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, Ko Itakura has scored one goal and takes fifth place within his squad. He shares this rank with Nico Elvedi, Robin Hack and Tomáš Čvančara. The 27-year-old was in the starting line-up in all previous 14 games of the season. Of these, he won six games with his club.

The player with the shirt number 3 is in first place in his team's internal ranking for both pass success rate (91.33 per cent) and tackle success rate (56.45 per cent).

Last game

Ko Itakura played his last game on the 14th matchday of the 2024/25 season (14 December 2024). He was victorious over Holstein Kiel while playing for Borussia M'gladbach with a score of 4-1. He played as a defender throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, the 1.88m-tall defender had 89 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 12 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win nine. Ko Itakura was additionally able to make 73 successful passes – the best performance in the game. He covered a distance of 10.2 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 17 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Ko Itakura has played 58 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 15. 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.