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Rodrigo Tabata

Rodrigo Tabata

Brazilian-born Qatari footballer

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Barbosa and the second or paternal family name is Tabata.

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

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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 18 March 2024[14]
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  1. Includes Copa do Brasil, Turkish Cup
  2. Appearancess in Copa do Nordeste
  3. Appearances in Campeonato Paraibano
  4. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  5. Appearances in Campeonato Paulista
  6. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  7. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  8. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  9. Appearances in AFC Champions League

International

Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rodrigo Tabata goal.[15]
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Honours

Santos

Al Rayyan

Al-Sadd

Individual

Notes

    References

    1. [1]
      "Ex-Goiás, Tabata é convocado pelo Catar para jogo das Eliminatórias". O Popular. 20 March 2016.
    2. [2]
      "MercadoFutebol.com". MercadoFutebol.com.
    3. [3]
      "Besiktas acerta contratação do meia Rodrigo Tabata; Santos lucra". BOL.
    4. [4]
      (in Turkish) Tabata Resmen Beşiktaş’ta
    5. [5]
      "Dinheiro da venda de Tabata some - Diário do Grande ABC - Notícias e informações do Grande ABC: grande abc,diario do grande abc,noticias,dgabc,2010,santos,tabata". Jornal Diário do Grande ABC.
    6. [6]
      "Terra | Buscador".
    7. [7]
      "Em alta, Rodrigo Tabata cogita defender Japão na Copa de 2010 - 09/10/2007 - UOL Esporte - Futebol". www.uol.com.br.
    8. [8]
      "الريان يفاوض محليين ويبقي على جميع المحترفين".
    9. [9]
      "جائزة الهداف تحقق حلم تاباتا بشراء "ثور" برازيلي".
    10. [10]
      "Brazilian attacking midfielder Rodrigo Tabata wins Qatar Stars League's best player award | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
    11. [11]
      "رسميا.. السد يستعيد أسطورة الدوري القطري". Kooora (in Arabic). 28 July 2020.
    12. [12]
      "Qatar draw 2–2 with LASK Linz as Rodrigo Tabata makes his debut". Gulf Times. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
    13. [13]
      "FIFA". Archived from the original on 22 June 2015.
    14. [14]
      Rodrigo Tabata at Soccerway
    15. [15]
      "Tabata, Rodrigo". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
    16. [16]
      "Tabata & Aguirre named season heroes". Qatar Stars League. 13 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
    17. [17]
      "Qatar - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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