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Ryuzo Morioka
森岡隆三
Personal information
Date of birth	7 October 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1991–1993	Toin Gakuen High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1995	Kashima Antlers
1995–2006	Shimizu S-Pulse
2007–2008	Kyoto Sanga FC
Total
International career
2000	Japan Olympic (O.P.)
1999–2003	Japan
Managerial career
2017–2018	Gainare Tottori
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Japan
AFC Asian Cup
FIFA Confederations Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and 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.^[1]

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^[2]
Club	Season	League			Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kashima Antlers	1994	J1 League	1	0	0	0	0	0	–		1	0
Kashima Antlers	1995	J1 League	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
Kyoto Sanga FC	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^[1]
National team	Year	Apps
Japan	1999	7
	2000	14
	2001	11
	2002	2
	2003	4
Total		38

Managerial statistics

^[3]

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Gainare Tottori	2017	2018	44	9	12	23	020.45
Total			44	9	12	23	020.45

Honours

Japan

AFC Asian Cup: 2000
FIFA Confederations Cup runner-up: 2001

Shimizu S- Pulse

Individual

J1 League Best Eleven: 1999
AFC Asian Cup Best Defender: 2000
Selected to AFC All Star Team: 2000

References

^ ^a ^b Japan National Football Team Database
^ Single source here, if player is inactive. If player has not retired, move source next to "Updated" template.
^ Ryuzo Morioka manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)