Takahiro Ko

{{short description|Japanese footballer}} {{for|the Chinese American comics artist with the Chinese name 高宇洋 Gao Yuyang|Laura Gao}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Takahiro Ko <br> 高宇洋 | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Takahiro Ko | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|4|20}} | birth_place = [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]], [[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]], Japan | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{Height|m=1.72}} | position = [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = [[FC Tokyo]] | clubnumber = 8 | youthyears1 = 2006 | youthclubs1 = FC Nakahara | youthyears2 = 2007–2013 | youthclubs2 = [[Kawasaki Frontale]] | youthyears3 = 2014–2016 | youthclubs3 = Ichiritsu Funabashi High School | years1 = 2017–2019 | clubs1 = → [[Gamba Osaka U-23]] (loan) | caps1 = 51 | goals1 = 3 | years2 = 2017–2019 | clubs2 = [[Gamba Osaka]] | caps2 = 18 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2019–2020 | clubs3 = [[Renofa Yamaguchi]] | caps3 = 53 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2021–2023 | clubs4 = [[Albirex Niigata]] | caps4 = 111 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 2024– | clubs5 = [[FC Tokyo]] | caps5 = 59 | goals5 = 4 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = | medaltemplates = | club-update = 13 September 2025 | nationalteam-update = }} {{Nihongo|'''Takahiro Ko'''|高宇洋|Kō Takahiro|born April 20, 1998}} is a Japanese professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Midfielder|central midfielder]] for {{Japanese football updater|FCTokyo}} club [[FC Tokyo]].<ref>{{J.League player|23137}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=高宇洋：アルビレックス新潟：Ｊリーグ.jp |url=https://www.jleague.jp/player/1600022/#attack |website=Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ） |access-date=2 December 2022 |language=ja}}</ref><ref name="Takahiro Ko Soccerway Player Statistics">{{cite web | url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/takahiro-koh/475656/ | title=Takahiro Ko Soccerway Player Statistics | work=Soccerway.com | accessdate=21 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Takahiro Ko Gamba Osaka Player Profile">{{cite web | url=http://www2.gamba-osaka.net/club/player2019_28.html | title=Takahiro Ko Gamba Osaka Player Profile | work=Gamba Osaka | language = Japanese | accessdate=11 March 2019}}</ref> He is the son of former Chinese international [[Gao Sheng (footballer)|Gao Sheng]].<ref>{{cite news|title=＜サッカー＞元中国代表の息子がJリーグへ！中国ネット「中国に帰ろうなんて考えないように」「どこでサッカーしても構わないが…」|url=http://www.recordchina.co.jp/b154274-s0-c50.html|accessdate=2017-10-19|newspaper=Recordchina|date=2016-11-04|archive-date=2017-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519043746/http://www.recordchina.co.jp/b154274-s0-c50.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==

After graduating from {{ill|Ichiritsu Funabashi High School|ja|船橋市立船橋高等学校}} in Chiba, Ko signed his first professional contract with Gamba Osaka ahead of the [[2017 Gamba Osaka season|2017 season]].<ref name="Gamba Osaka News – Ko and Bae signings">{{cite web | url=http://www.gamba-osaka.net/news/index/no/4820/ | title=Gamba Osaka News – Ko and Bae signings | work=Gamba Osaka | language = Japanese | date= 1 September 2016 | accessdate=15 January 2017}}</ref> He didn't feature for Gamba's senior side during his debut campaign, but played 28 times in J3 for Gamba U-23.

2018 was a more productive year and he started off captaining Gamba U-23, playing a total of 20 games and scoring 3 times. However, he spent most of the latter half of the year with Gamba's J1 side following the promotion of Gamba U-23 head coach [[Tsuneyasu Miyamoto]]. He made his J1 League debut in Miyamoto's first match as manager, a 1–1 draw at home to [[Kashima Antlers]] on July 28 and made a total of 12 league appearances that year.<ref name="Gamba Osaka vs Kashima Antlers 28 July 2018">{{cite web | url=https://www.jleague.jp/en/match/j1/2018/072805/live/#live | title=Gamba Osaka vs Kashima Antlers 28 July 2018 | work=J.League English Site | accessdate=30 January 2019}}</ref> In addition he also played once in the J.League Cup in the quarter-final tie against [[Yokohama F. Marinos]].<ref name="Takahiro Ko Soccerway Player Statistics"/>

==Career statistics== {{updated|11 March 2025}}<ref name="Takahiro Ko Soccerway Player Statistics"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Soccer D.B. : 2022 Takahiro Ko Result by Season |url=https://soccer-db.net/player/index.php?pl=44174&la=e |website=Soccer D.B. |access-date=2 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- ! rowspan=2 | Club ! rowspan=2 | Season ! colspan=3 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | Total |- ! Division ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals |- ! colspan=3 |Japan ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | [[Emperor's Cup]] ! colspan=2 | [[J. League Cup]] ! colspan=2 | Total |- |rowspan="4"|[[Gamba Osaka]] |[[2017 Gamba Osaka season|2017]] |[[J1 League]] |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |[[2018 Gamba Osaka season|2018]] |J1 League |12||0||0||0||1||0||13||0 |- |[[2019 Gamba Osaka season|2019]] |J1 League |6||0||0||0||6||0||12||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !18||0||0||0||7||0||25||0 |- |rowspan="4"|[[Gamba Osaka U-23]] (loan) |[[2017 J3 League|2017]] |[[J3 League]] |28||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||28||0 |- |[[2018 J3 League|2018]] |J3 League |20||3||0||0||colspan="2"|–||20||3 |- |[[2019 J3 League|2019]] |J3 League |3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||3||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !51||3||0||0||0||0||51||3 |- |rowspan="3"|[[Renofa Yamaguchi]] |[[2019 J2 League|2019]] |[[J2 League]] |12||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||12||0 |- |[[2020 J2 League|2020]] |J2 League |41||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||41||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !53||1||0||0||0||0||53||1 |- |rowspan="4"|[[Albirex Niigata]] |[[2021 J2 League|2021]] |J2 League |41||1||2||0||colspan="2"|–||43||1 |- |[[2022 J2 League|2022]] |J2 League |39||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||39||1 |- |[[2023 J1 League|2023]] |J1 League |31||1||2||0||2||0||35||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !111||3||4||0||2||0||117||3 |- | rowspan="3" |[[FC Tokyo]] |[[2024 J1 League|2024]] |J1 League |35||3||1||0||3||0||39||3 |- |[[2025 J1 League|2025]] |J1 League |5 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |5 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !40 !3 !1 !0 !3 !0 !44 !3 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !273||7||4||0||9||0||290||10 |}

==Honours== ; Albirex Niigata *[[J2 League]] : [[2022 J2 League|2022]]

; Individual *[[J.League Best XI|J2 League Best XI]]: [[J.League Best XI#J2 League (2022–present)|2022]]<ref>{{cite web |title=最優秀選手賞（Ｊ２）は小川航基選手（横浜ＦＣ）が初受賞！得点王（Ｊ２）とのＷ受賞に！！～優勝クラブのアルビレックス新潟からは6名がベストイレブン（Ｊ２）に選出～【Ｊ２リーグアウォーズ】：Ｊリーグ.jp |url=https://www.jleague.jp/news/article/23812/ |website=Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ） |access-date=27 November 2022 |language=ja}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{J.League player|23137}}

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