Hiroaki Morishima
Hiroaki Morishima (森島 寛晃, Morishima Hiroaki, born April 30, 1972) is a *anese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for the *an national team.
Contents
- 1 Club career
- 2 International career
- 3 Career statistics
- 3.1 Club
- 3.2 International
- 4 Honors
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Club career
Morishima was born in Hiroshima on April 30, 1972. After graduating from high school, he joined *an Soccer League club Yanmar Diesel (later Cerezo Osaka) in 1991. In 1992, *an Soccer League was folded and the club joined new league *an 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 *an national team against Scotland. In 1996, played at 1996 AFC Asian Cup. At 1998 World Cup qualification in 1997, *an won the qualify for 1998 FIFA World Cup first time *an's history. At 1998 World Cup, he got 11 minutes as a subs*ute against Croatia.
In 2000, Morishima played at 2000 AFC Asian Cup. he played five matches and *an won the champions. In 2001, he played at 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. He played in all five matches and *an reached second place. At the 2002 FIFA World Cup he got three games as a subs*ute, scoring after two minutes in the game against Tunisia. He played 64 games and scored 12 goals for *an until 2002.
Career statistics
Club
International
Scores and results list *an's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Morishima goal.Honors
*an
- FIFA Confederations Cup runner-up: 2001
- AFC Asian Cup: 2000
Individual
- J1 League Best Eleven: 1995, 2000
References
External links
- Hiroaki Morishima – FIFA compe*ion record (archived)
- Hiroaki Morishima at National-Football-Teams.com
- *an National Football Team Database
- Hiroaki Morishima at J.League (in *anese)