| Hiroto Morooka | |
| Fullname: | Hiroto Morooka |
| Birth Date: | 4 January 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Height: | 168 cm |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Blaublitz Akita |
| Clubnumber: | 6 |
| Youthclubs1: | Kokushikan University SC |
| Years1: | 2019–2022 |
| Caps1: | 87 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Clubs1: | Fukushima United FC |
| Years2: | 2023– |
| Caps2: | 45 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Clubs2: | Blaublitz Akita |
| Club-Update: | 1 September 2023 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 1 December 2022 |
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Blaublitz Akita.[1]
Morooka learned to play soccer in the school team at Shochi Fukaya High School and the college team of Kokushikan University. He signed his first contract with Fukushima United FC in 2019.[2] The club in Fukushima City plays in the third Japanese division, the J3 League. He made his professional debut as a starter on 9 March and in his first season he crossed a ball to Origbaajo Ismaila. But he suffered from knee injuries and missed six months.[3] He gave another grounded assist to Ismaila in 2020. Appointed Fukushima captain in his fourth season, he netted his first professional goal on Matchweek 18. Morooka hit another volley goal in a 3–1 loss to Fujieda on Matchweek 33. For Fukushima he played 87 games. In January 2023 he signed a contract with the second tier club Blaublitz Akita.[4] On Matchweek 10 he bagged a goal in a 2–1 win against Omiya Ardija.[5] [6] However he was injured in a tackle by Shu Yoshizawa on Matchweek 15.[7]
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| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Kokushikan University | 2017 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Fukushima United | 2019 | J3 League | 8 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | 29 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||||
| 2021 | 18 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||||
| 2022 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||||
| Blaublitz Akita | 2023 | J2 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 87 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 2 | |||