Rodrigo Tabata

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

Rodrigo Tabata
File:Rodrigo Tabata 2012 1 (cropped).jpg
Tabata with Al Rayyan in 2012
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata[1]
Date of birth (1980-11-19) 19 November 1980 (age 45)
Place of birth Araçatuba, Brazil
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al Kharaitiyat
Number 9
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 3 (0)
2003 XV de Piracicaba 3 (1)
2003 América-RN 5 (2)
2003 Campinense-PB 17 (4)
2004–2005 Goiás 76 (18)
2006–2009 Santos 79 (15)
2008–2009 → Gaziantepspor (loan) 29 (12)
2009–2011 Beşiktaş 30 (2)
2011 → Al Rayyan (loan) 11 (7)
2011–2020 Al Rayyan 173 (121)
2014–2015 → Al Sadd (loan) 22 (13)
2020–2023 Al Sadd 59 (23)
2023–2025 Al Rayyan 29 (2)
2025– Al Kharaitiyat 0 (0)
International career‡
2015–2017 Qatar 18 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 January 2025

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 Kharaitiyat. Born in Brazil, he played for the Qatar national team.

Club career

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Career in Brazil

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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.[2]

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.[3][4]

Gaziantepspor and Beşiktaş

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Tabata playing for Beşiktaş at 2009–10

After a successful season with Gaziantepspor, Tabata moved to Beşiktaş for €8 million transfer fee.[5] 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.[6]

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

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Tabata after winning the 2012 Sheikh Jassim Cup

In late 2011, the Al Rayyan administration asked Tabata, who has Japanese grandparents,[7][8] 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.[9]

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.[10] He also won the player of the year award in the Qatar Stars League that season, recording 17 goals and 9 assists.[11]

Loan to Al Sadd

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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

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In July 2020, Tabata signed with Al Sadd for one year.[12] He then returned to Al Rayyan in 2023.

According to IFFHS, Tabata was the fourth-oldest player in the world to play a match in the top tier of a national league in 2024, at the age of 44 years and 18 days, in his last Qatar Stars League game in 2024 against Qatar SC, which ended in a 2–1 loss.[13]

Al Kharaitiyat

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In August 2025, Tabata signed for Qatari Second Division side Al Kharaitiyat.[14]

International career

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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.[15] He made his official debut in a FIFA World Cup qualifier match against Hong Kong in a 2–0 win.[16]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 24 January 2025[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Treze 2002 Série C 2 0 – 2[b] 2 4 2
XV de Novembro 2003 Série A3 3 1 0 0 – – 3 1
América(RN) 2003 Série B 5 2 0 0 – 0 0 5 2
Campinense 2003 Série C 17 4 0 0 – 8[c] 5 25 9
Goiás 2004 Série A 37 10 5 1 4[d] 2 14[c] 9 60 22
2005 39 8 0 0 2[d] 0 12[c] 4 53 12
Total 76 18 5 1 6 2 26 13 113 34
Santos 2006 Série A 36 8 5 0 4[d] 0 18[e] 2 63 10
2007 37 7 0 0 10[f] 1 20[e] 4 67 12
2008 6 0 0 0 4[f] 0 11[e] 1 21 1
Total 79 15 5 0 18 1 49 7 151 23
Gaziantepspor 2008–09 Süper Lig 26 11 5 2 – – 31 13
2009–10 3 1 0 0 – – 3 1
Total 29 12 5 2 – – 34 14
Beşiktaş 2009–10 Süper Lig 16 2 2 0 3[g] 0 0 0 21 2
2010–11 14 0 3 0 10[h] 0 – 27 0
Total 30 2 5 0 13 0 0 0 48 2
Al-Rayyan (loan) 2010–11 Qatar Stars League 11 7 3 4 4[i] 0 1 0 19 11
Al-Rayyan 2011–12 Qatar Stars League 21 17 1 0 6[i] 3 4 5 32 25
2012–13 22 11 3 1 4[i] 1 7 3 36 16
2013–14 16 4 0 0 – 5 6 21 10
2014–15 Qatari Second Division 8 21 4 4 – 7 5 19 30
2015–16 Qatar Stars League 24 21 2 3 – 1 0 27 24
2016–17 24 20 3 4 6[i] 4 2 0 35 28
2017–18 21 15 3 3 5[i] 2 6 2 35 22
2018–19 20 9 2 1 6[i] 1 7 6 35 17
2019–20 16 4 2 1 1[i] 0 5 4 24 9
Total 172 122 20 17 28 11 44 31 264 181
Al-Sadd (loan) 2013–14 Qatar Stars League 7 5 3 2 7[i] 2 3 1 20 10
Al-Sadd (loan) 2014–15 Qatar Stars League 15 8 0 0 2[i] 0 1 1 18 9
Al-Sadd 2019–20 Qatar Stars League 4 1 1 0 5[i] 1 1 1 11 3
2020–21 21 11 3 0 3[i] 0 7 3 34 14
2021–22 21 7 3 1 5[i] 3 – 29 11
2022–23 13 4 3 0 0 0 6 3 22 7
Total 81 36 13 3 22 6 18 9 134 54
Al-Rayyan 2023–24 Qatar Stars League 14 2 3 0 0 0 7 2 24 4
2024–25 10 0 0 0 2 0 6 2 18 2
Total 24 2 3 0 2 0 13 4 42 6
Career total 528 222 61 27 93 20 161 71 843 340
  1. ^ Includes Copa do Brasil, Turkish Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in Copa do Nordeste
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in Campeonato Paraibano
  4. ^ a b c Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  5. ^ a b c Appearances in Campeonato Paulista
  6. ^ a b Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  7. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  8. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Appearances in AFC Champions League

International

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Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rodrigo Tabata goal.[17]
List of international goals scored by Rodrigo Tabata
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 August 2016 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 1–0 2–1 Friendly
2 25 August 2016 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 2–0 3–0 Friendly

Honours

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Santos

Al Rayyan

Al-Sadd

Individual

References

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