Hitoshi Morishita (footballer, born 1972)

Hitoshi Morishita (森下 仁志, Morishita Hitoshi, born September 21, 1972) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Hitoshi Morishita
森下 仁志
Personal information
Full name Hitoshi Morishita
Date of birth (1972-09-21) September 21, 1972
Place of birth Kainan, Wakayama, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1988–1990 Teikyo High School
1991–1994 Juntendo University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2001 Gamba Osaka 151 (7)
2001–2003 Consadole Sapporo 79 (3)
2004–2005 Júbilo Iwata 9 (0)
Total 239 (10)
Teams managed
2012–2013 Júbilo Iwata
2014 Kyoto Sanga FC (caretaker)
2015 Sagan Tosu
2017 Thespakusatsu Gunma
2019– Gamba Osaka U-23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Morishita was born in Kainan, Wakayama on September 21, 1972. After graduating from Juntendo University, he joined Gamba Osaka in 1995. He became a regular player from 1996. However his opportunity to play decreased in 2001 and he moved to Consadole Sapporo in July 2001. Although he played as regular player, the club was relegated to J2 League from 2003. In 2004, he moved to Júbilo Iwata, 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 Júbilo Iwata 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 J2 League club Kyoto Sanga FC 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, Ryoichi Kawakatsu. In 2015, he moved to Sagan Tosu and managed the club for the season. In 2017, he signed with J2 club Thespakusatsu Gunma. However the club finished at the bottom place in 2017 and was relegated to J3 League. He resigned at the end of the 2017 season.[1] In 2019, he signed with his old club Gamba Osaka and he became the manager for Gamba Osaka U-23.[2]

Club statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total
1995Gamba OsakaJ1 League13010--140
199628241130-453
19972921050-352
19982711041-322
19992302030-280
20002623010-302
2001500020-70
2001Hokkaido Consadole
Sapporo		1301000-140
20022921060-362
2003J2 League37130--401
2004Júbilo IwataJ1 League90004030160
20050000002020
Career total 239101713915030012

Managerial statistics

Update; December 31, 2018[3]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Júbilo Iwata 2012 2013 44 14 10 20 031.82
Kyoto Sanga FC 2014 2014 2 1 1 0 050.00
Sagan Tosu 2015 2015 34 9 13 12 026.47
Thespakusatsu Gunma 2017 2017 42 5 5 32 011.90
Gamba Osaka U-23 2019 present
Total 122 29 29 64 023.77

References
  1. Thespakusatsu Gunma(in Japanese)
  2. Gamba Osaka(in Japanese)
  3. J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
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