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 this season, the 1.88m-tall defender has scored one goal and takes seventh place within his squad. He shares this rank with Stefan Lainer, Nico Elvedi, Philipp Sander, Tomáš Čvančara, Rocco Reitz, Shio Fukuda and Lukas Ullrich. The player with the shirt number 3 was in the starting line-up in all previous 23 games of the season. Of these, he won 10 games with his club.

His pass success rate amounts to 91.62 per cent. This result enables Ko Itakura to occupy ninth place in the league ranking for this category. His tackle success rate amounts to 56.75 per cent. With this, he occupies third place in the team-internal statistics.

Last game

Ko Itakura played his last game on the 24th matchday of the 2024/25 season (1 March 2025). Playing for Borussia M'gladbach, he won against 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 3-0. He played as a defender throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, the 28-year-old had 73 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 10 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win six. He was additionally able to make 58 successful passes – the best performance in the game. He covered a distance of 9.5 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, Ko Itakura had a total of five sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Ko Itakura has played 67 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 19. 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.