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Keisuke Tsuboi

{{short description|Japanese footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Keisuke Tsuboi
坪井 慶介

| image = Keisuke Tsuboi.jpg

| upright = 1.4

| caption =

| full_name = Keisuke Tsuboi{{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}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|9|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tama, Tokyo, Japan

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.79 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1995–1997

| youthclubs1 = Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo High School

| collegeyears1 = 1998–2001

| college1 = Fukuoka University

| years1 = 2002–2014

| clubs1 = Urawa Red Diamonds

| caps1 = 292

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2015–2017

| clubs2 = Shonan Bellmare

| caps2 = 28

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2018–2019

| clubs3 = Renofa Yamaguchi

| caps3 = 28

| goals3 = 0

| totalcaps = 348

| totalgoals = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2003–2007

| nationalteam1 = Japan

| nationalcaps1 = 40

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Team|Urawa Red Diamonds}}

{{Medal|W|AFC Champions League|2007}}

{{Medal|W|J1 League|2006}}

{{Medal|RU|J1 League|2004}}

{{Medal|RU|J1 League|2005}}

{{Medal|RU|J1 League|2007}}

{{Medal|RU|J1 League|2014}}

{{Medal|W|J.League Cup|2003}}

{{Medal|RU|J.League Cup|2002}}

{{Medal|RU|J.League Cup|2004}}

{{Medal|RU|J.League Cup|2011}}

{{Medal|RU|J.League Cup|2013}}

{{Medal|W|Emperor's Cup|2005}}

{{Medal|W|Emperor's Cup|2006}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Keisuke Tsuboi|坪井 慶介|Tsuboi Keisuke|born 16 September 1979}} is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a defender.{{J.League player}}

Club career

Tsuboi was educated at and played for Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo High School and Fukuoka University.

After graduating from the university in 2002, he joined Urawa Red Diamonds and immediately broke into the first team. His first appearance came on 3 March 2002 against Yokohama F. Marinos in opening game in 2002 season. He scored his first league goal on 17 May 2003 against Gamba Osaka. He won the Rookie of the Year award in 2002 and was selected as one of the J.League Best Eleven in 2003. In 2006, Reds won the champions in J1 League which is first J1 champions in the club history. In 2007, Reds won first Asian title AFC Champions League. Although he played many matches as regular center back until 2010, he could not play many matches from 2011.

In 2015, Tsuboi moved to Shonan Bellmare.[http://www.bellmare.co.jp/115207 Shonan Bellmare]{{in lang|ja}} However he could not play many matches and Bellmare was relegated to J2 League end of 2016 season. In 2018, he moved to J2 club Renofa Yamaguchi FC.[http://www.renofa.com/archives/28959/ Renofa Yamaguchi FC]{{in lang|ja}}

International career

Tsuboi represented Japan for the 2001 Summer Universiade held in Beijing where the team won the title beating Ukraine in the final.

Japan's national coach Zico gave him the first cap in 2003 when he played Tsuboi on 11 June 2003 in a friendly against Paraguay at Saitama Stadium.[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/tsuboi_keisuke.html Japan National Football Team Database] He was a member of the Japan team for 2006 FIFA World Cup where he played 2 games against Australia and Brazil. In Japan's first match against Australia, he suffered from cramps in his both thighs and had to be replaced by Teruyuki Moniwa in the 56th minute.

He was also in the squad for 2007 Asian Cup but did not play any game in the tournament as Yuki Abe and Yuji Nakazawa were the first-choice centre backs.

On 8 February 2008, he announced retirement from international football.{{cite web | url =http://jeremy.footballjapan.co.uk/2008/02/tsuboi_offered_.html| title =Tsuboi offered something different in Japan's defence| date = 11 February 2008 | access-date = 28 December 2012 | publisher =A View From A Brit by Jeremy Walker}} He played 40 games for Japan until 2007.

Career statistics

=Club=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionNippon 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%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E7%89%88-2018-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411521 "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)"], 7 February 2018, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411529}} (p. 231 out of 289)Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2016J1-J2-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411335/ref=pd_cp_14_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1N6B11BBGDQ32GYF7MWJ "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑"], 10 February 2016, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411338}} (p. 69 out of 289)

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="2"|League

!colspan="2"|Emperor's Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Champions League

!colspan="2"|Other{{efn|Includes Japanese Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.}}

!colspan="2"|Total

Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

Fukuoka University

|1999

|colspan="2"|–

30colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–30
rowspan="13"|Urawa Red Diamonds

|2002

|30

01080colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–390
2003

|30

110110colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–421
2004

|14

01000colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–150
2005

|33

05020colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–400
2006

|27

02010colspan="2"|–10310
2007

|31

0100012040480
2008

|21

0206040colspan="2"|–330
2009

|29

01070colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–370
2010

|31

04030colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–380
2011

|5

03020colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–100
2012

|33

01010colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–350
2013

|7

0201020colspan="2"|–120
2014

|1

01010colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–30
rowspan="3"|Shonan Bellmare

|2015

|8

01061colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–151
2016

|15

01040colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–200
2017

|5

020colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–70
rowspan="2"|Renofa Yamaguchi

|2018

|23

010colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–240
2019

|5

010colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–60
colspan="2"|Career total

!348||1||34||0||53||1||18||0||5||0||458||2

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=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="5"|Japan

|2003

110
2004100
200570
2006110
200710
colspan="2"|Total400

Honours

Urawa Reds

Shonan Bellmare

Individual

References

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External links

  • {{FIFA player|198972}}
  • {{NFT}}
  • {{Soccerway}}
  • {{J.League player}}
  • [http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/tsuboi_keisuke.html Japan National Football Team Database]
  • [http://www.renofa.com/archives/player2019/df2_tsuboi/ Profile at Renofa Yamaguchi FC] {{in lang|ja}}
  • [http://soccer.yahoo.co.jp/jleague/players/detail/4394 Yahoo! Sports Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714181227/http://soccer.yahoo.co.jp/jleague/players/detail/4394 |date=14 July 2014 }} {{in lang|ja}}

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{{J.League Rookie of the Year}}

{{2003 J.League Team of the Year}}

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|title= Japan squads

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{{Japan squad 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup}}

{{Japan squad 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup}}

{{Japan squad 2006 FIFA World Cup}}

{{Japan squad 2007 AFC Asian Cup}}

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Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:Fukuoka University alumni

Category:People from Tama, Tokyo

Category:Association football people from Tokyo Metropolis

Category:Japanese men's footballers

Category:Japan men's international footballers

Category:J1 League players

Category:J2 League players

Category:Urawa Red Diamonds players

Category:Shonan Bellmare players

Category:Renofa Yamaguchi FC players

Category:2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players

Category:2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players

Category:2006 FIFA World Cup players

Category:2007 AFC Asian Cup players

Category:Men's association football defenders

Category:AFC Champions League Elite–winning players