Ryōya Morishita

Ryōya Morishita
	Morishita in 2024 with Japan
Personal information
Date of birth	11 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Wing back, left-back
Team information
Current team	Legia Warsaw; (on loan from Nagoya Grampus)
Number	25
Youth career
0000–2016	Júbilo Iwata
College career
Years	Team
2016–2019	Meiji University
Senior career*
Years	Team
2020	Sagan Tosu
2021–	Nagoya Grampus
2024–	→ Legia Warsaw (loan)
International career‡
2023–	Japan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 December 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 January 2024

Ryōya Morishita (森下龍矢, Morishita Ryoya, born 11 April 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a wing-back or a left-back for Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw, on loan from Nagoya Grampus, and the Japan national team.^[2] Morishita is the first Japanese player in Legia's history, and the fourteenth in the Polish Ekstraklasa.^[3]

Club career

Morishita moved to Legia Warsaw on 9 January 2024 on loan.^[4] On 9 February 2024, he made his debut with the club, in an away 1–0 victory against Ruch Chorzów at Stadion Śląski.^[5]

As of 2 December 2024.^[6]

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
Meiji University	2019	—			1	1	0	0	—		—		1	1
Sagan Tosu	2020	J1 League	33	3	—		1	0	—		—		34	3
Nagoya Grampus	2021	J1 League	22	0	4	0	5	0	7^[c]	0	—		38	0
	2022	J1 League	32	1	2	0	8	1	—		—		42	1
	2023	J1 League	33	4	4	0	5	1	—		—		42	5
	Total		87	5	10	0	18	2	7	0	0	0	122	7
Legia Warsaw (loan)	2023–24	Ekstraklasa	13	0	—		—		2^[d]	0	—		15	0
	2024–25	Ekstraklasa	16	3	1	0	—		10^[d]	2	—		27	5
	Total		29	3	1	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	42	5
Career total			149	11	12	1	19	2	19	2	0	0	199	16

^ "Ryoya Morishita" (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ "Ryoya Morishita wypożyczony do końca 2024 roku" (in Polish). Legia Warsaw. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
^ Kamieniecki, Piotr (22 December 2023). "Legia ma nowego piłkarza! To reprezentant azjatyckiego kraju". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
^ "Ryoya Morishita wypożyczony do Legii". legionisci.com (in Polish). 9 January 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^ "Debiut Morishity w Legii". legionisci.com (in Polish). 9 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^ Ryōya Morishita at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2020.

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