Hiroaki Morishima

is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography
Morishima was born in Hiroshima on April 30, 1972. After graduating from Tokai University Daiichi High School, he joined Japan Soccer League club Yanmar Diesel (later Cerezo Osaka) in 1991. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and the club joined new league Japan Football League. The club won the champions in 1994 and was promoted to J1 League. The club won the 2nd place at 2001 and 2003 Emperor's Cup. His opportunity to play decreased from 2007 and he retired end of 2008 season. He played 456 games and scored 140 goals for the club.

On May 21, 1995, Morishima debuted for the Japan national team against Scotland. In 1996, played at 1996 Asian Cup. At 1998 World Cup qualification in 1997, Japan won the qualify for 1998 World Cup first time Japan's history. At 1998 World Cup, he got 11 minutes as a substitute against Croatia. In 2000, he played at 2000 Asian Cup. he played 5 matches and Japan won the champions. In 2001, he played at 2001 Confederations Cup. He played in all 5 matches and Japan won the 2nd place. At the 2002 World Cup he got three games as a substitute, scoring after two minutes in the game against Tunisia. He played 64 games and scored 12 goals for Japan until 2002.

Statistics

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|1990/91||rowspan="4"|Yanmar Diesel||JSL Division 1||6||1||0||0||0||0||6||1
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|1991/92||JSL Division 2||30||7||||||1||0||31||7
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|1992||rowspan="2"|Football League||13||4||2||2||colspan="2"|-||15||6
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|1993||18||6||0||0||colspan="2"|-||18||6
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|1994||rowspan="15"|Cerezo Osaka||Football League||28||16||5||1||1||0||34||17
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|1995||rowspan="7"|J1 League||50||11||2||0||colspan="2"|-||52||11
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|1996||26||9||1||0||14||4||41||13
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|1997||21||10||2||2||0||0||23||12
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|1998||29||18||1||3||0||0||30||32
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|1999||30||12||2||1||4||1||36||14
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|2000||25||15||0||0||4||0||29||15
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|2001||22||3||5||2||0||0||27||5
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|2002||J2 League||37||12||4||2||colspan="2"|-||41||14
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|2003||rowspan="4"|J1 League||28||4||4||1||5||0||34||4
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|2004||28||3||1||1||5||0||34||4
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|2005||33||6||4||2||8||1||45||9
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|2006||26||3||1||0||7||1||34||4
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|2007||rowspan="2"|J2 League||5||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||5||0
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|2008||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0
456||140||30||16||48||7||534||163
456||140||30||16||48||7||534||163
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1995||9||0
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|1996||11||2
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|1997||14||5
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|1998||3||0
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|1999||0||0
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|2000||10||3
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|2001||9||1
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|2002||8||1
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!Total||64||12
|}

References

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Category:1972 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Hiroshima Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:J2 League players
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:Cerezo Osaka players
Category:1998 FIFA World Cup players
Category:2002 FIFA World Cup players
Category:2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players
Category:1996 AFC Asian Cup players
Category:2000 AFC Asian Cup players
Category:AFC Asian Cup-winning players