Japan national team
Ryuzo Morioka played for which team from 1999 to 2003?
Ryuzo Morioka Club career . Morioka was born in Yokohama on 7 October 1975 . After graduating from high school , he joined Kashima Antlers in 1994 . He moved to Shimizu S-Pulse in August 1995 . He played many matches as center back . The club won 1996 J.League Cup and 2001 J1 League . In Asia , the club won the champions 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners Cup and te 3rd place 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners Cup . However his opportunity to play decreased from 2005 . He moved to J2 League club Kyoto Sanga FC in 2007 . He played as captain and the club was promoted to J1 League in 2007 . He retired end of 2008 season . National team career . In April 1995 , Morioka was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1995 World Youth Championship , but he did not play in the match . On 31 March 1999 , Morioka debuted for Japan national team against Brazil . After the debut , he became a regular player and played all matches including 1999 Copa America in 1999 . He mainly played as central defender in three back as Masami Ihara successor . He also served as captain in many matches . In September 2000 , he was elected Japan U-23 national team as over age for 2000 Summer Olympics . He played 3 games as captain . In October , he played at 2000 Asian Cup . He played full-time in all 6 matches and Japan won the champions . He also played at 2001 Confederations Cup and Japan won the 2nd place . In 2002 , he could not play for injury . He was elected Japan for 2002 World Cup . He played as captain in first match against Belgium , but he was injured and replaced . After 2002 World Cup , in March 2003 , he was elected Japan again by new manager Zico . On 8 June 2003 , the match against Argentina is his last game for Japan . Although he was a member of Japan for 2003 Confederations Cup in June , he did not play in the match . He played 38 games for Japan until 2003 . Coaching career . After retirement , Morioka started coaching career at Kyoto Sanga FC in 2009 . He served as coach for top team and manager for youth team until 2016 excluding 2014 he moved to Sagawa Printing Kyoto and served as coach . In 2017 , he moved to J3 League club Gainare Tottori and became a manager . However Gainare results were bad and finished at the bottom place of 17 clubs . He was sacked in June 2018 when the club was at the 7th place . National team statistics . - 2000 Asian Cup ( Champions ) - 2001 Confederations Cup - 2002 FIFA World Cup - 2003 Confederations Cup Honors and awards . Individual honors . - J1 League Best Eleven : 1999 - AFC Asian Cup Best Defender : 2000 - Selected to AFC All Star Team : 2000 Team honors . - FIFA Confederations Cup Runner-up : 2001 - AFC Asian Cup Champions : 2000 External links . - Japan National Football Team Database