Masato Morishige

Masato Morishige
森重真人
	Morishige with FC Tokyo in 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
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 26 March 2023; ‡ 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 professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club FC Tokyo.

International career

In July 2007, Morishige was elected Japan U20 national team for 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played three matches as defensive midfielder. In August 2008, he was elected Japan U23 national team for 2008 Summer Olympics. At this tournament, he played full time in all three matches as defender.^[2]

As of 26 March 2023^[3]^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		ACL		Other^[a]		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	–		1	0	26	1
	Total	73	5	2	1	12	1	0	0	1	0	88	7
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	33	1	2	0	5	0	–		–		43	1
	2014	33	1	2	1	3	0	–		–		39	1
	2015	32	7	1	0	4	0	–		–		41	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	–		3	0	7	0	–		38	1
	2021	35	4	–		6	0	–		–		41	4
	2022	28	2	2	0	3	0	–		–		33	2
	2023	4	0	–		1	0	–		–		5	0
	Total	406	36	23	4	45	2	22	2	2	0	498	44
Career total		479	41	25	5	57	3	22	2	3	0	586	51

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[5]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	2013	6	0
	2014	11	1
	2015	12	1
	2016	10	0
	2017	2	0
Total		41	2

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

List of international goals scored by Masato Morishige
No.	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

Oita Trinita

FC Tokyo

Japan

Individual

^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.
^ "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]