Masato Morishige

{{short description|Japanese footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Masato Morishige <br> 森重真人 | image = Morishige Masato FCT.jpg | upright = | caption = Morishige with FC Tokyo in 2016 | full_name = Masato Morishige<ref name="FIFA">{{Cite web |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2007/pdf/FWYC_2007_SquadLists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |page=10 |date=5 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000046/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2007/pdf/FWYC_2007_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=31 December 2013}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|5|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Asakita-ku, Hiroshima]], Japan | height = 1.83 m | position = [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|Centre-back]] | currentclub = [[FC Tokyo]] | clubnumber = 3 | youthyears1 = 2000–2002 | youthclubs1 = [[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]] | youthyears2 = 2003–2005 | youthclubs2 = Hiroshima Minami High School | years1 = 2006–2009 | clubs1 = [[Oita Trinita]] | caps1 = 73 | goals1 = 5 | years2 = 2010– | clubs2 = [[FC Tokyo]] | caps2 = 469 | goals2 = 37 | nationalyears1 = 2007 | nationalteam1 = [[Japan national under-20 football team|Japan U-20]] | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2008 | nationalteam2 = [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U-23]] | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2013–2017 | nationalteam3 = [[Japan national football team|Japan]] | nationalcaps3 = 41 | nationalgoals3 = 2 | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Team|[[Oita Trinita]]}} {{Medal|W|[[J.League Cup]]|[[2008 J.League Cup|2008]]}} {{Medal|Team|[[FC Tokyo]]}} {{Medal|W|[[Emperor's Cup]]|[[2011 Emperor's Cup|2011]]}} {{Medal|Country|{{Fb|JPN}}}} {{Medal|Competition|[[AFC U-19 Championship]]}} {{Medal|S|[[2006 AFC Youth Championship|2006 India]]|}} | club-update = 13 September 2025 | nationalteam-update = 13 December 2018, 15:20 (UTC) }} [[File:Masato Morishige -off.jpg|thumb|right|Morishige in 2010|100px]] {{nihongo|'''Masato Morishige'''|森重真人|Morishige Masato|born 21 May 1987}} is a Japanese professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|centre-back]], captain and currently play for {{Japanese football updater|FCTokyo}} club, [[FC Tokyo]].

==International career== In July 2007, Morishige was elected [[Japan national under-20 football team|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 national under-23 football team|Japan U23 national team]] for [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008 Summer Olympics]]. At this tournament, he played full time in all three matches as defender.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sports Reference|title=Masato Morishige Biography and Statistics|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/masato-morishige-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417212202/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/masato-morishige-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|access-date=25 July 2009}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club=== {{Updated|the start for 2025 season}}.<ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E7%89%88-2018-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411521 "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)</ref><ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2017-J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411424/ref=pd_sim_14_1/356-9491148-0114816?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BA8BN4Y0F97GNWKQM78H "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"], 8 February 2017, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411420}} (p. 72 out of 289)</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|[[Emperor's Cup]] !colspan="2"|[[J. League Cup]] !colspan="2"|[[AFC Champions League|ACL]] !colspan="2"|Other{{efn|Includes [[Pan-Pacific Championship]], [[Suruga Bank Championship]] and [[Japanese Super Cup]].}} !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |rowspan="5"|[[Oita Trinita]] |[[2006 J. League Division 1|2006]] |rowspan="4"|[[J1 League|J.League Div 1]] |2||0||0||0||0||0||rowspan="4" colspan="2"|–||rowspan="3" colspan="2"|–||2||0 |- |[[2007 J. League Division 1|2007]] |20||1||2||1||3||0||25||2 |- |[[2008 J. League Division 1|2008]] |28||3||0||0||7||1||35||4 |- |[[2009 J. League Division 1|2009]] |23||1||0||0||2||0||1||0||26||1 |- !Colspan="2"|Total !73!!5!!2!!1!!12!!1!!colspan="2"|–!!1!!0!!88!!7 |- |rowspan="17"|[[FC Tokyo]] |[[2010 J. League Division 1|2010]] |J.League Div 1 |30||3||5||0||8||1||colspan="2"|–||1||0||44||4 |- |[[2011 J. League Division 2|2011]] |[[J2 League|J.League Div 2]] |37||6||6||3||colspan="6"|–||43||9 |- |[[2012 J. League Division 1|2012]] |rowspan="3"|J.League Div 1 |33||2||1||0||4||0||7||0||1||0||46||2 |- |[[2013 J. League Division 1|2013]] |33||1||2||0||5||0||rowspan="3" colspan="4"|–||43||1 |- |[[2014 J. League Division 1|2014]] |33||1||2||1||3||0||39||1 |- |[[2015 J1 League|2015]] |rowspan="11"|J1 League |32||7||1||0||4||0||41||7 |- |[[2016 J1 League|2016]] |32||4||1||0||0||0||8||2||0||0||41||6 |- |[[2017 J1 League|2017]] |17||1||0||0||4||1||rowspan="3" colspan="2"|–||rowspan="9" colspan="2"|–||21||2 |- |[[2018 J1 League|2018]] |30||2||3||0||0||0||33||2 |- |[[2019 J1 League|2019]] |34||2||0||0||4||0||38||2 |- |[[2020 J1 League|2020]] |28||1||rowspan="2" colspan="2"|–||3||0||7||0||38||1 |- |[[2021 J1 League|2021]] |35||4||6||0||rowspan="5" colspan="2"|–||41||4 |- |[[2022 J1 League|2022]] |28||2||2||0||3||0||33||2 |- |[[2023 J1 League|2023]] |29||0||colspan="2"|–||5||1||34||1 |- |[[2024 J1 League|2024]] |23||0||2||1||3||1||28||2 |- |[[2025 J1 League|2025]] |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !454!!36!!25!!5!!52!!2!!22!!2!!2!!0!!555!!45 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !572!!41!!27!!6!!64!!3!!22!!2!!3!!0!!643!!52 |}

===International=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="JNFTD">[ Japan National Football Team Database] {{specify|date=February 2020}}</ref> |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="5"|[[Japan national football team|Japan]] |[[2013 Japan national football team|2013]]||6||0 |- |[[2014 Japan national football team|2014]]||11||1 |- |[[2015 Japan national football team|2015]]||12||1 |- |[[2016 Japan national football team|2016]]||10||0 |- |[[2017 Japan national football team|2017]]||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!41!!2 |}

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

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Masato Morishige |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | align="center"|1 || 5 April 2014 || [[Tokyo]], Japan || {{fb|NZL}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|4–2 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]] |- | align="center"|2 || 8 September 2015 || [[Tehran]], Iran || {{fb|AFG|2013}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|6–0 || [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |}

==Honours== '''Oita Trinita''' *[[J.League Cup]]: [[2008 J. League Cup|2008]]

'''FC Tokyo''' *[[Suruga Bank Championship]]: [[2010 Suruga Bank Championship|2010]] *[[J2 League]]: [[2011 J. League Division 2|2011]] *[[Emperor's Cup]]: [[2011 Emperor's Cup|2011]] *[[J.League Cup]]: [[2020 J.League Cup|2020]]

'''Japan''' *[[EAFF East Asian Cup]]: [[2013 EAFF East Asian Cup|2013]], [[2015 EAFF East Asian Cup|2015]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{FIFA player|268594}} * {{NFT}} * {{J.League player}} *[https://www.fctokyo.co.jp/players/2025/3945 Profile at FC Tokyo] {{in lang|ja}} * {{Soccerway}} * [https://x.com/morigekun3 Personal Twitter account]

{{FC Tokyo squad}} {{Navboxes |title= Awards |bg= gold |fg= navy |list1= {{2013 J.League Team of the Year}} {{2014 J.League Team of the Year}} {{2015 J.League Team of the Year}} {{2016 J.League Team of the Year}} {{2019 J.League Team of the Year}} }} {{Navboxes |title= Japan squads |bg= mediumblue |fg= white |bordercolor= red |list1= {{Japan men's football squad 2008 Summer Olympics}} {{Japan squad 2014 FIFA World Cup}} {{Japan squad 2015 AFC Asian Cup}} }}

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