Keisuke Tsuboi

Keisuke Tsuboi
	Tsuboi at Urawa Reds
Personal information
Full name	Keisuke Tsuboi
Date of birth	September 16, 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Tama, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1995–1997	Yokkaichi Chuo Technical High School
1998–2001	Fukuoka University
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2014	Urawa Reds
2015–2017	Shonan Bellmare
2018–2019	Renofa Yamaguchi FC
Total
National team
2003–2007	Japan
Honours
Urawa Reds
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Keisuke Tsuboi (坪井慶介, Tsuboi Keisuke, born September 16, 1979) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Tsuboi was born in Tama on September 16, 1979. After graduating from Fukuoka University, he joined J1 League club Urawa Reds in 2002. He became a regular player as center back from first season. 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, Urawa won the champions in J1 League which is first J1 champions in the club history. In 2007, Urawa 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, he moved to Shonan Bellmare. However he could not play many matches and Shonan was relegated to J2 League end of 2016 season. In 2018, he moved to J2 club Renofa Yamaguchi FC. He retired end of 2019 season.

On June 11, 2003, Tsuboi debuted for the Japan national team against Paraguay. He also played at 2003 Confederations Cup. In 2006, he was selected Japan for 2006 World Cup and played 2 matches. He played 40 games for Japan until 2007.

Statistics

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Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
2002	Urawa Reds	J1 League	30	0	1	0	8	0	-		39	0
2003			30	1	1	0	11	0	-		42	1
2004			14	0	1	0	0	0	-		15	0
2005			33	0	5	0	2	0	-		40	0
2006			27	0	2	0	1	0	-		30	0
2007			31	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	44	0
2008			21	0	2	0	6	0	4	0	33	0
2009			29	0	1	0	7	0	-		37	0
2010			31	0	4	0	3	0	-		38	0
2011			5	0	3	0	2	0	-		10	0
2012			33	0	1	0	1	0	-		35	0
2013			7	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	12	0
2014			1	0	1	0	1	0	-		3	0
2015	Shonan Bellmare	J1 League	8	0	1	0	6	1	-		15	1
2016		J1 League	15	0	1	0	4	0	-		20	0
2017		J2 League	5	0	2	0	-		-		7	0
2018	Renofa Yamaguchi FC	J2 League	23	0	1	0	-		-		24	0
2019	Renofa Yamaguchi FC	J2 League	5	0	1	0	-		-		6	0
Country	Japan		348	1	31	0	53	1	18	0	450	2
Total			348	1	31	0	53	1	18	0	450	2