Tamada was born in Urayasu on April 11, 1980. After graduating from Narashino High School, he joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol in 1999. He played many matches from 2002 and became a regular player in 2003. However the club was relegated to J2 League end of the 2005 season. In 2006, he moved to Nagoya Grampus Eight (later "Nagoya Grampus"). The club won the J1 League champions in 2010 and the 2nd place in 2011. He played 233 matches and scored 66 goals for the Nagoya in 9 seasons. In 2015, he moved to J2 club Cerezo Osaka. After 2 seasons in Cerezo, he returned to Nagoya in 2017. Although Nagoya was relegated to J2 from 2017, Nagoya returned to J1 from 2018 in a year. In 2019, he moved to J2 club V-Varen Nagasaki.