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Hidemasa Morita
守田英正
	Morita with Japan at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Personal information
Full name	Hidemasa Morita
Date of birth	10 May 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sporting CP
Number	5
Youth career
2005–2008	Takatsuki Shimizu FC
2008–2010	Takatsuki Daikyu Junior High School
2011–2013	Konko Osaka High School
College career
Years	Team
2014–2018	Ryutsu Keizai University
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2020	Kawasaki Frontale
2021–2022	Santa Clara
2022–	Sporting CP
International career‡
2018–	Japan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:04, 3 January 2025 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:15, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

Hidemasa Morita (守田英正, Morita Hidemasa, born 10 May 1995) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Japan national team.

Club career

Kawasaki Frontale

In 2018, Morita joined Kawasaki Frontale. On 10 February, he made his professional debut as a substitute in the Japanese Super Cup against Cerezo Osaka. On 14 April, he made his first start in the league match against Vegalta Sendai.^[3] After that, he managed to secure an active role in the team, and they would go on to win the J1 League title in 2018. In 2020, he was selected in the J-League Best Eleven,^[4] along with eight other Kawasaki players as they would win the J1 League title again.

Santa Clara

On 8 January 2021, it was announced that Morita would sign for Portuguese club CD Santa Clara, in the Primeira Liga.^[5] When he made his debut on 25 January, he netted his first goal for the club, scoring the winner in the 89th minute of a 2–1 victory over Rio Ave.^[6]

Sporting CP

On 1 July 2022, it was announced that he would join Sporting CP on a permanent transfer.^[7] He would go on to make his debut for the club against SC Braga on 7 August.^[8] On 7 September, he made his Champions League debut against Eintracht Frankfurt.^[9] On 30 September, he scored his first goal for the club in a win against Gil Vicente.^[10]

International career

On 2 September 2018, Ryota Oshima and Hotaru Yamaguchi withdrew from the national team due to injury; Morita was called up to the Japan national team in their place for the first time in his first year as a professional.^[11] He made his national team debut on 11 September, coming on against Costa Rica, the first game under new coach Hajime Moriyasu.

In January 2019, he was called up to the Japan national team for the AFC Asian Cup 2019 but withdrew due to injury.^[12]

In March 2021, he was called up to the national team for the first time in just under two years, and on 30 March, he scored his first goal for the national team in a 14–0 win against Mongolia in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers.^[13]

On 1 November 2022, Morita was named in the Japan squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.^[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 January 2025^[15]^[16]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		League cup^[b]		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kawasaki Frontale	2018	J1 League	26	0	4	0	0	0	5^[c]	0	1^[d]	0	36	0
	2019	J1 League	23	0	2	0	4	1	4^[c]	0	1^[d]	0	34	1
	2020	J1 League	32	1	2	0	4	0	—		—		38	1
	Total		81	1	8	0	8	1	9	0	2	0	108	2
Santa Clara	2020–21	Primeira Liga	20	2	1	0	0	0	—		—		21	2
	2021–22	Primeira Liga	28	1	1	0	3	0	6^[e]	1	—		38	2
	Total		48	3	2	0	3	0	6	1	—		59	4
Sporting CP	2022–23	Primeira Liga	29	6	1	0	2	0	9^[f]	0	—		41	6
	2023–24	Primeira Liga	29	2	4	0	0	0	7^[g]	0	—		40	2
	2024–25	Primeira Liga	16	2	1	0	2	0	5^[h]	0	1^[i]	0	25	2
	Total		74	10	6	0	4	0	21	0	1	0	105	10
Career total			200	14	16	0	15	1	36	1	3	0	272	15

^ Includes Emperor's Cup and Taça de Portugal
^ Includes J.League Cup and Taça da Liga
^ ^a ^b Appearances in AFC Champions League
^ ^a ^b Appearance in Japanese Super Cup
^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
^ Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

International

As of match played 15 November 2024^[17]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	2018	2	0
	2019	1	0
	2020	0	0
	2021	9	2
	2022	8	0
	2023	8	0
	2024	11	4
Total		39	6

As of match played 15 November 2024. Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Morita goal.

List of international goals scored by Hidemasa Morita^[17]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	30 March 2021	Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan	Mongolia	4–0	14–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	28 May 2021	Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan	Myanmar	6–0	10–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	3 February 2024	Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar	Iran	1–0	1–2	2023 AFC Asian Cup
4	10 September 2024	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Bahrain	3–0	5–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	10 September 2024	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Bahrain	4–0	5–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	15 November 2024	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	Indonesia	3–0	4–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification