is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Morishima was born in Hiroshima on April 30, 1972. After graduating from Tokai University Daiichi 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.

Hiroaki Morishima

On May 21, 1995, Morishima debuted for the 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, he 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.

Hiroaki Morishima

Statistics

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|1990/91||rowspan="4"|Yanmar Diesel||JSL Division 1||6||1||0||0||0||0||6||1

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|1991/92||JSL Division 2||30||71||0||31||7

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|1992||rowspan="2"|Football League||13||4||2||2||colspan="2"|-||15||6

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|1993||18||6||0||0||colspan="2"|-||18||6

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|1994||rowspan="15"|Cerezo Osaka||Football League||28||16||5||1||1||0||34||17

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|1995||rowspan="7"|J1 League||50||11||2||0||colspan="2"|-||52||11

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|1996||26||9||1||0||14||4||41||13

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|1997||21||10||2||2||0||0||23||12

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|1998||29||18||1||3||0||0||30||32

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|1999||30||12||2||1||4||1||36||14

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|2000||25||15||0||0||4||0||29||15

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|2001||22||3||5||2||0||0||27||5

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|2002||J2 League||37||12||4||2||colspan="2"|-||41||14

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|2003||rowspan="4"|J1 League||28||4||4||1||5||0||34||4

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|2004||28||3||1||1||5||0||34||4

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|2005||33||6||4||2||8||1||45||9

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|2006||26||3||1||0||7||1||34||4

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|2007||rowspan="2"|J2 League||5||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||5||0

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|2008||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0

456||140||30||16||48||7||534||163

456||140||30||16||48||7||534||163

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|1995||9||0

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|1996||11||2

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|1997||14||5

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|1998||3||0

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|1999||0||0

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|2000||10||3

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|2001||9||1

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|2002||8||1

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!Total||64||12

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References

Other websites

1972 births

Living people

Footballers from Hiroshima Prefecture

Japan international footballers

J1 League players

J2 League players

Japan Soccer League players

Cerezo Osaka players

1998 FIFA World Cup players

2002 FIFA World Cup players

2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players

1996 AFC Asian Cup players

2000 AFC Asian Cup players

AFC Asian Cup-winning players

Hiroaki Morishima