{{short description|Japanese footballer}} {{multiple issues| {{BLP primary sources|date=April 2009}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2010}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Norikazu Murakami | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|10|10|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Yokohama, Kanagawa]], Japan | height = 1.80 m | currentclub = | position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[Yokohama Flugels]] | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = [[Yokohama F Marinos]] | youthyears3 = | youthclubs3 = [[Meiji University]] | years1 = | clubs1 = [[YSCC Yokohama]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = | clubs2 = Predator Urayasu Futsal Club (Futsal) | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2004–2005 | clubs3 = [[Albirex Niigata Singapore FC|Albirex Niigata (S)]] | caps3 = 40 | goals3 = 14 | years4 = 2006 | clubs4 = [[Balestier Khalsa FC]] | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 2007–2008 | clubs5 = [[Singapore Armed Forces Football Club|Singapore Armed Forces FC]] | years6 = 2009 | clubs6 = [[Home United FC]] | years7 = 2009–2010 | clubs7 = [[Platinum Stars F.C.|Platinum Stars]] | caps7 = 19 | goals7 = 4 | years8 = 2010–2011 | clubs8 = [[Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C.|Golden Arrows]] | caps8 = 13 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2012–2013 | clubs9 = [[Alemannia Aachen]] | caps9 = 14 | goals9 = 1 | years10 = 2014 | clubs10 = [[SV Wilhelmshaven]] | caps10 = 10 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2015 | clubs11 = [[1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig]] | caps11 = 16 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2015–2017 | clubs12 = Hilal Maroc Bergheim | caps12 = | goals12 = }}
{{Nihongo|'''Norikazu Murakami''' |村上 範和|Murakami Norikazu| born 10 October 1981}} is a Japanese former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]].<ref>{{Worldfootball.net|norikazu-murakami|new_id=pe162436}}</ref>
==Career== Murakami was born in [[Yokohama, Kanagawa]], Japan. He played for the [[Yokohama Flugels]] and [[Yokohama F Marinos]] youth teams as well as [[Meiji University]]. He also played for regional league side [[YSCC Yokohama]] and [[futsal]] with Predator Urayasu Futsal Club.
He entered professional football in Singapore's [[S League]] when he joined [[Albirex Niigata Singapore FC|Albirex Niigata (S)]] mid-way through the 2004 season. He joined [[Balestier Khalsa FC]] in 2006 and then [[Singapore Armed Forces Football Club|Singapore Armed Forces FC]] in 2007. In 2008, Murakami was the second top scorer for Singapore Armed Forces FC. However, he was released at the end of the season. In March 2009, he signed for [[Home United FC]] but left five months later for South African club [[Platinum Stars F.C.|Platinum Stars]]. During the 2009–10 season Murakami scored four goals in ten starts. However, in August 2010, Murakami was released by the Platinum Stars.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Goal.com|title=Stats Centre: Japanese Striker Norikazu Murakami Training With Golden Arrows|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/1659/south-africa/2010/08/27/2089071/japanese-striker-norikazu-murakami-training-with-golden|accessdate=28 August 2010}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Singapore Armed Forces''' *[[S.League]]: 2007, 2008 *[[Singapore Cup]]: 2007, 2008
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090323111728/http://data2.7m.cn/Player_data/48410/en/index.shtml data2.7m.cn] *{{Soccerway|norikazu-morakami/76067}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20170917082833/http://www.kickoff.com/mobile/news/51783/worst-foreign-striker-norikazu-murakami-no.-27 kickoff.com]
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