*anese footballer

*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of end of 2018 season

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

Contents

• 1 Club career
• 2 International career
• 3 Career statistics
  • 3.1 Club
  • 3.2 International
• 4 Honors
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Club career

Tamada joined Kashiwa Reysol from Narashino High School in 1999. His debut was the game against Avispa *uoka 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 *an 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 *an 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 *an national team's top place finish. He was a member of the *an 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 *an 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 *an until 2010.

Career statistics

Club

As of end of 2018 season

International

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

Honors

Kashiwa Reysol

• J.League Cup: 1999

Nagoya Grampus

• J1 League: 2010
• *anese Super Cup: 2011

*an

• AFC Asian Cup: 2004

Individual

• East Asian Football Championship top scorer: 2010

References

External links

• Keiji Tamada – FIFA compe*ion record (archived)
• Keiji Tamada at National-Football-Teams.com
• *an National Football Team Database
• Keiji Tamada at J.League (in *anese)
• Keiji Tamada's official blog (in *anese)
• Profile at V-Varen Nagasaki (in *anese)