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 1.88m-tall defender has scored one goal and takes fifth place within his squad. He shares this rank with Nico Elvedi, Robin Hack, Philipp Sander, Tomáš Čvančara and Shio Fukuda. Ko Itakura was in the starting line-up in all previous 18 games of the season. Of these, he won seven games with his club.

The 27-year-old is in second place in his team's internal ranking for both pass success rate (91.14 per cent) and tackle success rate (55.98 per cent).

Last game

The player with the shirt number 3 played his last game on the 18th matchday of the 2024/25 season (18 January 2025). Playing for Borussia M'gladbach, he lost to Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-3. He played as a defender throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, Ko Itakura had 67 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 11 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win six. He was additionally able to make 50 successful passes. He covered a distance of 9.7 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of nine sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Ko Itakura has played 62 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.