Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany	Malta	1–0	Friendly
9	22 June 2006	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany	Brazil	1–4	2006 FIFA World Cup
10	24 May 2008	Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan	Ivory Coast	1–0	Kirin Cup
11	15 October 2008	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan	Uzbekistan	1–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
12	13 November 2008	Home's Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan	Syria	3–1	Friendly
13	19 November 2008	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
14	9 September 2009	Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands	Ghana	4–3	Friendly
15	11 February 2010	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Hong Kong	3–0	2010 East Asian Football Championship
16	11 February 2010	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Hong Kong	3–0	2010 East Asian Football Championship