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Ko Itakura (板倉 滉, Itakura Kō, born 27 January 1997) is a Japanese footballer who plays as center-back or defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Japan national team.[2]

Ko Itakura
板倉 滉
Itakura with Vegalta Sendai in 2018
Personal information
Full name Ko Itakura
Date of birth (1997-01-27) 27 January 1997 (age 25)
Place of birth Yokohama, Japan
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number 3
Youth career
2006–2014 Kawasaki Frontale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Kawasaki Frontale 7 (0)
2015J. League U-22 (loan) 2 (0)
2018Vegalta Sendai (loan) 24 (3)
2019–2022 Manchester City 0 (0)
2019–2021FC Groningen (loan) 56 (1)
2021–2022Schalke 04 (loan) 31 (4)
2022– Borussia Mönchengladbach 5 (0)
National team
2013 Japan U-16 2 (0)
2015–2017 Japan U-20 8 (1)
2018–2021 Japan U-23 24 (6)
2019– Japan 12 (1)
Honours
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta-PalembangTeam
AFC U-19 Championship
2016 Bahrain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 September 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2022

Club career


Born in Yokohama, Ko Itakura joined J1 League club Kawasaki Frontale in 2015, with which he won the 2017 Japanese championship.

He was loaned to Vegalta Sendai in 2018.

In January 2019, he joined Premier League club Manchester City and was immediately loaned to Eredivisie club Groningen, until the summer of 2020.[3] On 24 July 2020, his stay with Groningen was extended with one more year after both clubs agreed.[4]

On 19 August 2021, Itakura signed a season-long loan deal with 2. Bundesliga club Schalke 04 with an option to make the move permanent for £5 million.[5] At the end of the season, he was promoted to the Bundesliga with Schalke, but the club did not activate the option due to financial reasons.[6]

On 2 July 2022, he returned to Germany and signed permanently with Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach on a €5,000,000 transfer fee.


International career


In May 2017, Itakura was called up to the Japan U-20 national team for the 2017 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played 2 matches as defensive midfielder.

He was selected for the senior Japan national football team for 2019 Copa América and made his debut on 20 June 2019 in the game against Uruguay, as a starter.[7]


Career statistics



Club


As of match played 4 September 2022.[8][9][10][11][12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental[lower-alpha 3] Other[lower-alpha 4] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kawasaki Frontale2015J1 League00000000
2016J1 League2030101070
2017J1 League50304031151
Total 7060503110221
Vegalta Sendai (loan)2018J1 League2434040323
Manchester City2018–19Premier League0000000000
Groningen (loan)2018–19Eredivisie000000
2019–20Eredivisie22010230
2020–21Eredivisie3411010361
Total 5612010591
Schalke 04 (loan) 2021–22 2. Bundesliga 31410324
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2022–23 Bundesliga 501060
Career total 12381409031201519
  1. Includes Emperor's Cup and KNVB Cup
  2. Includes J.League Cup
  3. Includes AFC Champions League
  4. Includes J1 League Championship and Eredivisie play-offs

International


As of match played 14 June 2022.[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Japan 201930
202010
202111
202270
Total121

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Ko Itakura
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.28 May 2021Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan Myanmar10–010–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours


Kawasaki Frontale

Vegalta Sendai

Schalke 04

Individual


References


  1. "Ko Itakura". Borussia Mönchengladbach. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. "Ko Itakura". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  3. "Akkoord FC Groningen met Manchester City over Japanner Itakura". FC Groningen (in Dutch). 14 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  4. "Het nieuws uit Groningen - RTV Noord".
  5. "Ko Itakura joins Schalke on loan with an option to buy". FC Schalke 04. 19 August 2021.
  6. "Great person and player – Schalke 04 bid farewell to Ko Itakura". FC Schalke 04. 31 May 2022.
  7. "Uruguay v Japan game report". CONMEBOL. 20 June 2019.
  8. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 96 out of 289)
  9. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 28 out of 289)
  10. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 55 out of 289)
  11. Ko Itakura at Soccerway
  12. Ko Itakura at WorldFootball.net
  13. Ko Itakura at National-Football-Teams.com
  14. "Schalke crowned 2021/22 Bundesliga 2 champions". 15 May 2022.
  15. "Football ITAKURA Kou - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.



На других языках


- [en] Ko Itakura

[es] Ko Itakura

Ko Itakura (板倉 滉, Itakura Ko?, Kanagawa, 27 de enero de 1997) es un futbolista japonés que juega como defensa en el F. C. Schalke 04 de la 2. Bundesliga cedido por el Manchester City.[1][2]

[fr] Ko Itakura

Ko Itakura (板倉 滉, Itakura Ko?), né le 27 janvier 1997 à Yokohama au Japon, est un footballeur international japonais. Il évolue au poste de défenseur central à Schalke 04 prêté par le Manchester City.

[it] Kō Itakura

Kō Itakura (板倉 滉 Itakura Kō?; Yokohama, 27 gennaio 1997) è un calciatore giapponese, difensore del Manchester City e della nazionale giapponese.



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