Ko Itakura

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

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|2015||rowspan="3"|Kawasaki Frontale||rowspan="3"|J1 League||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
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|2016||2||0||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||5||0
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|2017||5||0||3||0||4||0||3||1||15||1
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|2015||J.League U-22||J3 League||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||2||0
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|2018||Vegalta Sendai||J1 League||24||3||4||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||32||3

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|2018/19||rowspan="3"|Groningen||rowspan="3"|Eredivisie||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0
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|2019/20||22||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||23||0
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|2020/21||||||||||||||||||||
33||3||9||0||9||0||3||1||54||4
22||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||23||0
55||3||10||0||9||0||3||1||77||4
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|2019||3||0
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|2020||1||0
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!Total||4||0
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References

Other websites

Category:1997 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Kanagawa Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:J3 League players
Category:Kawasaki Frontale players
Category:J.League U-22 Selection players
Category:Vegalta Sendai players
Category:Sportspeople from Yokohama
Category:2022 FIFA World Cup players