Kota Takai
Kōta Takai is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, on loan from Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the Japan national team. Wikipedia
| Complete name | Kota Takai |
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| Club number | 25 |
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| Birth date | 04.09.2004 (age 21) |
| Country of birth |  Japan |
| City of birth | Yokohama |
| Position | defender |
| Height/weight | 192 cm / 84 kg |
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Premier League 28.12.2025 |
1:0 | Substitutes | |||||||
UEFA Champions League 09.12.2025 |
3:0 | Will not play: injured | |||||||
Premier League 08.11.2025 |
2:2 | Will not play: thigh injury | |||||||
UEFA Champions League 04.11.2025 |
4:0 | Will not play: injured | |||||||
Premier League 01.11.2025 |
0:1 | Will not play: thigh injury | |||||||
UEFA Champions League 22.10.2025 |
0:0 | Will not play: injured | |||||||
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 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 2026 |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 219 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Premier League 2025/2026 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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J1 League 2025 |
22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1906 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
 AFC Champions League Elite 2024/2025 |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 840 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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J1 League 2024 |
24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1872 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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Herzlich willkommen, Kota Takai! ? | First Day | FohlenInsights
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BEHIND THE SCENES | 25/26 third kit shoot ft Maddison, Sarr, Udogie, Takai, Johnson & Billy Wingrove
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IN FOCUS | Kota Takai in training!
Goal Kota Takai 90', Kawasaki Frontale-Yokohama F. Marinos 3:3
Own goal Kota Takai 76', Shanghai Shenhua-Kawasaki Frontale 1:0
Kept Ronaldo quiet: Bundesliga signing earns high praise
Yahoo1 days
Cristiano Ronaldo hadn’t looked this bewildered in a long time. Perhaps the last time was still in a Manchester United jersey.
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Tottenham player joins new club months after record transfer and could leave without playing a game
talksport.com2 days
· Published: 17:35, 2 Jan 2026· Updated: 17:36, 2 Jan 2026Tottenham defender Kota Takai has joined Borussia Monchengladbach on loan for the rest of the season
talksport.com
Official | Borussia Mönchengladbach sell Oscar Fraulo (22) to Derby Country, pick up defender Kota Takai (21) on loan from Tottenham
Yahoo2 days
Borussia Mönchengladbach have confirmed two January transactions with English clubs simultaneously. As previously reported upon by Get German Football News, Danish midfielder Oscar Fraulo is headed to Derby County on a permanent basis.
Yahoo
Tottenham Hotspur injury latest: Dominic Solanke, Dejan Kulusevskia and more
Yahoo3 weeks
Tottenham injury update casts long shadow over Spurs campaignTottenham’s problems continue to stack up, and the sense around Spurs is that the injury list has become a storyline of its own rather than a footnote to results
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