Masato Morishige Explained

Masato Morishige 森重 真人
Full Name:	Masato Morishige^[1]
Birth Date:	21 May 1987
Birth Place:	Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
Height:	1.83 m
Position:	Centre-back
Youthyears1:	2000–2002
Youthclubs1:	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Youthyears2:	2003–2005
Youthclubs2:	Hiroshima Minami High School
Years1:	2006–2009
Clubs1:	Oita Trinita
Caps1:	73
Goals1:	5
Years2:	2010–
Clubs2:	FC Tokyo
Caps2:	406
Goals2:	36
Nationalyears1:	2007
Nationalteam1:	Japan U-20
Nationalcaps1:	3
Nationalgoals1:	0
Nationalyears2:	2008
Nationalteam2:	Japan U-23
Nationalcaps2:	3
Nationalgoals2:	0
Nationalyears3:	2013–2017
Nationalteam3:	Japan
Nationalcaps3:	41
Nationalgoals3:	2
Club-Update:	26 March 2023
Nationalteam-Update:	13 December 2018

is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club FC Tokyo.

International career

In July 2007, Morishige was elected Japan U20 national team for 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played three matches as defensive midfielder. In August 2008, he was elected Japan U23 national team for 2008 Summer Olympics. At this tournament, he played full time in all three matches as defender.^[2]

Career statistics

Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		ACL		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Oita Trinita	2006	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	0	0	1	0	88	7
FC Tokyo	2010	30	3	5	0	8	1	–		1	0	44	4
	2011	37	6	6	3	–		–		–		43	9
	2012	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	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	4	0	–		1	0	–		–		5	0
	Total	406	36	23	4	45	2	22	2	2	0	498	44
Career total		479	41	25	5	57	3	22	2	3	0	586	51

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[5]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
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.

List of international goals scored by Masato Morishige

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
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

Oita Trinita

• J.League Cup

2008

FC Tokyo

• Suruga Bank Championship

2010

• J2 League

2011

• Emperor's Cup

2011

• J.League Cup

2020

Japan

• EAFF East Asian Cup

2013, 2015

Individual

• J. League Best Eleven

2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019

External links

• • • • Profile at FC Tokyo
  • Personal Twitter account

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players . FIFA . 10 . 5 July 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000046/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2007/pdf/FWYC_2007_SquadLists.pdf . 31 December 2013.
2. Web site: Sports Reference. Masato Morishige Biography and Statistics. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417212202/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/masato-morishige-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 25 July 2009.
3. 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, (p. 104 out of 289)
4. 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, (p. 72 out of 289)
5. Japan National Football Team Database