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{{short description|Japanese footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Keiji Tamada<br/>玉田 圭司
| image = Flickr - tpower1978 - KIRIN Challenge Cup (1).jpg
| upright = 1.1
| caption = Tamada (right) escaping a defender
| fullname = Keiji Tamada<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Japan |publisher=FIFA |page=16 |date=21 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2019}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|4|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Urayasu]], [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]], Japan
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height = 1.73 m
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| 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 = 2019–2021
| clubs5 = [[V-Varen Nagasaki]]
| caps5 = 79
| goals5 = 15
| totalcaps = 451
| totalgoals = 118
| nationalyears1 = 2004–2010
| nationalteam1 = [[Japan national football team|Japan]]
| nationalcaps1 = 72
| nationalgoals1 = 16
| manageryears1 = 
| managerclubs1 = 
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Team|[[Kashiwa Reysol]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[J.League Cup]]|[[1999 J.League Cup|1999]]}}
{{Medal|Team|[[Nagoya Grampus]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[J1 League]]|[[2010 J.League Division 1|2010]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[J1 League]]|[[2011 J.League Division 1|2011]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[Emperor's Cup]]|[[2009 Emperor's Cup|2009]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{Fb|JPN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}}
{{Medal|G|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004 China]]|}}
| club-update = end of 2018 season
| nationalteam-update = 
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Keiji Tamada'''|玉田 圭司|Tamada Keiji|born 11 April 1980}} is a Japanese former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]].<ref>{{J.League player}}</ref> As of 2024, he is the manager of Shohei High School's football team, who plays in the [[Prince Takamado Cup|Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League]].

==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 J.League Division 1|2002 season]]. He was selected to the [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]] in 2004. He transferred to [[Nagoya Grampus|Nagoya Grampus Eight]] (later ''Nagoya Grampus'') taking the opportunity of [[Kashiwa Reysol]]'s relegation to [[J2 League|J2]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sj20060120a1.html| title =Japan striker Tamada joins Nagoya| date = 20 January 2006 | access-date = 26 December 2012 | newspaper=[[The Japan Times]]}}</ref> He took an active part in the [[2008 J.League Division 1|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 J.League Division 1|2010]]. He played for [[Cerezo Osaka]] in the 2015 season.

On 29 December 2016, Tamada re-joined Nagoya Grampus.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:玉田 圭司選手、移籍加入のお知らせ|url=http://nagoya-grampus.jp/news/pressrelease/2016/1229post-721.php|website=nagoya-grampus.jp|publisher=Nagoya Grampus|access-date=3 January 2017|language=ja|date=29 December 2016}}</ref> He signed another one-year contract with the club on 20 December 2017.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:2018シーズン契約更新選手のお知らせ（1）|url=http://nagoya-grampus.jp/news/pressrelease/2017/121520181.php|website=nagoya-grampus.jp|publisher=Nagoya Grampus|access-date=20 December 2017|language=ja|date=15 December 2017}}</ref> On 6 December 2018, Tamada was released by Nagoya Grampus.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:玉田 圭司選手、契約満了のお知らせ |url=http://nagoya-grampus.jp/news/pressrelease/2018/1206post-1079.php |website=nagoya-grampus.jp |publisher=Nagoya Grampus |access-date=7 December 2018 |language=ja |date=6 December 2018}}</ref>

In 2019, Tamada moved to [[J2 League]] club [[V-Varen Nagasaki]].<ref>[https://www.v-varen.com/news/80218.html V-Varen Nagasaki]{{in lang|ja}}</ref>

==International career==
Tamada made his field debut as a member of the [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]] against [[Singapore national football team|Singapore]] in [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]] on 31 March 2004.<ref name="nationalteam">[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/tamada_keiji.html Japan National Football Team Database]</ref>
He scored three goals in the [[2004 AFC Asian Cup]], and this contributed to the Japan national team's top place finish. He was a member of the Japan team at the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]].<ref name=nationalteam/> He scored a goal against [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] in the first round of that World Cup.<ref name=nationalteam/> He scored two goals in [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]] matches helping Japan reach the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]]. He participated in two games at the 2010 World Cup.<ref name=nationalteam/> He played 72 games and scored 16 goals for Japan until 2010.<ref name=nationalteam/>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{{Updated|end of 2018 season}}<ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2017-J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411424/ref=pd_sim_14_1/356-9491148-0114816?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BA8BN4Y0F97GNWKQM78H "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"], 8 February 2017, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411420}} (p. 155 out of 289)</ref><ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-2014-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411165 "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 2014 (NSK MOOK)"], 14 February 2014, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411109}} (p. 93 out of 290)</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[Emperor's Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[J.League Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[AFC Champions League|AFC]]
!colspan="2"|Other{{efn|Includes [[J.League Promotion / Relegation Series]] and [[Japanese Super Cup]].}}
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[Kashiwa Reysol]]
|[[1999 Kashiwa Reysol season|1999]]
|rowspan="7"|[[J1 League]]
|5||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||6||0
|-
|[[2000 Kashiwa Reysol season|2000]]
|5||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||6||0
|-
|[[2001 Kashiwa Reysol season|2001]]
|2||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||3||0
|-
|[[2002 Kashiwa Reysol season|2002]]
|13||3||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||3
|-
|[[2003 Kashiwa Reysol season|2003]]
|28||11||2||1||5||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||35||12
|-
|[[2004 Kashiwa Reysol season|2004]]
|28||10||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||2||0||31||10
|-
|[[2005 Kashiwa Reysol season|2005]]
|28||6||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||28||6
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!109!!30!!5!!1!!9!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!2!!0!!125!!31
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Nagoya Grampus|Nagoya Grampus Eight]]
|[[2006 Nagoya Grampus Eight season|2006]]
|rowspan="10"|J1 League
|26||6||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||29||6
|-
|[[2007 Nagoya Grampus Eight season|2007]]
|14||5||2||0||4||2||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||20||7
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[Nagoya Grampus]]
|[[2008 Nagoya Grampus season|2008]]
|31||4||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||34||4
|-
|[[2009 Nagoya Grampus season|2009]]
|27||8||4||1||1||0||9||2||colspan="2"|–||41||11
|-
|[[2010 Nagoya Grampus season|2010]]
|29||13||2||1||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||32||14
|-
|[[2011 Nagoya Grampus season|2011]]
|33||14||3||0||0||0||3||0||1||0||40||14
|-
|[[2012 Nagoya Grampus season|2012]]
|25||5||3||1||0||0||7||2||colspan="2"|–||35||8
|-
|[[2013 Nagoya Grampus season|2013]]
|31||9||1||0||6||2||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||38||11
|-
|[[2014 Nagoya Grampus season|2014]]
|17||2||2||2||4||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||24||5
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!233!!66!!20!!5!!19!!5!!19!!4!!1!!0!!291!!80
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Cerezo Osaka]]
|[[2015 Cerezo Osaka season|2015]]
|rowspan="2"|[[J2 League]]
|33||10||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||1||31||10
|-
|[[2016 Cerezo Osaka season|2016]]
|24||3||2||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||0||0||24||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!57!!13!!2!!1!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!2!!1!!61!!15
|-
|rowspan="3"|Nagoya Grampus
|[[2017 Nagoya Grampus season|2017]]
|J2 League
|28||6||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||0||31||6
|-
|[[2018 Nagoya Grampus season|2018]]
|J1 League
|24||3||1||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||28||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!52!!9!!2!!0!!3!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!2!!0!!59!!9
|-
|[[V-Varen Nagasaki]]
|[[2019 V-Varen Nagasaki season|2019]]
|J2 League
|||||||||||||colspan="2"|–||||||||
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!451!!118!!29!!7!!31!!5!!19!!4!!7!!0!!537!!134
|}

{{notelist}}

=== International ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT player|3446|name=Tamada, Keiji|accessdate=5 June 2012}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[Japan national football team|Japan]]
|[[2004 Japan national football team|2004]]||18||5
|-
|[[2005 Japan national football team|2005]]||16||2
|-
|[[2006 Japan national football team|2006]]||7||2
|-
|[[2007 Japan national football team|2007]]||0||0
|-
|[[2008 Japan national football team|2008]]||12||4
|-
|[[2009 Japan national football team|2009]]||10||1
|-
|[[2010 Japan national football team|2010]]||9||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!72!!16
|}

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

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Keiji Tamada
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 25 April 2004 || [[ZTE Arena]], [[Zalaegerszeg]], Hungary || {{fb|HUN}} || || align="center"|2–3 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || rowspan="2"|3 August 2004 || rowspan="2"|[[Shandong Provincial Stadium]], [[Jinan]], China || rowspan="2"|{{fb|BHR}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–3 || rowspan="2"|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|3 ||
|-
| align="center"|4 || 7 August 2004 || [[Workers Stadium]], Beijing, China || {{fb|CHN}} || || align="center"|3–1 || 2004 AFC Asian Cup
|-
| align="center"|5 || 17 November 2004 || [[Saitama Stadium 2002]], [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]], Japan || {{fb|SGP}} || || align="center"|1–0 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|6 || rowspan="2"|29 January 2005 || rowspan="2"|[[International Stadium Yokohama]], [[Yokohama]], Japan || rowspan="2"|{{fb|KAZ}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–0 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|7 ||
|-
| align="center"|8 || 4 June 2006 || [[Esprit Arena]], Düsseldorf, Germany || {{fb|MLT}} || || align="center"|1–0 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|9 || 22 June 2006 || [[Westfalenstadion]], [[Dortmund]], Germany || {{fb|BRA}} || || align="center"|1–4 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup Group F|2006 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|10 || 24 May 2008 || [[Toyota Stadium (Japan)|Toyota Stadium]], [[Toyota, Aichi|Toyota]], Japan || {{fb|CIV}} || || align="center"|1–0 || [[Kirin Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|11 || 15 October 2008 || Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan || {{fb|UZB}} || || align="center"|1–1 || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|12 || 13 November 2008 || [[Home's Stadium Kobe]], [[Kobe]], Japan || {{fb|SYR}} || || align="center"|3–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|13 || 19 November 2008 || [[Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium]], [[Doha]], Qatar || {{fb|QAT}} || || align="center"|3–0 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|14 || 9 September 2009 || [[Stadion Galgenwaard]], [[Utrecht]], Netherlands || {{fb|GHA}} || || align="center"|4–3 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|15 || rowspan="2"|11 February 2010 || rowspan="2"|[[National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo)|National Stadium]], Tokyo, Japan || rowspan="2"|{{fb|HKG}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0 || rowspan="2"|[[2010 East Asian Football Championship]]
|-
| align="center"|16 ||
|}

==Honors==
'''Kashiwa Reysol'''
* [[J.League Cup]]: 1999

'''Nagoya Grampus'''
* [[J1 League]]: [[2010 J.League Division 1|2010]]
* [[Japanese Super Cup]]: [[2011 Japanese Super Cup|2011]]

'''Japan'''
* [[AFC Asian Cup]]: [[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]]

'''Individual'''
* [[East Asian Football Championship ]] top scorer: [[2010 East Asian Football Championship|2010]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FIFA player|211976}}
* {{NFT}}
* [http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/tamada_keiji.html Japan National Football Team Database]
* {{J.League player}}
* [http://ameblo.jp/tamada-keiji/ Keiji Tamada's official blog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810004644/http://ameblo.jp/tamada-keiji/ |date=10 August 2011 }} {{in lang|ja}}
* [https://www.v-varen.com/club/80466.html Profile at V-Varen Nagasaki]{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|ja}}

{{V-Varen Nagasaki squad}}
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{{Japan squad 2004 AFC Asian Cup}}
{{Japan squad 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup}}
{{Japan squad 2006 FIFA World Cup}}
{{Japan squad 2010 FIFA World Cup}}
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