Hiroaki Morishima

Hiroaki Morishima
森島寛晃
Personal information
Full name	Hiroaki Morishima
Date of birth	April 30, 1972
Place of birth	Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1988–1990	Tokai University Daiichi High School
Senior career*
National team
Cerezo Osaka
Representing Japan
FIFA Confederations Cup
AFC Asian Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Hiroaki Morishima (森島寛晃, Morishima Hiroaki, born April 30, 1972) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Morishima was born in Hiroshima on April 30, 1972. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Soccer League club Yanmar Diesel (later Cerezo Osaka) in 1991. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and the club joined new league Japan Football League. The club won the champions in 1994 and was promoted to J1 League. The club won the 2nd place at 2001 and 2003 Emperor's Cup. His opportunity to play decreased from 2007 and he retired end of 2008 season. He played 456 games and scored 140 goals for the club.

National team career

On May 21, 1995, Morishima debuted for Japan national team against Scotland. In 1996, played at 1996 Asian Cup. At 1998 World Cup qualification in 1997, Japan won the qualify for 1998 World Cup first time Japan's history. At 1998 World Cup, he got 11 minutes as a substitute against Croatia.

In 2000, Morishima played at 2000 Asian Cup. he played 5 matches and Japan won the champions. In 2001, he played at 2001 Confederations Cup. He played in all 5 matches and Japan won the 2nd place. At the 2002 World Cup he got three games as a substitute, scoring after two minutes in the game against Tunisia. He played 64 games and scored 12 goals for Japan until 2002.^[1]

Club 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		Football League	18	6	0	0	-		18	6
1994	Cerezo Osaka	Football League	28	16	5	1	1	0	34	17
1995		J1 League	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		J2 League	37	12	4	2	-		41	14
2003		J1 League	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		J2 League	5	0	0	0	-		5	0
2008		J2 League	1	0	0	0	-		1	0
Total			456	140	28	14	48	7	532	161

National team statistics

^[1]

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 goals

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