Keiji Tamada


Keiji Tamada is a Japanese football player who plays for V-Varen Nagasaki.

Career

Club career

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 Eight 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 will be playing for Cerezo Osaka this 2015 season.
On 29 December 2016, Tamada re-joined Nagoya Grampus, signing another one-year contract with Nagoya Grampus 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.

National Team career

Tamada made his field debut as a member of the Japan national team against Singapore in 2006 World Cup qualifiers on 31 March 2004.
He scored 3 goals in the 2004 Asian Cup, and this contributed to the Japan national team's top place finish. He was a member of the Japanese team at the 2006 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 reach the 2010 World Cup. He participated in 2 games at the 2010 World Cup. He played 72 games and scored 16 goals for Japan until 2010.

Career statistics

Club

1Includes J.League Promotion / Relegation Series and Japanese Super Cup.

International

Honors

Teams

; Kashiwa Reysol
; Nagoya Grampus
; Japan National Team