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. he is the currently assistant manager of J1 League club Tokyo Verdy.

Hitoshi Morishita
森下 仁志

Personal information
Full name	Hitoshi Morishita
Date of birth	(1972-09-21) September 21, 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Kainan, Wakayama, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tokyo Verdy (assistant manager)
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)
Managerial career
2012–2013	Júbilo Iwata
2014	Kyoto Sanga FC (caretaker)
2015	Sagan Tosu
2017	Thespakusatsu Gunma
2019–2020	Gamba Osaka U-23
Medal record Júbilo Iwata Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2004
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
1995	Gamba Osaka	J1 League	13	0	1	0	-		-		14	0
1996			28	2	4	1	13	0	-		45	3
1997			29	2	1	0	5	0	-		35	2
1998			27	1	1	0	4	1	-		32	2
1999			23	0	2	0	3	0	-		28	0
2000			26	2	3	0	1	0	-		30	2
2001			5	0	0	0	2	0	-		7	0
2001	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo		13	0	1	0	0	0	-		14	0
2002			29	2	1	0	6	0	-		36	2
2003		J2 League	37	1	3	0	-		-		40	1
2004	Júbilo Iwata	J1 League	9	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	16	0
2005			0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
Career total			239	10	17	1	39	1	5	0	300	12

Managerial statistics

Update; December 31, 2018^[3]

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
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 Archived 2017-11-11 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)
2. Gamba Osaka(in Japanese)
3. J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

External links

• Player statistics at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• Manager statistics manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)