is a former

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player and manager He is the currently assistant manager

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club Briobecca Urayasu.

Playing career

Murata was born in

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on August 8, 1972. He joined Yomiuri (later ''Verdy Kawasaki'') from youth team in 1990. However he could not play at all in the match in top team. In 1995 he moved to

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(later ''Consadole Sapporo''). He became a regular player as left side-back. The club won the champions in 1997 and was promoted to

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. However the club was relegated to

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in a year. In 2000, his opportunity to play decreased and he moved to J2 club

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in 2001. He played as regular player and the club was promoted to J1 end of 2001 season. In 2003, he lost his opportunity to play and moved to

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in June. He returned to Vegalta in 2004 and retired end of 2004 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Murata moved to Italy and became a coach for ChievoVerona in 2005. He mainly coached youth team until 2007. In 2008, he returned to Japan and joined his old club

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. He mainly served as scout and coach for top team. In 2014, he moved to L.League club

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and became a coach. In September 2014, he moved to

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and served a coach until 2016. In 2017, he returned to Nippon TV Beleza. In 2018, he moved to

club Cobaltore Onagawa and became a manager.

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1972 births Living people Association football people from Tokyo Japanese men's footballers Japan Soccer League players J1 League players J2 League players Japan Football League (1992–1998) players Tokyo Verdy players Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players Vegalta Sendai players RB Omiya Ardija players Japanese football managers Men's association football defenders 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-footy-defender-1970s-stub