is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Morishita was born in

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on 28 December 1960. After graduating from

Tokyo University of Agriculture The , abbreviated as Nodai (農大, ''nōdai'') or Tokyo nodai (東京農大, ''Tōkyō nōdai''), is a private university of agriculture in Japan. There are three campuses: Setagaya, Atsugi, and Okhotsk (Abashiri). Outline Tokyo University ...

, he joined Yamaha Motors (later ''Júbilo Iwata'') in 1983. The club won the league champions in 1987–88 and he was selected Best Eleven. He was also selected Japanese Footballer of the Year awards in 1987. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and the club joined new league

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(JFL). The club won the champions in 1992 and 2nd place in

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. The club was promoted to J1 League from 1994. He moved to JFL club

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in 1995. In 1995 season, the club won the 2nd place and was promoted J1 League. He retired in 1997. He played 313 games in the league.

National team career

On 4 June 1985, Morishita debuted for Japan national team against

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. He also played at 1986 World Cup qualification in 1985. From 1986, he played as regular goalkeeper at

1986 Asian Games The 1986 Asian Games ( ko, 1986년 아시아 경기대회/1986년 아시안 게임, Cheon gubaek palsip-yuk nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Cheon gubaek palsip-yuk nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 10th Asian Games and the X Asiad ( ko, 제10� ...

and 1988 Summer Olympics qualification in 1987. From 1988, although he deprived of regular goalkeeper by

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, he played all matches included Asian Games in 1990. He played 28 games for Japan until 1991Japan National Football Team Database
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Club statistics

National team statistics

Honors

*Japanese Footballer of the Year: 1987 *

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Best Eleven: 1987–88 *Best Goalkeeper of the year (Japan Soccer League): 1987–88, 1989–90

References

External links

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Japan National Football Team Database
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Shinichi Morishita
at library.footballjapan.jp 1960 births Living people Tokyo University of Agriculture alumni Association football people from Shizuoka Prefecture Japanese footballers Japan international footballers Japan Soccer League players J1 League players Japan Football League (1992–1998) players Júbilo Iwata players Kyoto Sanga FC players Footballers at the 1986 Asian Games Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Association football goalkeepers Asian Games competitors for Japan J1 League managers FC Tokyo managers {{Japan-footy-goalkeeper-stub