Rodrigo Tabata

{{short description|Brazilian-born Qatari footballer (born 1980)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rodrigo Tabata

| image = Rodrigo Tabata 2012 1 (cropped).jpg

| upright = 1.1

| caption = Tabata with Al Rayyan in 2012

| full_name = Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|11|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Araçatuba, Brazil

| height = 1.71 m

| position = Attacking midfielder

| currentclub = Al Rayyan

| clubnumber = 7

| youthyears1 = 1997–1998

| youthclubs1 = Paulista

| years1 = 1999

| clubs1 = Paulista

| caps1 = 5

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2000

| clubs2 = São Bento

| caps2 = 7

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2001

| clubs3 = Santo André

| caps3 = 5

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2001

| clubs4 = Ferroviário

| caps4 = 5

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2001

| clubs5 = Inter de Limeira

| caps5 = 6

| goals5 = 4

| years6 = 2002

| clubs6 = Treze

| caps6 = 7

| goals6 = 3

| years7 = 2002

| clubs7 = Serrano-PB

| caps7 = 2

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2002

| clubs8 = Ceará

| caps8 = 3

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2003

| clubs9 = XV de Piracicaba

| caps9 = 3

| goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2003

| clubs10 = América-RN

| caps10 = 5

| goals10 = 2

| years11 = 2003

| clubs11 = Campinense-PB

| caps11 = 17

| goals11 = 4

| years12 = 2004–2005

| clubs12 = Goiás

| caps12 = 76

| goals12 = 18

| years13 = 2006–2009

| clubs13 = Santos

| caps13 = 79

| goals13 = 15

| years14 = 2008–2009

| clubs14 = → Gaziantepspor (loan)

| caps14 = 29

| goals14 = 12

| years15 = 2009–2011

| clubs15 = Beşiktaş

| caps15 = 30

| goals15 = 2

| years16 = 2011

| clubs16 = → Al Rayyan (loan)

| caps16 = 11

| goals16 = 7

| years17 = 2011–2020

| clubs17 = Al Rayyan

| caps17 = 173

| goals17 = 121

| years18 = 2014–2015

| clubs18 = → Al Sadd (loan)

| caps18 = 22

| goals18 = 13

| years19 = 2020–2023

| clubs19 = Al Sadd

| caps19 = 59

| goals19 = 23

| years20 = 2023–

| clubs20 = Al Rayyan

| caps20 = 24

| goals20 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2015–2017

| nationalteam1 = Qatar

| nationalcaps1 = 18

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalteam-update = 24 January 2025

}}

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.

Club career

=Career in Brazil=

Tabata was born in Araçatuba, Brazil, of Japanese descent. 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.opopular.com.br/noticias/esporte/ex-goi%C3%A1s-tabata-%C3%A9-convocado-pelo-catar-para-jogo-das-eliminat%C3%B3rias-1.1055706|title=Ex-Goiás, Tabata é convocado pelo Catar para jogo das Eliminatórias|date=20 March 2016|website=O Popular}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mercadofutebol.com/noticia/santos-negocia-tabata-com-o-gaziantepspor|title=MercadoFutebol.com|website=MercadoFutebol.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://noticias.bol.uol.com.br/esporte/2009/08/29/besiktas-acerta-contratacao-do-meia-rodrigo-tabata-santos-lucra.jhtm|title=Besiktas acerta contratação do meia Rodrigo Tabata; Santos lucra|website=BOL}}

=Gaziantepspor and Beşiktaş=

File:Rodrigo Tabata (cropped).jpg]]

After a successful season with Gaziantepspor, Tabata moved to Beşiktaş for €8 million transfer fee.{{in lang|tr}} [http://www.bjk.com.tr/tr/haberler.php?h_no=15502 Tabata Resmen Beşiktaş’ta] 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dgabc.com.br/Noticia/963628/dinheiro-da-venda-de-tabata-some|title=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|website=Jornal Diário do Grande ABC}}

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=

File:RodrigoTabataCup.jpg]]

In late 2011, the Al Rayyan administration asked Tabata, who has Japanese grandparents,{{Cite web|url=http://esportes.terra.com.br/futebol/estaduais2006/interna/0,,OI848599-EI6201,00-Tabata+e+mais+um+descendente+japones+no+Santos.html|title=Terra | Buscador}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/futebol/ultimas/2007/10/09/ult59u132975.jhtm|title=Em alta, Rodrigo Tabata cogita defender Japão na Copa de 2010 - 09/10/2007 - UOL Esporte - Futebol|website=www.uol.com.br}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://cdn.alkass.net/news_details.aspx?news_id=30579|title=الريان يفاوض محليين ويبقي على جميع المحترفين}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://cdn.alkass.net/news_details.aspx?news_id=34744|title=جائزة الهداف تحقق حلم تاباتا بشراء "ثور" برازيلي}} He also won the player of the year award in the Qatar Stars League that season, recording 17 goals and 9 assists.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/1277/west-asia/2012/05/14/3101545/brazilian-attacking-midfielder-rodrigo-tabata-wins-qatars|title=Brazilian attacking midfielder Rodrigo Tabata wins Qatar Stars League's best player award | Goal.com|website=www.goal.com}}

==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.{{cite web |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=941394&o=n&pg=1 |title=رسميا.. السد يستعيد أسطورة الدوري القطري |website=Kooora |language=ar |date=28 July 2020 }}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.gulf-times.com/sport/192/details/451545/qatar-draw-2-2-with-lask-linz-as-rodrigo-tabata-makes-his-debut|title=Qatar draw 2–2 with LASK Linz as Rodrigo Tabata makes his debut|publisher=Gulf Times|date=17 August 2015|access-date=3 October 2015}} He made his official debut in a FIFA World Cup qualifier match against Hong Kong in a 2–0 win.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275171/match=300317414/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622223631/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275171/match=300317414/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 June 2015|title = FIFA}}

Career statistics

=Club=

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National cup{{efn\|Includes Copa do Brasil, Turkish Cup}} !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Treze \|2002 \|Série C		\|2	0	colspan="2"\|–	2{{efn\|name=CDN\|Appearances in Copa do Nordeste}}	2	4	2
XV de Novembro \|2003 Campeonato Paulista Série A3\|2003 \|Série A3 \|3	1	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	3	1
América(RN) \|2003 \|Série B \|5	2	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	0	0	5	2
Campinense \|2003 \|Série C \|17	4	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	8{{efn\|name=GOI\|Appearances in Campeonato Paraibano}}	5	25	9
rowspan="3"\|Goiás \|2004 \|rowspan="2"\|Série A \|37	10	5	1	4{{efn\|name=COS\|Appearances in Copa Sudamericana}}	2	14{{efn\|name=GOI}}	9	60	22
2005 \|39	8	0	0	2{{efn\|name=COS}}	0	12{{efn\|name=GOI}}	4	53	12
colspan="2"\|Total !76	18	5	1	6	2	26	13	113	34
rowspan="4"\|Santos \|2006 \|rowspan="3"\|Série A \|36	8	5	0	4{{efn\|name=COS}}	0	18{{efn\|name=PAU\|Appearances in Campeonato Paulista}}	2	63	10
2007 \|37	7	0	0	10{{efn\|name=COL\|Appearances in Copa Libertadores}}	1	20{{efn\|name=PAU}}	4	67	12
2008 \|6	0	0	0	4{{efn\|name=COL}}	0	11{{efn\|name=PAU}}	1	21	1
colspan="2"\|Total !79	15	5	0	18	1	49	7	151	23
rowspan="3"\|Gaziantepspor \|2008–09 \|rowspan="2"\|Süper Lig \|26	11	5	2	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	31	13
2009–10 \|3	1	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	3	1
colspan="2"\|Total !29	12	5	2	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	34	14
rowspan="3"\|Beşiktaş \|2009–10 \|rowspan="2"\|Süper Lig \|16	2	2	0	3{{efn\|name=UCL\|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}}	0	0	0	21	2
2010–11 \|14	0	3	0	10{{efn\|name=UEL\|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}	0	colspan="2"\|–	27	0
colspan="2"\|Total !30	2	5	0	13	0	0	0	48	2
Al-Rayyan (loan) \|2010–11 \|Qatar Stars League \|11	7	3	4	4{{efn\|name=ACL\|Appearances in AFC Champions League}}	0	1	0	19	11
rowspan="10"\|Al-Rayyan \|2011–12 \|rowspan="3"\|Qatar Stars League \|21	17	1	0	6{{efn\|name=ACL}}	3	4	5	32	25
2012–13 \|22	11	3	1	4{{efn\|name=ACL}}	1	7	3	36	16
2013–14 \|16	4	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	5	6	21	10
2014–15 \|Qatari Second Division \|8	21	4	4	colspan="2"\|–	7	5	19	30
2015–16 \|rowspan="5"\|Qatar Stars League \|24	21	2	3	colspan="2"\|–	1	0	27	24
2016–17 \|24	20	3	4	6{{efn\|name=ACL}}	4	2	0	35	28
2017–18 \|21	15	3	3	5{{efn\|name=ACL}}	2	6	2	35	22
2018–19 \|20	9	2	1	6{{efn\|name=ACL}}	1	7	6	35	17
2019–20 \|16	4	2	1	1{{efn\|name=ACL}}	0	5	4	24	9
colspan="2"\|Total !172	122	20	17	28	11	44	31	264	181
Al-Sadd (loan) \|2013–14 \|Qatar Stars League \|7	5	3	2	7{{efn\|name=ACL}}	2	3	1	20	10
Al-Sadd (loan) \|2014–15 \|Qatar Stars League \|15	8	0	0	2{{efn\|name=ACL}}	0	1	1	18	9
rowspan="5"\|Al-Sadd \|2019–20 \|rowspan="4"\|Qatar Stars League \|4	1	1	0	5{{efn\|name=ACL}}	1	1	1	11	3
2020–21 \|21	11	3	0	3{{efn\|name=ACL}}	0	7	3	34	14
2021–22 \|21	7	3	1	5{{efn\|name=ACL}}	3	colspan="2"\|–	29	11
2022–23 \|13	4	3	0	0	0	6	3	22	7
colspan="2"\|Total !81	36	13	3	22	6	18	9	134	54
rowspan="3"\|Al-Rayyan \|2023–24 \|rowspan="2"\|Qatar Stars League \|14	2	3	0	0	0	5	1	22	3
2024–25 \|10	0	0	0	2	0	6	2	18	2
colspan="2"\|Total !24	2	3	0	2	0	11	3	40	5
colspan="3"\|Career total !528	222	61	27	93	20	159	70	841	339

=International=

:Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rodrigo Tabata goal.{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/63504/Rodrigo_Tabata.html|title=Tabata, Rodrigo|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=28 February 2017}}

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of international goals scored by Rodrigo Tabata
scope="col"\|No. !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Venue !scope="col"\|Opponent !scope="col"\|Score !scope="col"\|Result !scope="col"\|Competition
align="center"\|1	8 August 2016	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	{{fb\|IRQ}}	align="center"\|1–0	align="center"\|2–1	Friendly
align="center"\|2	25 August 2016	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	{{fb\|THA}}	align="center"\|2–0	align="center"\|3–0	Friendly

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Rodrigo Tabata

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|1

8 August 2016

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar

align="center"|1–0

align="center"|2–1

Friendly

align="center"|2

25 August 2016

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar

align="center"|2–0

align="center"|3–0

Friendly

Honours

Santos

Campeonato Paulista: 2006, 2007

Al Rayyan

Al-Sadd

Qatar Stars League: 2020–21, 2021–22
Qatar Cup: 2020, 2021
Emir of Qatar Cup: 2014, 2020, 2021
Sheikh Jassim Cup: 2014

Individual

Qatar Stars League Player of the Year: 2011–12,{{cite web|url=http://www.qsl.com.qa/en/News/view/6441/tabata-aguirre-named-season-heroes|title=Tabata & Aguirre named season heroes|date=13 May 2012|publisher=Qatar Stars League|access-date=11 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202012107/http://www.qsl.com.qa/en/News/view/6441/tabata-aguirre-named-season-heroes|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=dead}} 2015–16
Qatar Stars League Top Scorer: 2015–16{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesq/qattops.html|title=Qatar - List of Topscorers|website=RSSSF|access-date=11 August 2015}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20071224151412/http://santos.globo.com/futebol_jogador.php?cod=356 santos.globo.com] {{in lang|pt}}
{{Sambafoot|1163_rodrigo_tabata}}
[http://www.gaziantep27.net/?id=20472&habertip=7 gaziantep27.net]

Category:1980 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Araçatuba

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:Naturalized citizens of Qatar

Category:Qatari men's footballers

Category:Qatar men's international footballers

Category:Qatari people of Brazilian descent

Category:Qatari people of Japanese descent

Category:Brazilian sportspeople of Japanese descent

Category:Brazilian men's footballers

Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players