Hiroaki Morishima

Hiroaki Morishima is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He currently was a president for Cerezo Osaka.

Club career

Morishima was born in Hiroshima on April 30, 1972. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Soccer League club Yanmar Diesel 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.

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.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	May 29, 1996	Fukuoka, Japan		1–2	3–2	1996 Kirin Cup
2	September 11, 1996	Tokyo, Japan		1–0	1–0	Friendly
3	March 25, 1997	Muscat, Oman		7–0	10–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	March 25, 1997	Muscat, Oman		8–0	10–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	March 25, 1997	Muscat, Oman		10–0	10–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	June 8, 1997	Tokyo, Japan		4–2	4–3	1997 Kirin Cup
7	June 15, 1997	Tokyo, Japan		1–0	1–0	1997 Kirin Cup
8	June 4, 2000	Casablanca, Morocco		1–0	2–2	2000 Hassan II Trophy
9	August 16, 2000	Hiroshima, Japan		1–0	3–1	Friendly
10	October 17, 2000	Sidon, Lebanon		1–0	8–1	2000 AFC Asian Cup
11	May 31, 2001	Niigata, Japan		3–0	3–0	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
12	June 14, 2002	Osaka, Japan		1–0	2–0	2002 FIFA World Cup

Japan

Individual