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 ongoing season, the player with the shirt number 3 has scored one goal and takes fifth place within his squad. He shares this rank with Nico Elvedi, Robin Hack, Philipp Sander and Tomáš Čvančara. The 27-year-old was in the starting line-up in all previous 15 games of the season. Of these, he won seven games with his club.

The 1.88m-tall defender is in first place in his team's internal ranking for both pass success rate (91.34 per cent) and tackle success rate (57.87 per cent).

Last game

Ko Itakura played his last game on the 15th matchday of the 2024/25 season (21 December 2024). Playing for Borussia M'gladbach, he won against TSG Hoffenheim 2-1. He played as a defender throughout this entire game. Here, Ko Itakura provided one assist. In terms of total touches, he had 70 individual ball possessions, which is the highest amount of any player in his club. Furthermore, he had 11 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, Ko Itakura was able to win nine. He was additionally able to make 42 successful passes – the best performance within his club for this game. He covered a distance of 9.8 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, Ko Itakura had a total of 14 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Ko Itakura has played 59 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 16. 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.