is a former

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ese

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player and manager.

Playing career

Morishita was born in Kainan,

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on September 21, 1972. After graduating from

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, he joined

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in 1995. He became a regular player from 1996. However his opportunity to play decreased in 2001 and he moved to

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in July 2001. Although he played as regular player, the club was relegated to

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from 2003. In 2004, he moved to

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, but he could hardly play in matches and he retired at the end of the 2005 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Morishita started coaching at

in 2006. He coached the youth team from 2006 to 2007 and the top team from 2008 to 2011. In 2012, he became the manager of the club, but due to bad club results, he was sacked in May 2013 when the club was at 17th place out of 18 clubs. In 2014, he signed with

club

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and became a coach. In June, manager Badu was sacked and Morishita managed the club in 2 matches as caretaker until the club signed with a new manager,

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. In 2015, he moved to

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and managed the club for the season. In 2017, he signed with J2 club

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. However the club finished at the bottom place in 2017 and was relegated to

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. He resigned at the end of the 2017 season. In 2019, he signed with his old club

and he became the manager for

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Club statistics

Managerial statistics

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* * 1972 births Living people Juntendo University alumni Association football people from Wakayama Prefecture Japanese footballers J1 League players J2 League players Gamba Osaka players Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players Júbilo Iwata players Japanese football managers J1 League managers J2 League managers J3 League managers Júbilo Iwata managers Kyoto Sanga FC managers Sagan Tosu managers Thespakusatsu Gunma managers Gamba Osaka U-23 managers Association football midfielders People from Kainan, Wakayama {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub