is a Japanese professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Tamada joined

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from Narashino High School in 1999. His debut was the game against

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on 13 March 1999. Kashiwa Reysol won the

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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

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(later ''Nagoya Grampus'') taking the opportunity of

's relegation to J2 in 2006. He took an active part in the 2008 season and Nagoya participated in the

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for the first time. He enumerated two goals in

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for

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and contributed to the team's semifinal advancement. Nagoya Grampus won the

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Championship in

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. He played for

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in the 2015 season. On 29 December 2016, Tamada re-joined Nagoya Grampus. He signed another one-year contract with the club on 20 December 2017. On 6 December 2018, Tamada was released by Nagoya Grampus. In 2019, Tamada moved to

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club

International career

Tamada made his field debut as a member of the Japan national team against

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on 31 March 2004.Japan National Football Team Database
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, and this contributed to the Japan national team's top place finish. He was a member of the Japan team at the

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. He scored a goal against

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in the first round of that World Cup. He scored two goals in

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matches helping Japan reach the

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. He participated in two games at the 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
"J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 2014 (NSK MOOK)"
14 February 2014, Japan, (p. 93 out of 290)

International

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

Honors

Kashiwa Reysol *

: 1999 Nagoya Grampus *

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Japan *

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Individual * East Asian Football Championship top scorer:

References

External links

* *
Japan National Football Team Database
*
Keiji Tamada's official blog

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