Ko Itakura

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Ko Itakura
板倉 滉
Kō Itakura - 板倉堰.jpg
Personal information
Full name Ko Itakura
Date of birth (1997-01-27) 27 January 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth Yokohama, Japan
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Schalke 04
(on loan from Manchester City)
Number 3
Youth career
2006–2014 Kawasaki Frontale Youth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Kawasaki Frontale 7 (0)
2015 → J. League U-22 (loan) 2 (0)
2018 → Vegalta Sendai (loan) 24 (3)
2019– Manchester City 0 (0)
2019–2021 → FC Groningen (loan) 56 (1)
2021– → Schalke 04 (loan) 3 (0)
National team‡
2013 Japan U-16 2 (0)
2015–2017 Japan U-20 8 (1)
2018–2021 Japan U-23 24 (6)
2019– Japan 5 (1)
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:38, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 August 2021

Ko Itakura (板倉 滉, Itakura Kō, born 27 January 1997) is a Japanese footballer who plays as center-back or defensive midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club Schalke 04, on loan from Manchester City. He also represents the Japan national team.[1]

Club career[]

Born in Yokohama, Ko Itakura joined J1 League club Kawasaki Frontale in 2015, with which he won the 2017 Japanese championship.

He was loaned to Vegalta Sendai in 2018.

In January 2019, he joined Premier League club Manchester City and was immediately loaned to Eredivisie club Groningen, until the summer of 2020.[2] On 24 July 2020, his stay with Groningen was extended with one more year after Groningen and Manchester City agreed.[3]

On 19 August 2021, Itakura signed a season-long loan deal with 2. Bundesliga club Schalke 04 with an option to make the move permanent for €4 million.[4]

International career[]

In May 2017, Itakura was called up to the Japan U-20 national team for the 2017 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played 2 matches as defensive midfielder.

He was selected for the senior Japan national football team for 2019 Copa América and made his debut on 20 June 2019 in the game against Uruguay, as a starter.[5]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 23 August 2021[6][7][8][9][10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental[c] Other[d] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kawasaki Frontale 2015 J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
2016 J1 League 2 0 3 0 1 0 – 1 0 7 0
2017 J1 League 5 0 3 0 4 0 3 1 – 15 1
Total 7 0 6 0 5 0 3 1 1 0 22 1
Vegalta Sendai (loan) 2018 J1 League 24 3 4 0 4 0 – – 32 3
Manchester City 2018–19 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Groningen (loan) 2018–19 Eredivisie 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 0
2019–20 Eredivisie 22 0 1 0 – – – 23 0
2020–21 Eredivisie 34 1 1 0 – – 1 0 36 1
Total 56 1 2 0 – – 1 0 59 1
Schalke 04 (loan) 2021–22 2. Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 — – – 1 0
Career total 88 4 12 0 9 0 3 1 2 0 114 5
  1. ^ Includes Emperor's Cup and KNVB Cup
  2. ^ Includes J.League Cup
  3. ^ Includes AFC Champions League
  4. ^ Includes J1 League Championship and Eredivisie play-offs

International[]

As of 17 August 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2019 3 0
2020 1 0
2021 1 1
Total 5 1
List of international goals scored by Ko Itakura
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 28 May 2021 Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan  Myanmar 10–0 10–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours[]

Kawasaki Frontale

References[]

  1. ^ "Ko Itakura". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Akkoord FC Groningen met Manchester City over Japanner Itakura". FC Groningen (in Dutch). 14 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Het nieuws uit Groningen - RTV Noord".
  4. ^ "Ko Itakura joins Schalke on loan with an option to buy". FC Schalke 04. 19 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Uruguay v Japan game report". CONMEBOL. 20 June 2019.
  6. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 96 out of 289)
  7. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 28 out of 289)
  8. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 55 out of 289)
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Ko Itakura at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata
  10. ^ Ko Itakura at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  11. ^ Ko Itakura at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata

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