Kōta Takai
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| Full name | Kōta Takai | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 September 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Borussia Mönchengladbach (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | River FC | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2022 | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Kawasaki Frontale | 60 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | → Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Japan U15 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Japan U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Japan U23 | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Japan | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 June 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Kōta Takai (高井 幸大, Takai Kōta; born 4 September 2004) 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.