
The 2015-16 season belonged to him, Al Rayyan won the Qatar Stars League, and Tabata finished it as both the division's top scorer and its Player of the Year, an award he had already taken in 2011-12. Born in Araçatuba, he later added two more league titles with Al Sadd in 2020-21 and 2021-22, four Emir Cups, two Qatar Cups, and 18 caps for Qatar after his naturalisation. Career record: club career at Goiás Esporte Clube, Santos, Beşiktaş J.K. (Football).
| 1999–1999 | Paulista Futebol Clube |
| 2000–2000 | Esporte Clube São Bento |
| 2001–2001 | Esporte Clube Santo André |
| 2001–2001 | Associação Atlética Internacional |
| 2001–2001 | Ferroviário Atlético Clube |
| 2002–2002 | Ceará Sporting Club |
| 2002–2002 | Treze Futebol Clube |
| 2003–2003 | América Futebol Clube |
| 2003–2003 | Esporte Clube XV de Novembro |
| 2003–2003 | Campinense Clube |
| 2004–2005 | Goiás Esporte Clube |
| 2006–2009 | Santos |
Qatar legends whose careers overlapped Tabata's
One rank above: Pedro Miguel at #10.
One rank below: Abdulaziz Hatem at #12.
Qatar's editorial top five: Akram Afif · Almoez Ali · Hassan Al-Haydos · Khalfan Ibrahim · Mansour Muftah.