Masato Morishige
Japanese footballer
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Masato Morishige (森重 真人, Morishige Masato; born 21 May 1987) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back, captain and currently play for J1 League club, FC Tokyo.
Full name
Masato Morishige[1]
Date of birth
21 May 1987
Place of birth
Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
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Morishige with FC Tokyo in 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Masato Morishige[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 May 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | FC Tokyo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Hiroshima Minami High School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Oita Trinita | 73 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010– | FC Tokyo | 469 | (37) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Japan U-20 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Japan U-23 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | Japan | 41 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 December 2018, 15:20 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | ACL | Other[a] | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Oita Trinita | 2006 | J.League Div 1 | 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 | – | 1 | 0 | 88 | 7 | |||
| FC Tokyo | 2010 | J.League Div 1 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | 44 | 4 | |
| 2011 | J.League Div 2 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 3 | – | 43 | 9 | ||||||
| 2012 | J.League Div 1 | 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 | J1 League | 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 | 29 | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | 34 | 1 | |||||||
| 2024 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 2 | ||||||
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 454 | 36 | 25 | 5 | 52 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 555 | 45 | ||
| Career total | 572 | 41 | 27 | 6 | 64 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 643 | 52 | ||
International
- Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Morishige goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 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 |
Honours
Oita Trinita
FC Tokyo
Japan
Individual
