Tatsuya Ito (footballer)

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Tatsuya Ito
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-06-26) 26 June 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Taitō, Japan
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 1. FC Magdeburg
Number 37
Youth career
2007–2015 Kashiwa Reysol
2015–2016 Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Hamburger SV II 32 (2)
2017–2019 Hamburger SV 34 (0)
2019–2023 Sint-Truiden 21 (0)
2022–2023 → 1. FC Magdeburg (loan) 49 (8)
2023– 1. FC Magdeburg 41 (2)
International career‡
2019 Japan U22 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2019

Tatsuya Ito (Japanese: 伊藤達哉; born 26 June 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for German club 1. FC Magdeburg.[1]

Club career

Hamburger SV

Ito made his Hamburger SV II league debut against Havelse on 31 July 2016.[2] He scored his first league goal against SV Meppen on 30 April 2017, scoring in the 62nd minute.[3]

Ito made his Hamburger SV league debut against Bayer Leverkusen on 24 September 2017.[4]

Ito was nominated for Bundesliga's rookie of the year award 2018.[5][6]

Sint-Truiden

On 22 August 2019, he joined Belgian club Sint-Truiden.[7] Ito made his league debut against Genk on 28 September 2019.[8]

Loan to FC Magdeburg

On 21 January 2022, Ito was loaned to 1. FC Magdeburg in 3. Liga.[9] He scored on his league debut against MSV Duisburg on 26 January 2022, scoring in the 9th minute.[10]

FC Magdeburg

On 21 June 2023, Ito moved to 1. FC Magdeburg on a permanent contract.[11] He made his league debut against Wehen Wiesbaden on 29 July 2023.[12] Ito scored his first league goal against Wehen Wiesbaden on 21 January 2024, scoring in the 80th minute.[13]

International career

On 30 August 2018, Ito received his first international call-up to the Japan national team for the Kirin Challenge Cup 2018.[14]

On 24 May 2019, Ito was called up by Japan's head coach Hajime Moriyasu to feature in the Copa América, held in Brazil.[15]

References

  1. ^ Tatsuya Ito at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Havelse vs Hamburger SV II - 31 July 2016". int.soccerway.com.
  3. ^ "Meppen vs Hamburger SV - 30 April 2017". int.soccerway.com.
  4. ^ "Bayer Leverkusen vs Hamburg - 24 September 2017". int.soccerway.com.
  5. ^ "Who was YOUR TagHeuer Bundesliga Rookie of the Season?". Bundesliga. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Morocco's Amine Harit wins Bundesliga rookie of the year with Schalke 04". Diario AS. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  7. ^ "WELCOMETATSUYA" (Press release). Sint-Truiden. 22 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Sint-Truiden vs Genk - 28 September 2019". int.soccerway.com.
  9. ^ "FCM verpflichtet Kwarteng – Leihe von Tatsuya Ito" (Press release) (in German). 1. FC Magdeburg. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  10. ^ "MSV Duisberg vs Magdeburg - 26 January 2022". int.soccerway.com.
  11. ^ "FCM verpflichtet Tatsuya Ito fest" (Press release) (in German). 1. FC Magdeburg. 5 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Wehen Wiesbaden vs Magdeburg - 29 July 2023". int.soccerway.com.
  13. ^ "Magdeburg vs Wehen Wiesbaden - 21 January 2024". int.soccerway.com.
  14. ^ "SAMURAI BLUE (Japan National Team) Squad, Schedule - KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2018【9/7＠Hokkaido vs Chile】【9/11＠Osaka vs Costa Rica】". jfa.jp. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  15. ^ "SAMURAI BLUE (Japan National Team) Squad, Schedule - CONMEBOL Copa America Brazil 2019 (6/14–7/7)". JFA. 24 May 2019.