is a former Japanese football player He is the current assistant managers of

Vegalta Sendai is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in J2 League. The team is located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. History Founded in 1988 as ''Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. Soccer Club'', Vegalta joined the J-League in 1999 after p ...

Playing career

Murakami was born in

Yokkaichi is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 310,259 in 142162 households and a population density of 1500 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Yokkaichi is located in north-centra ...

on January 20, 1981. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club

Yokohama F. Marinos is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club competes in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Having won the J-League title four times an ...

in 1999. Although he debuted and played several matches in

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, he could hardly play in the match. In 2001, he moved to J2 League club

. Although he could hardly play in the match in 2001 season, the club was promoted to J1 from 2002. From 2002, although he got opportunity to play as substitute midfielder, the club was relegated to J2 from 2004. From 2004, he played many matches as left side midfielder. From late 2005, he became a regular player as left side back. In 2007, he moved to J1 club

Kawasaki Frontale is a Japanese professional football club based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium, in Nakahara ...

. In 2007, he became a regular player as left side midfielder. Although his opportunity to play decreased behind

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in 2008, he became a regular player as left side back in 2009. The club won the 2nd place for 2 years in a row (

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- 2009). The club also won the 2nd place 2007 and

2009 Emperor's Cup The 89th Emperor's Cup began on September 19, 2009 and ended on January 1, 2010 with the final at National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. Gamba Osaka won the title for two years in a row. Since Gamba already confirmed 2010 AFC Champions League berth, the ...

. In 2010, he moved to

Omiya Ardija is a professional association football club based in Ōmiya in Saitama, Japan. Its "hometown" as designated by the league is the whole of Saitama city, which is shared with neighbours Urawa Red Diamonds. Omiya competed in the J1 League follow ...

. He played many matches as right and left side back. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2012. In July 2014, he moved to

for the first time in 7 years. He retired end of 2015 season.

Club statistics

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* * 1981 births Living people Association football people from Mie Prefecture Japanese footballers J1 League players J2 League players Yokohama F. Marinos players Vegalta Sendai players Kawasaki Frontale players Omiya Ardija players Association football defenders {{Japan-footy-defender-1980s-stub