Keiji Tamada

Keiji Tamada

Tamada (right) playing for Japan
Personal information
Full name	Keiji Tamada
Date of birth	(1980-04-11) April 11, 1980 (age 46)
Place of birth	Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	V-Varen Nagasaki
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	60	(13)
International career
2004–2010	Japan	72	(16)
Medal record 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 2004 China
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of end of the 2020 season

Keiji Tamada (玉田 圭司, Tamada Keiji; born April 11, 1980) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Tamada was born in Urayasu on April 11, 1980. After graduating from Narashino High School, he joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol in 1999. He played many matches from 2002 and became a regular player in 2003. However the club was relegated to J2 League at the end of the 2005 season. In 2006, he moved to Nagoya Grampus Eight (later Nagoya Grampus). The club were the J1 League champions in 2010 and were 2nd place in 2011. He played 233 matches and scored 66 goals for Nagoya in 9 seasons. In 2015, he moved to J2 club Cerezo Osaka. After 2 seasons in Cerezo, he returned to Nagoya in 2017. Although Nagoya was relegated to J2 from 2017, Nagoya returned to J1 from 2018 in a year. In 2019, he moved to J2 club V-Varen Nagasaki.

In March 2004, Tamada was selected the Japan national team for 2006 World Cup qualification. At this qualification, he debuted against Singapore on March 31. He became a regular player soon. In July, he was selected the Japan for 2004 Asian Cup and played all 6 matches. He scored 2 goals in the semifinal and 1 goal in the final, and Japan won the champions. In 2006, he also played at 2006 World Cup. He played 2 matches and scored 1 goal against Brazil. After the 2006 World Cup, he was not selected the Japan under new manager Ivica Osim. In 2008, Tamada was selected the Japan again under new manager Takeshi Okada. He played many matches again and he played at 2010 World Cup. He played 72 games and scored 16 goals for Japan until 2010.

Career statistics

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	Score	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
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
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

Honors

Kashiwa Reysol

• J.League Cup: 1999

Nagoya Grampus

• J1 League: 2010
• Japanese Super Cup: 2011

Japan

• AFC Asian Cup: 2004

Individual

• East Asian Football Championship top scorer: 2010

References

Other websites

• Keiji Tamada at Soccerway.com
• Keiji Tamada at WorldFootball.net
• Keiji Tamada at National-Football-Teams.com
• Keiji Tamada at kicker (in German)
• Keiji Tamada at FBref.com

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