| Kazuhiro Murata 村田 一弘 | |
| Fullname: | Kazuhiro Murata |
| Birth Date: | 12 May 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Nagasaki, Japan |
| Position: | Defender |
| Youthclubs1: | Kunimi High School |
| Youthclubs2: | Chuo University |
| Clubs1: | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki |
| Years2: | 1993–1997 |
| Clubs2: | Cerezo Osaka |
| Years3: | 1998–2000 |
| Clubs3: | Oita Trinita |
| Manageryears1: | 2020 |
| Managerclubs1: | Cerezo Osaka U-23 |
| Manageryears2: | 2021 |
| Managerclubs2: | FC Kariya |
is a former Japanese football player.
Murata was born in Nagasaki Prefecture on May 12, 1969. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined his local club Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki in Regional Leagues. In 1993, he moved to Japan Football League (JFL) club Yanmar Diesel (later Cerezo Osaka). The club won the champions in 1994 and was promoted to J1 League. Although he played as regular player until 1996, he could hardly play in the match in 1997. In 1998, he moved to JFL club Oita Trinity (later Oita Trinita). He played many matches and the club was promoted to J2 League from 1999. He retired end of 2000 season.
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | |||||||
| 1993 | Yanmar Diesel | Football League | |||||||||
| 1994 | Cerezo Osaka | Football League | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 1995 | J1 League | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2 | - | 38 | 0 | ||
| 1996 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 1998 | Oita Trinity | Football League | |||||||||
| 1999 | Oita Trinita | J2 League | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |||
| 2000 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 128 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 150 | 1 | |||