Masato Morishige (森重 真人, Morishige Masato, born 21 May 1987) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for club FC Tokyo.
![]() Morishige with FC Tokyo in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Masato Morishige[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1987-05-21) 21 May 1987 (age 35) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2002 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Hiroshima Minami High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2009 | Oita Trinita | 73 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2010– | FC Tokyo | 367 | (34) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007 | Japan U-20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Japan U-23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2017 | Japan | 41 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 December 2018 |
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]
Club | Season | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | ACL | Other[lower-alpha 1] | Total | ||||||
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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 | – | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
Total | 73 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 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 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 1 | |||
2014 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 1 | |||
2015 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 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 | – | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 38 | 1 | |||
2021 | 35 | 4 | – | 6 | 0 | – | – | 41 | 4 | ||||
Total | 367 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 449 | 41 | |
Career total | 440 | 39 | 31 | 4 | 40 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 539 | 48 |
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 |
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 |
Oita Trinita
FC Tokyo
Japan
Individual
FC Tokyo – current squad | |
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