Keisuke Tsuboi

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Keisuke Tsuboi
Personal information
Full name	Keisuke Tsuboi
Date of birth	September 16, 1979 (1979-09-16) (age 28)
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Urawa Red Diamonds
Number	2
Youth clubs
1998-2002	Fukuoka University
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-	Urawa Red Diamonds	168 00(1)
National team2
2003-2008	Japan	040 00(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 29 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Keisuke Tsuboi (坪井 慶介, Tsuboi Keisuke^?, born September 16, 1979) is a Japanese football player. He is a centre back and currently plays for the J-league team Urawa Red Diamonds.^[1]

Contents 1 Career 2 Honors and awards 2.1 Individual 2.2 Team 3 National team career statistics 3.1 Appearances in major competitions 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Career

He was educated at and played for Yokkaichi Chūō Industrial High School and Fukuoka University. He represented Japan for the 2001 Universiade held in Beijing where the team won the title beating Ukraine in the final.

After graduating from the university in 2002, he joined Urawa Red Diamonds and immediately broke into the first team. His first appearance came on March 3, 2002 against Yokohama F. Marinos. He scored his first league goal on May 17, 2003 against Gamba Osaka. He won the J-League Young Player of the Year award in 2002 and was selected as one of the J. League Best Eleven in 2003.

Japan's national coach Zico gave him the first cap in 2003 when he played Tsuboi on June 11, 2003 in a friendly against Paraguay at Saitama Stadium. He was a member of the Japan team for 2006 FIFA World Cup where he played 2 games against Australia and Brazil. In Japan's first match against Australia, he suffered from cramps in his both thighs and had to be replaced by Teruyuki Moniwa in the 56th minute.

He was also in the squad for 2007 AFC Asian Cup but did not play any game in the tournament as Yuki Abe and Yuji Nakazawa were the first-choice centre backs.

On February 8, 2008 he announced retirement from international football.

[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Individual

• J-League Young Player of the Year: 2002
• J. League Cup New Hero Award: 2002
• J. League Best Eleven: 2003

[edit] Team

• AFC Champions League Champions: 2007
• J. League Champions: 2006
• Emperor's Cup Champions: 2005, 2006
• J. League Cup Champions: 2003
• Japanese Super Cup Champions: 2006

[edit] National team career statistics

[edit] Appearances in major competitions

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
			Start	Sub
Japan	2003 FIFA Confederations Cup	Senior	3	0	0	Round 1
Japan	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup	Senior	0	0	0	Round 1
Japan	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Senior	3	0	0	Qualified
Japan	2006 FIFA World Cup	Senior	2	0	0	Round 1
Japan	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Senior	3	0	0	Qualified

[edit] External links

• Career History

[edit] References

Preceded by Koji Yamase

J-League Young Player of the Year 2002

Succeeded by Daisuke Nasu

v • d • e Urawa Red Diamonds – current squad 1 Yamagishi • 2 Tsuboi • 3 Hosogai • 4 Tulio • 6 Yamada • 7 Takahara • 8 Alex • 9 Nagai • 10 Ponte • 11 Tanaka • 12 Tsutsumi • 13 Suzuki • 14 Hirakawa • 15 Escudero • 16 Soma • 17 Edmilson • 18 Koike • 19 Uchidate • 20 Horinouchi • 21 Umesaki • 22 Abe • 23 Tsuzuki • 24 Sakamoto • 25 Kondo • 26 Takasaki • 27 Nishizawa • 28 Kato • 29 Otani • 30 Okano • 31 Hashimoto • 32 Hayashi • Manager: Engels

v • d • e Japan squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Narazaki • 2 Moniwa • 3 Komano • 4 Endō • 5 Miyamoto • 6 K. Nakata • 7 H. Nakata • 8 Ogasawara • 9 Takahara • 10 Nakamura • 11 Maki • 12 Doi • 13 Yanagisawa • 14 Alex • 15 Fukunishi • 16 Oguro • 17 Inamoto • 18 Ono • 19 Tsuboi • 20 Tamada • 21 Kaji • 22 Nakazawa • 23 Kawaguchi • Coach: Zico