Masato Morishige

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

Biography
Morishige was born in Hiroshima on May 21, 1987. After graduating from Hiroshima Minami High School, he joined J1 League club Oita Trinita in 2006. Although he original position was defensive midfielder, he played many matches as center back from 2007. Oita won the champions in the 2008 J.League Cup with young players, Shusaku Nishikawa, Hiroshi Kiyotake and Mu Kanazaki. However Oita was relegated to J2 League end of the 2009 season and Oita released their main players including Morishige due to their financial problems. In 2010, Morishige moved to FC Tokyo. Although he played many matches as center back, Tokyo was relegated to J2 end of the 2010 season. In 2011, Tokyo won the champions and was returned to J1 in a year. Tokyo also won the champions in the 2011 Emperor's Cup.

In 2007, Morishige was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2007 U-20 World Cup and played 3 matches as midfielder. In 2008, also played at 2008 Summer Olympics. At this tournament, he played 3 matches as defender. In July 2013, he was selected the Japan national team for 2013 East Asian Cup. At this tournament, he debuted against China on July 21. After the debut, he played many matches as center back with Maya Yoshida. He played at 2014 World Cup and 2015 Asian Cup. He played 41 games and scored 2 goals for Japan until 2017.

Career statistics

Club
.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)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)

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueEmperor's CupJ. League CupACLOtherTotalDivision AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsOita Trinita2006J.League Div 1200000––2020072012130252200828300713542009231002010261Total73521121–10887FC Tokyo2010J.League Div 13035081–104442011J.League Div 237663–4392012J.League Div 13321040701046220133312050–431201433121303912015J1 League327104041720163241000820041620171710041––21220183023000332201934200403822020281–3070381202135460–414202228220303322023290–5134120242302131282202500000000Total454362555222222055545Career total572412766432223064352

International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and year[ Japan National Football Team Database] National teamYearAppsGoalsJapan201360201411120151212016100201720Total412

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Morishige goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Masato MorishigeNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1  5 April 2014  Tokyo, Japan   3–0 4–2  Friendly2  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

References

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Category:1987 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Hiroshima Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:J2 League players
Category:Oita Trinita players
Category:FC Tokyo players
Category:2014 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics