Keiji Tamada

Keiji Tamada

Personal information
Full name	Keiji Tamada
Date of birth	11 April 1980 (1980-04-11)
Place of birth	Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Nagoya Grampus
Number	11
Youth career
1996–1998	Narashino High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2005	Kashiwa Reysol	109	(30)
2006–	Nagoya Grampus	127	(52)
National team‡
2004–2010	Japan	72	(16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04 December 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:12, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Keiji Tamada (玉田 圭司, Tamada Keiji, born April 11, 1980 in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese football player, who currently plays for the J. League team Nagoya Grampus.

Career

Club career

Tamada entered Kashiwa Reysol from the Narashino High School in 1999. He accomplished the debut by the game against Avispa Fukuoka on March 13, 1999. He experiences the acquisition of the title of the J. League Cup in year of the joining first. However, he was not able to take part in the game easily. His beginning to appear in the game came to be paid attention gradually afterwards in the latter half of the season of 2002 and to be elected the Japan national team in 2004. He transferred the register to Nagoya Grampus taking the opportunity of Kashiwa Reysol's having demoted it to J2 in 2006. He took an active part at the season of 2008 and Nagoya decided the first participation to the AFC Champions League. He enumerated two goals in AFC Champions League 2009 that became a debut for Nagoya Grampus and contributed to the semifinal advancement of the team. Nagoya Grampus acquires the J. League Champion in 2010.

National Team Career

Tamada accomplished his Japan national team debut in the game against Singapore in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying on March 31, 2004. He scored 3 goals in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup, and this contributed to the acquisition of the title by the Japan national team. He was a member of the Japanese Squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He scored a goal against Brazil in the first round of that World Cup. He scored 2 goals in 2010 World Cup qualifying matches helping Japan to reach the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He participated in 2 games with 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

As of 4 December 2010

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
1999	Kashiwa Reysol	J. League Division 1	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	-		29	10
2005			28	6	0	0	0	0	-		28	6
2006	Nagoya Grampus		26	6	2	0	1	0	-		29	6
2007			14	5	2	0	4	2	-		20	7
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	2	0	-		33	14
2011			33	14	1	0	-		3	0	37	14
Career total			269	80	16	3	19	2	12	2	316	87

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

National team career statistics

As of 29 June 2010

Appearances in major competitions

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
			Start	Sub
Japan	2004 AFC Asian Cup	Senior	6	0	3	Champions
Japan	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup	Senior	2	1	0	Group Stage
Japan	2005 East Asian Football Championship	Senior	2	1	0	Runners-Up
Japan	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Senior	5	4	1	Qualified
Japan	2006 FIFA World Cup	Senior	1	1	1	Group Stage
Japan	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	Senior	11	1	2	Qualified
Japan	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Senior	2	1	0	Qualified
Japan	2010 East Asian Football Championship	Senior	3	0	2	3rd Place
Japan	2010 FIFA World Cup	Senior	0	2	0	Round of 16

Goals for Senior National Team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25 Apr 2004	ZTE Arena, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary	Hungary	2-3	Lost	Friendly Match
2.	03 Aug 2004	Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan, China	Bahrain	4-3	Won	2004 AFC Asian Cup semifinals
3.	03 Aug 2004	Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan, China	Bahrain	4-3	Won	2004 AFC Asian Cup semifinals
4.	07 Aug 2004	Workers Stadium, Beijing, China	China PR	3-1	Won	2004 AFC Asian Cup Final
5.	17 Nov 2004	Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan	Singapore	1-0	Won	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.	29 Jan 2005	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan	Kazakhstan	4-0	Won	Friendly Match
7.	29 Jan 2005	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan	Kazakhstan	4-0	Won	Friendly Match
8.	04 Jun 2006	Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany	Malta	1-0	Won	Friendly Match
9.	22 Jun 2006	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany	Brazil	1-4	Lost	2006 FIFA World Cup Group Stage
10.	24 May 2008	Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan	Côte d'Ivoire	1-0	Won	2008 Kirin Cup
11.	15 Oct 2008	Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan	Uzbekistan	1-1	Draw	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.	13 Nov 2008	Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe, Japan	Syria	3-1	Won	Friendly Match
13.	19 Nov 2008	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	3-0	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.	09 Sep 2009	Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands	Ghana	4-3	Won	Friendly Match
15.	11 Feb 2010	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Hong Kong	3-0	Won	2010 East Asian Football Championship
16.	11 Feb 2010	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Hong Kong	3-0	Won	2010 East Asian Football Championship

Honors

Teams

Kashiwa Reysol

• J. League Cup: 1999

Nagoya Grampus

• J. League Division 1: 2010
• Japanese Super Cup: 2011

Japan National Team

• AFC Asian Cup: 2004

Individual

• 2010 East Asian Football Championship: Top Scorer

External links

• FIFA.com Profile (English)
• Nagoya-Grampus official site Profile (Japanese)
• Keiji Tamada's official blog (Japanese)