Hiroaki Morishima

Hiroaki Morishima

Personal information
Full name	Hiroaki Morishima
Date of birth	April 30, 1972
Place of birth	Hiroshima, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder Second Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1991–2008	Yanmar Diesel/Cerezo Osaka	425	(133)
National team
1995–2002	Japan	64	(12)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Hiroaki Morishima (森島寛晃 Morishima Hiroaki, born 30 April 1972 in Hiroshima, Japan) is a former Japanese football midfielder.

He was capped 64 times and scored 12 goals for the Japanese national team between 1995 and 2002. He got 11 minutes as a substitute against Croatia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. At the 2002 FIFA World Cup he got three games as a substitute, scoring after two minutes in the game against Tunisia.

On October 30, 2008, Morishima announced his retirement from professional football.

Club career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Total
1990/91	Yanmar Diesel	JSL Division 1	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
1991/92		JSL Division 2	30	7			1	0	31	7
1992		Football League	13	4			-		13	4
1993			18	6	0	0	-		18	6
1994	Cerezo Osaka	Football League	28	16	5	1	1	0	34	17
1995		J. League 1	50	11	2	0	-		52	11
1996			26	9	1	0	14	4	41	13
1997			21	10	2	2	0	0	23	12
1998			29	18	1	3	0	0	30	32
1999			30	12	2	1	4	1	36	14
2000			25	15	0	0	4	0	29	15
2001			22	3	5	2	0	0	27	5
2002		J. League 2	37	12	4	2	-		41	14
2003		J. League 1	28	4	4	1	5	0	34	4
2004			28	3	1	1	5	0	34	4
2005			33	6	4	2	8	1	45	9
2006			26	3	1	0	7	1	34	4
2007		J. League 2	5	0	0	0	-		5	0
2008			1	0	0	0	-		1	0
Country	Japan		455	138	28	14	48	7	531	19
Total			455	138	28	14	48	7	531	19

International career statistics

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Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1995	9	0
1996	11	2
1997	14	5
1998	3	0
1999	0	0
2000	10	3
2001	9	1
2002	8	1
Total	64	12

National team

• 1996 Asian Cup
• 1998 FIFA World Cup
• 2000 Asian Cup (Champions)
• 2001 Confederations Cup
• 2002 FIFA World Cup

Honors and awards

Individual Honors

• J-League Best Eleven: 1995, 2000

Team Honors

• FIFA Confederations Cup Runner-up: 2001
• Asian Cup Champions: 2000

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	May 29, 1996	Fukuoka, Japan	Mexico	3–2	Won	Friendly (1996 Kirin Cup)
2	September 11, 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Uzbekistan	1–0	Won	Friendly
3	March 25, 1997	Muscat, Oman	Macau	10–0	Won	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
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5
6	June 8, 1997	Tokyo, Japan	Croatia	4–3	Won	Friendly (1997 Kirin Cup)
7	June 15, 1997	Tokyo, Japan	Turkey	1–0	Won	Friendly (1997 Kirin Cup)
8	June 4, 2000	Casablanca, Morocco	France	2–2	Draw	2000 Hassan II Trophy
9	August 16, 2000	Hiroshima, Japan	United Arab Emirates	3–1	Won	Friendly
10	October 17, 2000	Sidon, Lebanon	Uzbekistan	8–1	Won	2000 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage
11	May 31, 2001	Niigata, Japan	Canada	3–0	Won	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Group Stage
12	June 14, 2002	Osaka, Japan	Tunisia	2–0	Won	2002 FIFA World Cup Group Stage

External links

1. Hiroaki Morishima at National-Football-Teams.com

• Hiroaki Morishima at National-Football-Teams.com