Rodrigo Tabata

Rodrigo Tabata (2012 )

Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata ( born November 19, 1980 in Araçatuba, SP, Brazil) is a Brazilian football player with Japanese ancestry.

Career

Rodrigo Tabata began his career in Jundiaí in the state of São Paulo in the youth of Paulista FC. He is of Japanese descent. In 1999 he made ​​his debut for the professional team. Then we went for Tabata 1999-2003 to 11 Brazilian teams.

In 2004 he moved to Goiás EC and played for the first time in Brazil at the national level in the top division of the Série A. Between 2006 and 2008 he played at the famous Santos FC, ​​also in the Brazilian Série A and he reached with the team in 2007, the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores.

For the 2008/09 season, the midfielder joined the UEFA room and signed with the Turkish first division side Gaziantepspor. On the first day of the season Tabata scored in his first competitive game for the Black - Red the only goal in a 1-0 victory against Fenerbahce. In addition, he succeeded on the 15th match day 5-2 win against Kocaelispor a hat-trick. By the end of the season he scored 26 league games for Gaziantepspor in eleven goals and also contributed seven assists at. Shortly before the end of the summer transfer window in 2009 moved Tabata for eight million euro transfer fee to Beşiktaş Istanbul and signed a three-year contract. 2011 his contract with Beşiktaş Istanbul was not renewed, so he moved free transfer to Al- Rayyan Sports Club.

Achievements

Santos FC

• 2 × winning the state championship in São Paulo: 2006, 2007
• Vice- champion of the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol - Série A: 2007
• Reaching the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores: 2007