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{{short description|Japanese footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Masato Morishige <br> 森重 真人
| image = Morishige Masato FCT.jpg
| upright = 
| caption = Morishige with FC Tokyo in 2016
| full_name = Masato Morishige<ref name="FIFA">{{Cite web |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2007/pdf/FWYC_2007_SquadLists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |page=10 |date=5 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000046/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2007/pdf/FWYC_2007_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=31 December 2013}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|5|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Asakita-ku, Hiroshima]], Japan
| height = 1.83 m
| position = [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|Centre-back]]
| currentclub = [[FC Tokyo]]
| clubnumber  = 3
| youthyears1 = 2000–2002
| youthclubs1 = [[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]
| youthyears2 = 2003–2005
| youthclubs2 = Hiroshima Minami High School
| years1 = 2006–2009
| clubs1 = [[Oita Trinita]]
| caps1 = 73
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2010–
| clubs2 = [[FC Tokyo]]
| caps2 = 454
| goals2 = 36
| nationalyears1 = 2007
| nationalteam1 = [[Japan national under-20 football team|Japan U-20]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2008
| nationalteam2 = [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U-23]]
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2013–2017
| nationalteam3 = [[Japan national football team|Japan]]
| nationalcaps3 = 41
| nationalgoals3 = 2
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Team|[[Oita Trinita]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[J.League Cup]]|[[2008 J.League Cup|2008]]}}
{{Medal|Team|[[FC Tokyo]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[Emperor's Cup]]|[[2011 Emperor's Cup|2011]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{Fb|JPN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[AFC U-19 Championship]]}}
{{Medal|S|[[2006 AFC Youth Championship|2006 India]]|}}
| club-update = 8 December 2024, 12:00 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 13 December 2018, 15:20 (UTC)
}}
[[File:Masato Morishige -off.jpg|thumb|right|Morishige in 2010|100px]]
{{nihongo|'''Masato Morishige'''|森重 真人|Morishige Masato|born 21 May 1987}} is a Japanese professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|centre-back]], captain and currently play for {{Japanese football updater|FCTokyo}} club, [[FC Tokyo]].

==International career==
In July 2007, Morishige was elected [[Japan national under-20 football team|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 national under-23 football team|Japan U23 national team]] for [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008 Summer Olympics]]. At this tournament, he played full time in all three matches as defender.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sports Reference|title=Masato Morishige Biography and Statistics|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/masato-morishige-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417212202/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/masato-morishige-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|access-date=25 July 2009}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{{Updated|the start for 2025 season}}.<ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E7%89%88-2018-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411521 "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)"], 7 February 2018, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411529}} (p. 104 out of 289)</ref><ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2017-J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411424/ref=pd_sim_14_1/356-9491148-0114816?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BA8BN4Y0F97GNWKQM78H "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"], 8 February 2017, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411420}} (p. 72 out of 289)</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[Emperor's Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[J. League Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[AFC Champions League|ACL]]
!colspan="2"|Other{{efn|Includes [[Pan-Pacific Championship]], [[Suruga Bank Championship]] and [[Japanese Super Cup]].}}
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division 
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Oita Trinita]]
|[[2006 J. League Division 1|2006]]
|rowspan="4"|[[J1 League|J.League Div 1]]
|2||0||0||0||0||0||rowspan="4" colspan="2"|–||rowspan="3" colspan="2"|–||2||0
|-
|[[2007 J. League Division 1|2007]]
|20||1||2||1||3||0||25||2
|-
|[[2008 J. League Division 1|2008]]
|28||3||0||0||7||1||35||4
|-
|[[2009 J. League Division 1|2009]]
|23||1||0||0||2||0||1||0||26||1
|-
!Colspan="2"|Total
!73!!5!!2!!1!!12!!1!!colspan="2"|–!!1!!0!!88!!7
|-
|rowspan="17"|[[FC Tokyo]]
|[[2010 J. League Division 1|2010]]
|J.League Div 1
|30||3||5||0||8||1||colspan="2"|–||1||0||44||4
|-
|[[2011 J. League Division 2|2011]]
|[[J2 League|J.League Div 2]]
|37||6||6||3||colspan="6"|–||43||9
|-
|[[2012 J. League Division 1|2012]]
|rowspan="3"|J.League Div 1
|33||2||1||0||4||0||7||0||1||0||46||2
|-
|[[2013 J. League Division 1|2013]]
|33||1||2||0||5||0||rowspan="3" colspan="4"|–||43||1
|-
|[[2014 J. League Division 1|2014]]
|33||1||2||1||3||0||39||1
|-
|[[2015 J1 League|2015]]
|rowspan="11"|J1 League
|32||7||1||0||4||0||41||7
|-
|[[2016 J1 League|2016]]
|32||4||1||0||0||0||8||2||0||0||41||6
|-
|[[2017 J1 League|2017]]
|17||1||0||0||4||1||rowspan="3" colspan="2"|–||rowspan="9" colspan="2"|–||21||2
|-
|[[2018 J1 League|2018]]
|30||2||3||0||0||0||33||2
|-
|[[2019 J1 League|2019]]
|34||2||0||0||4||0||38||2
|-
|[[2020 J1 League|2020]]
|28||1||rowspan="2" colspan="2"|–||3||0||7||0||38||1
|-
|[[2021 J1 League|2021]]
|35||4||6||0||rowspan="5" colspan="2"|–||41||4
|-
|[[2022 J1 League|2022]]
|28||2||2||0||3||0||33||2
|-
|[[2023 J1 League|2023]]
|29||0||colspan="2"|–||5||1||34||1
|-
|[[2024 J1 League|2024]]
|23||0||2||1||3||1||28||2
|-
|[[2025 J1 League|2025]]
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!454!!36!!25!!5!!52!!2!!22!!2!!2!!0!!555!!45
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!572!!41!!27!!6!!64!!3!!22!!2!!3!!0!!643!!52
|}

{{notelist}}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="JNFTD">[ Japan National Football Team Database] {{specify|date=February 2020}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Japan national football team|Japan]]
|[[2013 Japan national football team|2013]]||6||0
|-
|[[2014 Japan national football team|2014]]||11||1
|-
|[[2015 Japan national football team|2015]]||12||1
|-
|[[2016 Japan national football team|2016]]||10||0
|-
|[[2017 Japan national football team|2017]]||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!41!!2
|}

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

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Masato Morishige
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 5 April 2014 || [[Tokyo]], Japan || {{fb|NZL}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|4–2 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 8 September 2015 || [[Tehran]], Iran || {{fb|AFG|2013}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|6–0 || [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Oita Trinita'''
*[[J.League Cup]]: [[2008 J. League Cup|2008]]

'''FC Tokyo'''
*[[Suruga Bank Championship]]: [[2010 Suruga Bank Championship|2010]]
*[[J2 League]]: [[2011 J. League Division 2|2011]]
*[[Emperor's Cup]]: [[2011 Emperor's Cup|2011]]
*[[J.League Cup]]: [[2020 J.League Cup|2020]]

'''Japan'''
*[[EAFF East Asian Cup]]: [[2013 EAFF East Asian Cup|2013]], [[2015 EAFF East Asian Cup|2015]]

'''Individual'''
*[[J. League Best Eleven]]: [[2013 J.League Division 1|2013]], [[2014 J.League Division 1|2014]], [[2015 J1 League|2015]], [[2016 J1 League|2016]], [[2019 J1 League|2019]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{FIFA player|268594}}
* {{NFT}}
* {{J.League player}}
*[https://www.fctokyo.co.jp/players/2025/3945 Profile at FC Tokyo] {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Soccerway}}
* [https://x.com/morigekun3 Personal Twitter account]

{{FC Tokyo squad}}
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{{2014 J.League Team of the Year}}
{{2015 J.League Team of the Year}}
{{2016 J.League Team of the Year}}
{{2019 J.League Team of the Year}}
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{{Japan men's football squad 2008 Summer Olympics}}
{{Japan squad 2014 FIFA World Cup}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morishige, Masato}}
[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Association football people from Hiroshima Prefecture]]
[[Category:Japanese men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football central defenders]]
[[Category:People from Asakita, Hiroshima]]
[[Category:Japan men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Japan men's youth international footballers]]
[[Category:J1 League players]]
[[Category:J2 League players]]
[[Category:Oita Trinita players]]
[[Category:FC Tokyo players]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers for Japan]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:2014 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:2015 AFC Asian Cup players]]
[[Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen]]


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