Bundesliga has had many Asian players who performed well, such as Son Heung-min at Leverkusen , Shinji Kagawa at Dortmund , Madavekia at Hamburg , and so on. Now the Bundesliga welcomes another Asian player, the 25-year-old Japanese international Itakura Kou!
In January 2019, Manchester City signed Itakura Koji from Kawasaki Frontale for a transfer fee of 1.1 million euros. He was nearly 22 years old at the time. However, after joining, he was loaned to Groningen for 2 seasons. In addition, he was loaned to Schalke 04 last season and failed to represent Manchester City's first team in more than 3 years.
Itakura Kouko plays the role of central defender and midfielder. He is 1.86 meters tall and has a calm defense and a certain ability to play the ball. He started as a midfielder last season and scored 4 goals. His skills are quite comprehensive. , is an important player for Schalke 04 to return to the Bundesliga.
Although Ko Itakura has the main level of the Bundesliga 2 and will be able to compete in the Bundesliga with Borussia next season, he is not the best defender in the Japanese men's football team. In today's Japanese men's football team, he is not the main defender. Above him are the captain Maya Yoshida who previously played for Serie A Sampdoria and Arsenal's main defender Kenyo Tomiyasu.
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