Keiji Tamada

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.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Emperor's Cup|colspan="2"|J.League Cup|colspan="2"|AFC|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|Kashiwa Reysol|1999|rowspan="7"|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||||||
|rowspan="2"|Nagoya Grampus Eight|2006|rowspan="10"|J1 League|26|6|2|0|1|0|–|–|29|6||
|2007|14|5|2|0|4|2|–|–|20|7||||||
|rowspan="8"|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||||||
|rowspan="3"|Cerezo Osaka|2015|rowspan="2"|J2 League|33|10|0|0|–|–|2|1|31|10||
|2016|24|3|2|1|–|–|0|0|24|3||||||
|rowspan="3"|Nagoya Grampus|2017|J2 League|28|6|1|0|–|–|2|0|31|6|||
|2018|J1 League|24|3|1|0|3|0|–|–|28|3|||||
|V-Varen Nagasaki|2019|J2 League|||||||–|||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Japan|2004|18|5|
|2005|16|2|||
|2006|7|2|||
|2007|0|0|||
|2008|12|4|||
|2009|10|1|||
|2010|9|2|||

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|25 April 2004|ZTE Arena, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary|||2–3|Friendly||||||||
|2|3 August 2004|Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan, China|||4–3|2004 AFC Asian Cup||||||||
|3||||||||||||||
|4|7 August 2004|Workers Stadium, Beijing, China|||3–1|2004 AFC Asian Cup||||||||
|5|17 November 2004|Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan|||1–0|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|6|29 January 2005|International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan|||4–0|Friendly||||||||
|7||||||||||||||
|8|4 June 2006|Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany|||1–0|Friendly||||||||
|9|22 June 2006|Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany|||1–4|2006 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|10|24 May 2008|Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan|||1–0|Kirin Cup||||||||
|11|15 October 2008|Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan|||1–1|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|12|13 November 2008|Home's Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan|||3–1|Friendly||||||||
|13|19 November 2008|Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar|||3–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|14|9 September 2009|Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands|||4–3|Friendly||||||||
|15|11 February 2010|National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan|||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

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Keiji Tamada
- **image**: Flickr - tpower1978 - KIRIN Challenge Cup (1).jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Tamada (right) playing for Japan national football team, Japan
- **fullname**: Keiji Tamada
- **birth place**: Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba, Japan
- **position**: Forward
- **currentclub**: V-Varen Nagasaki
- **youthyears1**: 1996–1998
- **youthclubs1**: Narashino High School
- **years1**: 1999–2005
- **clubs1**: Kashiwa Reysol
- **caps1**: 109
- **goals1**: 30
- **years2**: 2006–2014
- **clubs2**: Nagoya Grampus
- **caps2**: 233
- **goals2**: 66
- **years3**: 2015–2016
- **clubs3**: Cerezo Osaka
- **caps3**: 57
- **goals3**: 13
- **years4**: 2017–2018
- **clubs4**: Nagoya Grampus
- **caps4**: 52
- **goals4**: 9
- **years5**: 2019–
- **clubs5**: V-Varen Nagasaki
- **caps5**: 60
- **goals5**: 13
- **nationalyears1**: 2004–2010
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps1**: 72
- **nationalgoals1**: 16
- **club-update**: end of the 2020 season