Hiroaki Morishima

Hiroaki Morishima
森島寛晃
	Morishima in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	April 30, 1972 (age 52)
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*
Years	Team
1991–2008	Cerezo Osaka
Total
International career
1995–2002	Japan
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Japan
AFC Asian Cup
FIFA Confederations Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hiroaki Morishima (森島寛晃, Morishima Hiroaki, born April 30, 1972) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for the 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.

International career

On May 21, 1995, Morishima debuted for Japan national team against Scotland. In 1996, played at 1996 AFC Asian Cup. At 1998 World Cup qualification in 1997, Japan won the qualify for 1998 FIFA 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 AFC Asian Cup. he played five matches and Japan won the champions. In 2001, he played at 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. He played in all five matches and Japan reached second place. At the 2002 FIFA 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]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cerezo Osaka^[a]	1990–91	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		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
Career total			456	140	28	14	48	7	532	161

^ "Yanmar Diesel" until 1994

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[1]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	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

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Morishima goal.

List of international goals scored by Hiroaki Morishima
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	May 29, 1996	Fukuoka, Japan	Mexico	1–2	3–2	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	1997 Kirin Cup
7	June 15, 1997	Tokyo, Japan	Turkey	1–0	1–0	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
11	May 31, 2001	Niigata, Japan	Canada	3–0	3–0	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
12	June 14, 2002	Osaka, Japan	Tunisia	1–0	2–0	2002 FIFA World Cup