Masato Morishige

Masato Morishige
森重真人
	Morishige with FC Tokyo in April 2016
Personal information
Full name	Masato Morishige
Date of birth	21 May 1987 (age 37)
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
2006–2009	Oita Trinita
2010–	FC Tokyo
International career‡
2007	Japan U-20
2008	Japan U-23
2013–2017	Japan
Medal record
Oita Trinita
FC Tokyo
Representing Japan
AFC U-19 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 December 2018

Masato Morishige (森重真人, Morishige Masato, born 21 May 1987) is a Japanese football player who plays for Japanese club FC Tokyo.

National team career

In July 2007, Morishige was elected Japan U-20 national team for 2007 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played 3 matches as defensive midfielder. In August 2008, he was elected Japan U-23 national team for 2008 Summer Olympics. At this tournament, he played full time in all 3 matches as defender.^[1]

Updated to 19 December 2020.^[2]^[3]

Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		ACL		Other¹		Total
Club	Season	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
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	7	0	-		37	1
Career Total		405	35	25	4	34	3	22	2	5	0	492	44

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	5 April 2014	Tokyo, Japan	New Zealand	3–0	4–2	Friendly
2.	8 September 2015	Tehran, Iran	Afghanistan	2–0	6–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

^ "Masato Morishige Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
^ 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, ISBN 978-4905411529 (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, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 72 out of 289)
^ [ Japan National Football Team Database] ^[specify]

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