Koji Morisaki

is a former Japanese football player. His twin brother Kazuyuki Morisaki, is also a former footballer.

Biography
Morisaki was born in Hiroshima on May 9, 1981. He joined Sanfrecce Hiroshima from their youth team in 2000. He played many matches as an offensive midfielder from 2002 and became a central player of the club with his twin brother Kazuyuki Morisaki. In the 2000s, although he played many matches, he suffered from occupational burnout in 2005 and chronic fatigue syndrome in 2009. In the 2010s, although his opportunity to play decreased, the club won the champions 2012, 2013, and 2015 J1 League. He retired end of the 2016 season.

In June 2001, Morisaki was selected for the Japan U-20 national team for the 2001 World Youth Championship. At this tournament, he played 2 matches. In August 2004, he was selected for the Japan U-23 national team for 2004 Summer Olympics. He played all 3 matches.

Statistics

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|2000||rowspan="17"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima||rowspan="3"|J1 League||4||0||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||6||0
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|2001||2||2||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||3||2
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|2002||22||6||4||1||5||0||colspan="2"|-||31||7
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|2003||J2 League||37||10||4||3||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||41||13
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|2004||rowspan="4"|J1 League||25||7||1||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||29||7
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|2005||14||1||0||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||19||1
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|2006||30||4||2||1||5||3||colspan="2"|-||37||8
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|2007||32||2||5||3||6||0||colspan="2"|-||43||5
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|2008||J2 League||40||14||4||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||44||15
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|2009||rowspan="8"|J1 League||3||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||3||0
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|2010||27||3||0||0||3||1||4||1||34||5
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|2011||30||5||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||33||5
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|2012||28||7||1||0||5||2||colspan="2"|-||34||9
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|2013||6||1||0||0||0||0||1||0||7||1
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|2014||21||1||2||0||4||0||2||0||29||1
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|2015||9||1||0||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||12||1
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|2016||5||1||1||0||2||1||1||0||9||2
335||65||25||9||46||7||8||1||414||82
335||65||25||9||46||7||8||1||414||82
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References

Other websites

Category:1981 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Hiroshima Prefecture
Category:J1 League players
Category:J2 League players
Category:Sanfrecce Hiroshima players
Category:Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics