is a former

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player. who is becoming the assistant coach of the

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Club career

Morishita was born in

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on 28 December 1960. After graduating from

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, 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

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and 2nd place in

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. The club was promoted to

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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

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in 1985. From 1986, he played as regular goalkeeper at

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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

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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 Japanese men's footballers Japan men's international footballers Japan Soccer League players J1 League players Japan Football League (1992–1998) players 20th-century Japanese sportsmen Júbilo Iwata players Kyoto Sanga FC players Footballers at the 1986 Asian Games Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Men's association football goalkeepers Asian Games footballers for Japan J1 League managers FC Tokyo managers Association football people from Shizuoka (city) {{Japan-footy-goalkeeper-stub