Masato Morishige

Masato Morishige
	Morishige playing for FC Tokyo
Personal information
Full name	Masato Morishige
Date of birth	May 21, 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth	Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	FC Tokyo
Youth career
2003–2005	Hiroshima Minami High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2009	Oita Trinita
2010–	FC Tokyo
National team
2007	Japan U-20
2008	Japan U-23
2013–2017	Japan
Honours
Oita Trinita
FC Tokyo
Representing Japan
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

Masato Morishige (森重真人, Morishige Masato, born May 21, 1987) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography[change | change source]

Morishige was born in Hiroshima on May 21, 1987. After graduating from Hiroshima Minami High School, he joined J1 League club Oita Trinita in 2006. Although he original position was defensive midfielder, he played many matches as center back from 2007. Oita won the champions in the 2008 J.League Cup with young players, Shusaku Nishikawa, Hiroshi Kiyotake and Mu Kanazaki. However Oita was relegated to J2 League end of the 2009 season and Oita released their main players including Morishige due to their financial problems. In 2010, Morishige moved to FC Tokyo. Although he played many matches as center back, Tokyo was relegated to J2 end of the 2010 season. In 2011, Tokyo won the champions and was returned to J1 in a year. Tokyo also won the champions in the 2011 Emperor's Cup.

In 2007, Morishige was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2007 U-20 World Cup and played 3 matches as midfielder. In 2008, also played at 2008 Summer Olympics. At this tournament, he played 3 matches as defender. In July 2013, he was selected the Japan national team for 2013 East Asian Cup. At this tournament, he debuted against China on July 21. After the debut, he played many matches as center back with Maya Yoshida. He played at 2014 World Cup and 2015 Asian Cup. He played 41 games and scored 2 goals for Japan until 2017.

Statistics[change | change source]

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Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
2006	Oita Trinita	J1 League	2	0	0	0	0	0	-		2	0
2007			20	1	2	1	3	0	-		25	2
2008			28	3	0	0	7	1	-		35	4
2009			23	1	0	0	2	0	-		25	1
2010	FC Tokyo	J1 League	30	3	5	0	8	1	-		43	4
2011		J2 League	37	6	6	3	-		-		43	9
2012		J1 League	33	2	1	0	4	0	7	0	45	2
2013			33	1	2	0	5	0	-		40	1
2014			33	1	2	1	3	0	-		38	2
2015			32	7	1	0	4	0	-		37	7
2016			32	4	1	0	0	0	7	2	40	6
2017			17	1	0	0	4	1	-		21	2
2018			30	2	3	0	0	0	-		33	2
2019			34	2	0	0	4	0	-		38	2
2020			28	1	-		3	0	6	0	37	1
2021
Country	Japan		412	35	23	5	47	3	20	2	502	45
Total			412	35	23	5	47	3	20	2	502	45