Rodrigo Tabata

Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata (born 19 November 1980) or simply Rodrigo Tabata, is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Qatari club Al Sadd. Born in Brazil, he played for the Qatar national team.

Rodrigo Tabata
Tabata with Al Rayyan in 2012
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata
Date of birth (1980-11-19) 19 November 1980
Place of birth Araçatuba, Brazil
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Al Sadd
Number 12
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)
2006–2009 Santos 154 (42)
2008–2009Gaziantepspor (loan) 29 (12)
2009–2011 Beşiktaş 30 (2)
2011Al Rayyan (loan) 11 (7)
2011–2020 Al Rayyan 173 (121)
2014–2015Al Sadd (loan) 22 (13)
2020– Al Sadd 58 (28)
International career
2015–2017 Qatar 18 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 April 2023

Club career

Career in Brazil

Tabata was born in Araçatuba, Brazil. Earlier in his career, he was a journeyman and played for 11 different clubs between 1999 and 2003. In 2004, he moved to Goiás, playing the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A for the first time. His good performances helped his club finishing in 3rd place in the 2005 edition, the best position Goiás ever achieved in the top flight and qualifying for the Copa Libertadores for the first time in its history.[1]

Tabata was purchased by Santos in 2006, where he won twice the Campeonato Paulista in 2006 and 2007. In 2008, he moved abroad to Gaziantepspor in a three-year loan deal with an option to a permanent purchase.[2][3]

Gaziantepspor and Beşiktaş

Tabata playing for Beşiktaş at 2009–10

After a successful season with Gaziantepspor, Tabata moved to Beşiktaş for €8 million transfer fee.[4] The transfer caused controversy at Santos as the Brazilian club claimed that they have not received the fee from Gaziantepspor to make the deal permanent before the deal was finished between the Turkish clubs.[5]

Tabata played one full season at Beşiktaş before moving on loan to Al Rayyan in 2010, later being purchased by the Qatari side in 2011.

Al Rayyan

Tabata after winning the 2012 Sheikh Jassim Cup

In late 2011, the Al Rayyan administration asked Tabata, who has Japanese grandparents,[6][7] 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 was unable to write or read the Japanese language.[8]

He received a $100,000 cash award on 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.[9] He also won the player of the year award in the Qatar Stars League that season, recording 17 goals and 9 assists.[10]

Loan to Al Sadd

On 31 January 2014, he signed a loan deal with another Qatari club and title holders Al Sadd. He returned to Al Rayyan in 2015.

Al Sadd

In July 2020, Tabata signed with Al Sadd for one year.[11]

International career

After years of playing in Qatar, he became a naturalized Qatari citizen and was therefore eligible for the Brazilian and Qatari national football teams. In August 2015, Tabata was selected for the Qatar national team's camp in Austria. His unofficial debut came in a friendly against Austrian club LASK Linz on 17 August 2015.[12] He made his official debut in a FIFA World Cup qualifier match against Hong Kong in a 2–0 win.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 May 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Qatar Emir Cup AFC Champions League Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Al-Rayyan SC (loan) 2010–11 QSL 1173440101911
Al-Rayyan SC 2011–12 QSL 21171063453225
2012–13 22113141733616
2013–14 164562110
2014–15 Qatargas League 82144751930
2015–16 QSL 242123102724
2016–17 24203464203528
2017–18 21153352623522
2018–19 2092161763517
2019–20 164211054249
Total 172122201728114431264181
Al-Sadd b (loan) 2014–15 Qatargas League 1100000011
Al-Sadd SC (loan) 2013–14 QSL 753272312010
2014–15 1582011189
2019–20 41105111113
2020–21 21113030733414
2021–22 2173153--2911
2022–23 123300063216
Total 803513322618912752
Career total 264165362454176340411243

International goals

Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rodrigo Tabata goal.[15]
List of international goals scored by Rodrigo Tabata
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
18 August 2016Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar Iraq1–02–1Friendly
225 August 2016Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar Thailand2–03–0Friendly

Honours

Santos

Al Rayyan

Al-Sadd

Individual

References

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