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.

Career statistics

Club
Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan,  (p. 155 out of 289)Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 2014 (NSK MOOK)", 14 February 2014, Japan,  (p. 93 out of 290)

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueEmperor's CupJ.League CupAFCOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsKashiwa Reysol1999J1 League500010––602000500010––602001201000––3020021331020––163200328112150––3512200428101000–20311020052860000––286Total109305190–2012531Nagoya Grampus Eight2006J1 League2662010––29620071452042––207Nagoya Grampus20083141020––3442009278411092–4111201029132110––3214201133143000301040142012255310072–35820133191062––381120141722241––245Total233662051951941029180Cerezo Osaka2015J2 League331000––213110201624321––00243Total571321––216115Nagoya Grampus2017J2 League28610––203162018J1 League2431030––283Total5292030–20599V-Varen Nagasaki2019J2 League–Career total45111829731519470537134

 International 
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsJapan2004185200516220067220070020081242009101201092Total7216

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

+ List of international goals scored by Keiji TamadaNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1  25 April 2004  ZTE Arena, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary    2–3  Friendly2 3 August 2004 Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan, China   4–3 2004 AFC Asian Cup3 4  7 August 2004  Workers Stadium, Beijing, China    3–1  2004 AFC Asian Cup5  17 November 2004  Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan    1–0  2006 FIFA World Cup qualification6 29 January 2005 International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan   4–0 Friendly7 8  4 June 2006  Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany    1–0  Friendly9  22 June 2006  Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany    1–4  2006 FIFA World Cup10  24 May 2008  Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan    1–0  Kirin Cup11  15 October 2008  Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan    1–1  2010 FIFA World Cup qualification12  13 November 2008  Home's Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan    3–1  Friendly13  19 November 2008  Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar    3–0  2010 FIFA World Cup qualification14  9 September 2009  Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands    4–3  Friendly15 11 February 2010 National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan   3–0 2010 East Asian Football Championship16 

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

Category:1980 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Chiba Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:J2 League players
Category:Kashiwa Reysol players
Category:Nagoya Grampus players
Category:Cerezo Osaka players
Category:V-Varen Nagasaki players
Category:2006 FIFA World Cup players
Category:2010 FIFA World Cup players
Category:2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players