- Keisuke Tsuboi
Football player infobox| playername= Keisuke Tsuboi
fullname = Keisuke Tsuboi
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|9|16
cityofbirth =Tokyo
countryofbirth =Japan
height = height|m=1.79
currentclub = flagicon|JapanUrawa Red Diamonds
clubnumber = 2
position = Defender
youthyears = 1998-2002
youthclubs = flagicon|JapanFukuoka University
years = 2002-
clubs = flagicon|JapanUrawa Red Diamonds
caps(goals) = 168 00(1)
nationalyears = 2003-2008
nationalteam = flagicon|Japan Japan
nationalcaps(goals) = 040 00(0)
pcupdate = 29 May 2008
ntupdate = 22 July 2008nihongo|Keisuke Tsuboi|坪井 慶介|Tsuboi Keisuke|extra=bornSeptember 16 ,1979 is aJapan ese football player. He is acentre back and currently plays for theJ-league teamUrawa Red Diamonds . [ja icon [http://www.so-net.ne.jp/urawa-reds/Team/Players/tsuboi_k.html チームプロフィル|浦和レッドダイヤモンズ公式サイト|URAWA RED DIAMONDS OFFICIAL WEBSITE ] ]Career
He was educated at and played for Yokkaichi Chūō Industrial High School and
Fukuoka University . He represented Japan for the 2001Universiade held in Beijing where the team won the title beatingUkraine 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 againstYokohama F. Marinos . He scored his first league goal onMay 17 ,2003 againstGamba 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 onJune 11 ,2003 in a friendly against Paraguay atSaitama Stadium . He was a member of the Japan team for2006 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 byTeruyuki 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 asYuki Abe andYuji Nakazawa were the first-choice centre backs.On
February 8 ,2008 he announced retirement from international football.Honors and awards
Individual
* J-League Young Player of the Year: 2002
* J. League Cup New Hero Award: 2002
*J. League Best Eleven: 2003Team
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AFC Champions League Champions: 2007
*J. League Champions: 2006
*Emperor's Cup Champions: 2005, 2006
*J. League Cup Champions: 2003
*Japanese Super Cup Champions: 2006National team career statistics
Appearances in major competitions
External links
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/php/spieler.php?id=3670 Career History]
References
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