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Ryuzo Morioka
森岡 隆三
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-10-07) 7 October 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.80 m
Playing position Defender
Youth career
1991–1993 Toin Gakuen High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Kashima Antlers 1 (0)
1995–2006 Shimizu S-Pulse 277 (9)
2007–2008 Kyoto Sanga FC 29 (1)
Total 307 (10)
National team
2000 Japan Olympic (O.P.) 3 (0)
1999–2003 Japan 38 (0)
Teams managed
2017–2018 Gainare Tottori
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Winner 2000 Lebanon
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up 2001 Korea-Japan
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Ryuzo Morioka (森岡 隆三, Morioka Ryūzō, born 7 October 1975) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Morioka was born in Yokohama on 7 October 1975. After graduating from high school, he joined Kashima Antlers in 1994. He moved to Shimizu S-Pulse in August 1995. He played many matches as center back. The club won 1996 J.League Cup and 2001 J1 League. In Asia, the club won the champions 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup and te 3rd place 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2005. He moved to J2 League club Kyoto Sanga FC in 2007. He played as captain and the club was promoted to J1 League in 2007. He retired end of 2008 season.

International career

In April 1995, Morioka was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1995 World Youth Championship, but he did not play in the match.

On 31 March 1999, Morioka debuted for Japan national team against Brazil. After the debut, he became a regular player and played all matches including 1999 Copa America in 1999. He mainly played as central defender in three back as Masami Ihara successor. He also served as captain in many matches. In September 2000, he was elected Japan U-23 national team as over age for 2000 Summer Olympics. He played 3 games as captain. In October, he played at 2000 Asian Cup. He played full-time in all 6 matches and Japan won the champions. He also played at 2001 Confederations Cup and Japan won the 2nd place. In 2002, he could not play for injury. He was elected Japan for 2002 World Cup. He played as captain in first match against Belgium, but he was injured and replaced. After 2002 World Cup, in March 2003, he was elected Japan again by new manager Zico. On 8 June 2003, the match against Argentina is his last game for Japan. Although he was a member of Japan for 2003 Confederations Cup in June, he did not play in the match. He played 38 games for Japan until 2003.

Coaching career

After retirement, Morioka started coaching career at Kyoto Sanga FC in 2009. He served as coach for top team and manager for youth team until 2016 excluding 2014 he moved to Sagawa Printing Kyoto and served as coach. In 2017, he moved to J3 League club Gainare Tottori and became a manager. However Gainare results were bad and finished at the bottom place of 17 clubs. He was sacked in June 2018 when the club was at the 7th place.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kashima Antlers 1994 J1 League 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1995 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shimizu S-Pulse 1995 J1 League 25 1 0 0 25 1
1996 23 0 3 0 16 1 42 1
1997 30 1 3 0 6 0 39 1
1998 26 0 5 0 3 0 34 0
1999 26 1 0 0 4 0 30 1
2000 27 0 5 0 2 0 34 0
2001 30 1 5 2 1 0 36 3
2002 3 1 1 0 2 0 6 1
2003 25 3 4 1 4 1 3 0 36 5
2004 29 0 1 0 6 1 36 1
2005 23 1 5 0 6 0 34 1
2006 10 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
Kyoto Sanga FC 2007 J2 League 22 1 0 0 22 1
2008 J1 League 7 0 0 0 3 0 10 0
Career total 307 10 32 3 54 3 3 0 396 16

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 1999 7 0
2000 14 0
2001 11 0
2002 2 0
2003 4 0
Total 38 0

Managerial statistics

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
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Honours

Japan

Shimizu S- Pulse

  • Emperor's Cup; 2001
  • J -League Cup: 1996
  • Japanese Sup Cup: 2001, 2002
  • Asian Cup Winner's Cup : 2000

Individual

See also

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