Masato Morishige
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Morishige with FC Tokyo in 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Masato Morishige[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 May 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | FC Tokyo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Hiroshima Minami High School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Oita Trinita | 73 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010– | FC Tokyo | 469 | (37) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Japan U-20 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Japan U-23 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | Japan | 41 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 December 2018, 15:20 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Career statistics
[change | change source]Club
[change | change source]| Club | Season | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | ACL | Other[a] | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Oita Trinita | 2006 | J.League Div 1 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 73 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | 88 | 7 | |||
| FC Tokyo | 2010 | J.League Div 1 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | 44 | 4 | |
| 2011 | J.League Div 2 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 3 | – | 43 | 9 | ||||||
| 2012 | J.League Div 1 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 43 | 1 | |||||
| 2014 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||||||
| 2015 | J1 League | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 7 | |||||
| 2016 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 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 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |||||
| 2021 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 0 | – | 41 | 4 | |||||||
| 2022 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||||||
| 2023 | 29 | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | 34 | 1 | |||||||
| 2024 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 2 | ||||||
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 454 | 36 | 25 | 5 | 52 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 555 | 45 | ||
| Career total | 572 | 41 | 27 | 6 | 64 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 643 | 52 | ||
- ↑ Includes Pan-Pacific Championship, Suruga Bank Championship and Japanese Super Cup.
International
[change | change source]| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Japan | 2013 | 6 | 0 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 12 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Morishige goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 5 April 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | 3–0 | 4–2 | Friendly | |
| 2 | 8 September 2015 | Tehran, Iran | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
[change | change source]Oita Trinita
FC Tokyo
Japan
Individual
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.
- ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 104 out of 289)
- ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 72 out of 289)
- ↑ [ Japan National Football Team Database] [be specific]
Other websites
[change | change source]- Masato Morishige at Soccerway.com
- Masato Morishige at WorldFootball.net
- Masato Morishige at Soccerbase.com
- Masato Morishige at National-Football-Teams.com
- Masato Morishige at kicker (in German)