Hajime Moriyasu
{{Short description|Japanese association football player and manager}}
{{Eastern name order|Moriyasu Hajime}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Hajime Moriyasu
{{nobold|森保 一}}
| image = Hajime Moriyasu at Iran-Japan pre-match conference 2.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Moriyasu in 2019
| fullname = Hajime Moriyasu
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|8|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan
| height = 1.74 m
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Japan (head coach)
| youthyears1 = 1984–1986
| youthclubs1 = Nagasaki Nihon University High School
| years1 = 1987–2001
| clubs1 = Sanfrecce Hiroshima
| caps1 = 271
| goals1 = 34
| years2 = 1998
| clubs2 = → Kyoto Purple Sanga (loan)
| caps2 = 32
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2002–2003
| clubs3 = Vegalta Sendai
| caps3 = 45
| goals3 = 0
| totalcaps = 348
| totalgoals = 35
| nationalyears1 = 1992–1996
| nationalteam1 = Japan
| nationalcaps1 = 35
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 = 2012–2017
| managerclubs1 = Sanfrecce Hiroshima
| manageryears2 = 2017–2021
| managerclubs2 = Japan U23
| manageryears3 = 2018–
| managerclubs3 = Japan
| medaltemplates =
{{medalSport|Men's football}}
{{Medal|Country|{{Fb|JPN}}}} (as player)
{{Medal|Competition|AFC Asian Cup}}
{{Medal|W|1992 Japan|}}
{{Medal|Country|{{Fb|JPN}}}} (as manager)
{{MedalComp|EAFF Championship}}
{{Medal|W|2022 Japan|}}
{{Medal|RU|2019 South Korea|}}
{{MedalComp|AFC Asian Cup}}
{{Medal|RU|2019 UAE|}}
}}
{{Nihongo|Hajime Moriyasu|森保 一|Moriyasu Hajime|born 23 August 1968}} is a Japanese football manager and former player he is the currently head coach of Japan national football team. He made more than 250 appearances in 14 years with Sanfrecce Hiroshima, including a year on loan to Kyoto Purple Sanga, before spending his final season as a professional with Vegalta Sendai. He was capped 35 times for the Japan national team. His brother Hiroshi and his sons Shohei and Keigo have also been footballers.
Club career
Moriyasu was educated at and played for Nagasaki Nihon University High School. After finishing his school, he joined Japan Soccer League side Mazda in 1987. New manager Hans Ooft rated him highly and established him as an anchoring midfielder in the team. In April 1990, Moriyasu had a trial at Manchester United. When Japan's first ever professional league, J.League, started in 1993, Mazda was transformed to Sanfrecce Hiroshima for whom he continued to play. Together with Yahiro Kazama, he controlled Hiroshima's midfield and contributed to the club winning the second stage of the 1994 J1 League season.
In 1998, Ooft became the manager of Kyoto Purple Sanga and recruited Moriyasu on a loan deal. The deal was initially meant to be a permanent one but infuriated Hiroshima supporters collected signatures against the deal, which forced the clubs to settle for a loan. He was the linchpin of Kyoto for the 1998 season.
Moriyasu came back to Hiroshima for the 1999 season but find his opportunities to play gradually decreasing mainly because of young Kazuyuki Morisaki's challenge for the place.
He was offered a coaching position at Hiroshima in 2002 but turned it down to continue to play. He moved to Vegalta Sendai and retired there at the end of the 2003 season.
International career
Ooft became the national coach of Japan national team in 1992. Ooft called up and played Moriyasu for his first match in charge against Argentina held on 31 May 1992 at the Tokyo National Stadium. Moriyasu was still a low-profile player at that time and many international teammates did not know how to pronounce his name. What Ooft asked him to do throughout his reign was a simple task, to "win the ball and pass it to playmaker Ruy Ramos".
He was a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 Asian Cup and played all of Japan's games except the final against Saudi Arabia for which he was ineligible due to suspension.
Under Ooft, Japan progressed to the 1994 World Cup qualification for the 1994 World Cup. Moriyasu was on the pitch when Japan's hopes to play in the finals were dashed by an injury-time Iraqi equaliser in the last qualifier, the match that the Japanese fans now refer to as the Agony of Doha.{{FIFA player|94396}}
He was capped 35 times between 1992 and 1996.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/moriyasu_hajime.html |title=Japan National Football Team Database |access-date=8 June 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140446/http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/moriyasu_hajime.html |url-status=live }} He scored one goal for his country, in a friendly against Australia on 10 February 1996.
Coaching career
Moriyasu served as a coach for Sanfrecce Hiroshima from the 2004 season. He also coached the Japan national youth team which participated in the 2006 AFC Youth Championship and the 2007 U-20 World Cup. He was a coach for the Hiroshima first team from 2007 to 2009 before a spell coaching at Albirex Niigata.
It was confirmed on 8 December 2011 that Moriyasu would return to Sanfrecce Hiroshima as manager for the 2012 season.{{cite news |url=http://www.sanfrecce.co.jp/news/release/?n=4922 |script-title=ja:森保一 新監督就任のお知らせ |language=ja |publisher=Sanfrecce Hiroshima FC Official Web Site |date=8 December 2011 |access-date=8 December 2011 |archive-date=13 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213085655/http://www.sanfrecce.co.jp/news/release/?n=4922 |url-status=dead }} He won the J1 league title for both the 2012 season and the 2013 season. He left the club in July 2017 after poor results in the league campaign.{{Cite web |last=Mckirdy |first=Andrew |date=2017-07-05 |title=Moriyasu can leave Sanfrecce with head held high |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2017/07/05/soccer/moriyasu-can-leave-sanfrecce-head-held-high/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=The Japan Times |language=en}}
Moriyasu was the coach of the under-23 national team preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He will stay on even as his duties were broadened by his new appointment.
Moriyasu assisted coach Akira Nishino in the last 16 in the recent World Cup finals in Russia. On 26 July 2018, with the current coach stepping down, the Japan Football Association appointed Hajime Moriyasu as the new coach of the men's national team, with an eye to the World Cup in 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180726_33/ |title=Moriyasu to lead Japan's national soccer team - News - NHK WORLD - English |website=www3.nhk.or.jp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727084702/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180726_33/ |archive-date=27 July 2018}} He led Japan to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup Final after defeated Iran 3–0 at semi-finals, but was defeated at the final 3–1 to Qatar to mark Japan's first defeat at a continental final.{{Cite web |last=Masters |first=James |date=2019-02-01 |title=Qatar stuns Japan to win Asian Cup |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/01/football/qatar-japan-asian-cup-final-spt-intl/index.html |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=CNN |language=en}}
In the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Moriyasu coached Japan to historic upsets against two of the tournament favorites, Germany and Spain, defeating both by 2-1. In the Round of 16, Japan faced Croatia, eventually losing in a penalty shootout (1-3) after a 1-1 draw in normal time.{{Cite news |date=2022-12-04 |title=World Cup 2022: Japan 1-1 Croatia (1-3 on pens): Dominik Livakovic saves three penalties |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63777439 |access-date=2025-02-06 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}
Personal life
Moriyasu's son, Keigo Moriyasu, played as a striker for Edgeworth FC in the National Premier Leagues Northern NSW in Australia.{{cite web|last1=Ormond|first1=Aidan|title=YouTube sensation set for Cairns FFA Cup clash|url=http://www.theffacup.com.au/article/edgeworth-eagles-star-keigo-moriyasu-braced-for-fnq-heat-clash-in-ffa-cup/jclwlxm463v319mai7a5qitoc|website=FFA Cup|date=6 July 2016|publisher=Football Federation Australia|access-date=20 July 2016|archive-date=24 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924001715/http://www.theffacup.com.au/article/edgeworth-eagles-star-keigo-moriyasu-braced-for-fnq-heat-clash-in-ffa-cup/jclwlxm463v319mai7a5qitoc|url-status=live}} Another son, Shohei, also played football professionally for J2 League side Kamatamare Sanuki.
Career statistics
= Club =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||
| rowspan="2" |Season
! rowspan="2" |Club ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps | Goals
!Apps | Goals
!Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1987–88
|rowspan="5"|Mazda |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988–89
|rowspan="3"|JSL Division 2 |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989–90
|19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 |
| 1990–91
|27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 14 |
| 1991–92
|18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| 1992
|rowspan="6"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima |rowspan="6"|J1 League |colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
| 1993
|35 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 |
| 1994
|40 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 3 |
| 1995
|25 | 4 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 4 | |
| 1996
|26 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 45 | 5 |
| 1997
|25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 1998
|32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 1999
|rowspan="3"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima |rowspan="3"|J1 League |27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 2 |
| 2000
|22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2001
|16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 2002
|rowspan="2"|Vegalta Sendai |rowspan="2"|J1 League |27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 1 |
| 2003
|18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| colspan=3|Total
!357||40||25||1||52||7||434||48 |
=International=
=Managerial statistics=
{{updated|match played 25 March 2025|[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFIX07/?staff_id=3173 J.LeagueData Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916040335/https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFIX07/?staff_id=3173 |date=16 September 2016 }} {{in lang|ja}}}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!rowspan="2"|Team !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="5"|Record | ||||
| G | W | D | L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="left"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima
|align="left"|1 February 2012 |align="left"|3 July 2017 {{WDL|275|138|55|82}} | ||||
| align="left"|Japan U23
|align="left"|12 October 2017 |align="left"|23 July 2021 {{WDL|18|10|2|6}} | ||||
| align="left"|Japan
|align="left"|1 August 2018 |align="left"|Present {{WDL|90|63|12|15}} | ||||
| colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|383|211|69|103}} |
Honors and awards
=Player=
=Manager=
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Japan
- EAFF E-1 Football Championship: 2022{{Cite web |title=【Match Report】SAMURAI BLUE defeat Korea Republic 3-0 to claim first title under the Moriyasu regime |url=https://www.jfa.jp/eng/samuraiblue/news/00030179/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.jfa.jp |language=ja}}
- AFC Asian Cup runner-up: 2019
Individual
- J.League Manager of the Year: 2012, 2013, 2015
- Asian Coach of the Year: 2022{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/afc_annual_awards/news/afc_mens_coach_of_the_year_2022_hajime_moriyasu.html|title=AFC men's coach of the year: Hajime Moriyasu|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|date=31 October 2023|access-date=1 November 2023|archive-date=31 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031235042/https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/afc_annual_awards/news/afc_mens_coach_of_the_year_2022_hajime_moriyasu.html|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{FIFA player|94396}}
- {{NFT}}
- [http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/moriyasu_hajime.html Hajime Moriyasu] at the Japan National Football Team Database
- {{J.League player|name=Player statistics}}
- {{J.League manager|name=Manager statistics}}
{{Current managers of AFC national teams}}
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