Ko Itakura

Ko Itakura
Personal information
Full name Ko Itakura
Date of birth (1997-01-27) January 27, 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Groningen
Youth career
2012–2014 Kawasaki Frontale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Kawasaki Frontale 7 (0)
2015 →J.League U-22 (laon) 2 (0)
2018 Vegalta Sendai 24 (3)
2019– Groningen 22 (0)
National team‡
2017 Japan U-20 2 (0)
2019– Japan 4 (0)
Honours
Kawasaki Frontale
Winner J1 League 2017
Runner-up J.League Cup 2017
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2016
Vegalta Sendai
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2018
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bahrain
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2019/20 season
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 31, 2020

Ko Itakura (板倉 滉, Itakura Ko, born January 27, 1997) is a Japanese football player. He plays for the Japan national team.

Biography

Itakura was born in Yokohama on January 27, 1997. He joined J1 League club Kawasaki Frontale from their youth team in 2015. However he could not play many matches. In 2018, he moved to Vegalta Sendai. He played as regular player and Sendai won the 2nd place at the Emperor's Cup. In January 2019, he moved to Dutch Eredivisie club Groningen.

In 2017, Itakura was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2017 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played 2 matches as defensive midfielder. In May 2019, he was selected the Japan national team for 2019 Copa América. At this tournament, he debuted against Uruguay on June 17.

Statistics

[1][2]

Club statistics League CupLeague CupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
JapanLeague Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AsiaTotal
2015 Kawasaki Frontale J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
2016 2 0 2 0 1 0 - 5 0
2017 5 0 3 0 4 0 3 1 15 1
2015 J.League U-22 J3 League 2 0 - - - 2 0
2018 Vegalta Sendai J1 League 24 3 4 0 4 0 - 32 3
NetherlandsLeague KNVB Cup League Cup EuropeTotal
2018/19 Groningen Eredivisie 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2019/20 22 0 1 0 - - 23 0
2020/21
Country Japan 33 3 9 0 9 0 3 1 54 4
Netherlands 22 0 1 0 - - 23 0
Total 55 3 10 0 9 0 3 1 77 4

[3]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
2019 3 0
2020 1 0
Total 4 0

References

  1. ↑ Ko Itakura at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ↑ Ko Itakura at J.League (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ↑ Japan National Football Team Database(in Japanese)

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