Tamada (right)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Keiji Tamada | ||
Date of birth | 11 April 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Nagoya Grampus | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Youth career | |||
1996–1998 | Narashino High School | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2005 | Kashiwa Reysol | 109 | (30) |
2006–2014 | Nagoya Grampus | 185 | (55) |
2015–2016 | Cerezo Osaka | 59 | (14) |
2017– | Nagoya Grampus | 7 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2004–2010 | Japan | 72 | (16) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 June 2010 (UTC) |
Keiji Tamada (玉田 圭司 Tamada Keiji?, born 11 April 1980 in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese football player, who currently plays for Nagoya Grampus.
Tamada joined Kashiwa Reysol from Narashino High School in 1999. His debut was the game against Avispa Fukuoka 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 Japan national team in 2004. He transferred to 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 AFC Champions League 2009 for Nagoya Grampus and contributed to the team's semifinal advancement. Nagoya Grampus won the J. League Championship in 2010. He will be playing for Cerezo Osaka this 2015 season.