{{no significant coverage (sports)|date=May 2025}} {{notability|sports|date=May 2025}} {{short description|Japanese footballer}} {{Infobox football biography |name=Teruki Tabata<br/>田畑 輝樹 |image=Tabata Teruki.png |image_size=200 |caption= |fullname=Teruki Tabata |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1979|4|16}} |birth_place=Kagoshima, Japan |height={{Height|m=1.78}} |position=Defender |currentclub= |youthyears1=1995–1997|youthclubs1=Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School |years1=1998–1999|clubs1=Albirex Niigata|caps1=|goals1= |nationalyears1=2007–2017|nationalteam1=Japan Beach Soccer|nationalcaps1=|nationalgoals1= | manageryears1 = 2020–2021 |managerclubs1 = Japan Beach Soccer | ntupdate = 2 December 2019 }} {{Nihongo|'''Teruki Tabata'''|田畑 輝樹|Tabata Teruki|born April 16, 1979}} is a former Japanese football player.
==Playing career== Tabata was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on April 16, 1979. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Football League club Albirex Niigata in 1998. The club was promoted to new league J2 League from 1999. However he could hardly play in the match and retired end of 1999 season.
==Beach Soccer career== In 2007, Tabata was selected Japan national beach soccer team. He played at Beach Soccer World Cup 7 times (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017).<ref>{{FIFA player}}</ref>
==Club statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! colspan=3 | Club performance ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | Total |- ! Season ! Club ! League ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals |- ! colspan=3 |Japan ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Emperor's Cup ! colspan=2 | J.League Cup ! colspan=2 | Total |- |1998||rowspan="2"|Albirex Niigata||Football League|||||||||||||||| |- |1999||J2 League||2||0||||||1||0||3||0 |- !colspan=3|Total !2||0||0||0||1||0||3||0 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{FIFA player}} *{{J.League player|4382}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tabata, Teruki}} Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Football people from Kagoshima Prefecture Category:Japanese men's footballers Category:J2 League players Category:Japan Football League (1992–1998) players Category:Albirex Niigata players Category:Men's association football defenders Category:20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-footy-defender-1970s-stub}}