Ko

Itakura

Ko Itakura history

Ko Itakura was born on 27 January 1997 in Yokohama and plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach. He played for Kawasaki Frontale from 2006-2018, for Vegalta Sendai from 2018-2018, for Kawasaki Frontale from 2019-2019, for FC Groningen from 2019-2020, for Manchester City FC from 2020-2020, for FC Groningen from 2020-2021, for Manchester City FC from 2021-2021, for FC Schalke 04 from 2021-2022 and has played for Borussia M'gladbach since 2022.

Current season 2024/25

In the current season, the 1.88m-tall defender has scored one goal and takes second place within his squad. He shares this rank with Alassane Pléa, Nico Elvedi, Tomáš Čvančara and Franck Honorat. The 27-year-old was in the starting line-up in all previous seven games of the season. Of these, he won three games with his club.

Ko Itakura is in third place in his team's internal ranking for both pass success rate (89.59 per cent) and tackle success rate (56.86 per cent).

Last game

Ko Itakura played his last game on the seventh matchday of the 2024/25 season (19 October 2024). He was victorious over 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 while playing for Borussia M'gladbach with a score of 3-2. He played as a defender throughout this entire game. In doing so, he scored one goal. In terms of total touches, he had 71 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, the player with the shirt number 3 had 12 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win eight. He was additionally able to make 55 successful passes – the best performance in the game. He covered a distance of 9.3 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 12 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Ko Itakura has played 51 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 12. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of Borussia Mönchengladbach. Here, he has put a total of four balls in the net.