Rodrigo Tabata
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata | ||
| Date of birth | November 19, 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Araçatuba, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Al Rayyan | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| 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 | 4 | (2) |
| 2003 | XV de Piracicaba | 3 | (7) |
| 2003 | América-RN | 5 | (2) |
| 2003 | Campinense-PB | 17 | (4) |
| 2004–2005 | Goiás | 75 | (18) |
| 2006–2009 | Santos | 154 | (42) |
| 2008–2009 | → Gaziantepspor (loan) | 27 | (12) |
| 2009–2011 | Beşiktaş | 30 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | → Al Rayyan (loan) | 11 | (7) |
| 2011– | Al Rayyan | 96 | (79) |
| 2014 | → Al Sadd (loan) | 22 | (13) |
| National team | |||
| 2016– | Qatar | 11 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata or simply Rodrigo Tabata (born November 19, 1980 in Araçatuba, Brazil), is a Qatari attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Qatari club Al Rayyan.
Earlier in his career, Tabata was a journeyman and played for 13 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.
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.
After a successful season with Gaziantepspor, Tabata moved to Beşiktaş for €8 million transfer fee. 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.
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.
In late 2011, the Al Rayyan administration asked Tabata 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 cannot write or read the Japanese language.
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