Rodrigo Tabata
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata | ||
| Date of birth | November 19, 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Araçatuba, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Al Rayyan | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Paulista | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999 | Paulista | 5 | (2) |
| 2000 | São Bento | 7 | (2) |
| 2001 | Santo André | 5 | (1) |
| 2001 | Ferroviário | 5 | (0) |
| 2001 | Inter de Limeira | 6 | (4) |
| 2002 | Treze | 7 | (3) |
| 2002 | Serrano-PB | 2 | (1) |
| 2002 | Ceará | 4 | (2) |
| 2003 | XV de Piracicaba | 3 | (7) |
| 2003 | América-RN | 5 | (2) |
| 2003 | Campinense-PB | 17 | (4) |
| 2004–2005 | Goiás | 75 | (18) |
| 2006–2008 | Santos | 154 | (42) |
| 2008–2009 | Gaziantepspor | 27 | (12) |
| 2009–2011 | Beşiktaş | 30 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | → Al Rayyan (loan) | 11 | (7) |
| 2011– | Al Rayyan | 35 | (23) |
| 2014 | → Al Sadd (loan) | 22 | (13) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata or simply Rodrigo Tabata (born November 19, 1980 in Araçatuba, Brazil), is an attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Qatari club Al Rayyan. He has a Japanese-Brazilian background.
Career
Gaziantepspor
After a successful season with Gaziantepspor, Tabata moved to Beşiktaş for €8 million transfer fee.[1]
Al Rayyan
In late 2011, the Al Rayyan administration asked Tabata to obtain a Japanese passport for reasons relating to the foreign player quota of the AFC Champions League. However, Tabata failed the prerequisites as he cannot write or read the Japanese language.[2]
He received a $100,000 cash award 8 April 2012 for scoring a super hat-trick (4 goals) against Qatar SC in a league game to give his team an 8-2 win, which was the highest scoring game recorded in the league for the 2011/12 season.[3]
In the 2011/12 season, he won the player of the year award in the Qatari league, recording 17 goals and 9 assists.[4]
Al Sadd (loan)
On 31 January 2014, he signed a loan deal with another Qatari club and title holders Al Sadd.
Honours
- Team
- São Paulo's Cup (U 20): 1999
- São Paulo State League: 2006, 2007
- Qatar's Emir Cup: 2010, 2011, 2013
- Qatar's Heir Apparent Cup: 2012
- Qatar's Sheikh Jassim Cup: 2012, 2013
- Personal
- Qatar Stars League Player of the Year: 2011/12
- Qatar Stars League Manager of the Month: October 2014
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rodrigo Tabata. |
- (Portuguese) santos.globo.com
- (English) sambafoot
- gaziantep27.net
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