 Ito withVfB Stuttgart in 2021 | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Hiroki Ito[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1999-05-12)12 May 1999 (age 26) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hamamatsu,Shizuoka, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Positions | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Bayern Munich | |||||||||||||
| Number | 21 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Santos FC Academy Japan | ||||||||||||||
| –2011 | Hamamatsu Kaba SSS | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2017 | Júbilo Iwata | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Júbilo Iwata | 58 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | →Nagoya Grampus (loan) | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | →VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 29 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | VfB Stuttgart | 56 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | Bayern Munich | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Japan U17[2] | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Japan U18[3] | 6 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Japan U19 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Japan U20 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Japan U23 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2022– | Japan | 21 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:26, 22 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 March 2025 | ||||||||||||||
Hiroki Ito (伊藤 洋輝,Itō Hiroki; born 12 May 1999) is a Japanese professionalfootballer who plays as acentre-back andleft-back forBundesliga clubBayern Munich and theJapan national team.
After growing throughJúbilo Iwata youth ranks, Hiroki Ito was promoted to the first team in 2018.[4] He debuted as a pro in March 2018 inJ. League Cup, and would soon make his first appearance inJ1 League in August 2018.[5] In 2019, he was loaned out toNagoya Grampus, where he made nine appearances in all competitions.[6]
In June 2021, Ito joinedBundesliga clubVfB Stuttgart on loan, and was assigned to play for thesecond team in theRegionalliga Südwest.[7] However, he was instantly promoted to the first team by coachPellegrino Matarazzo, and started his first match in a 6–0 away win againstBFC Dynamo in theDFB-Pokal.[6] Afterwards that year, on 26 November, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 2–1 win overMainz.[8] On 20 May 2022, VfB Stuttgart exercised a purchase option which tied Ito to the club with a contract until June 2025.[9]
In August 2023, he extended his contract with Stuttgart until June 2027.[10] In the2023–24 season, he played a crucial role in his club's runner-up finish and qualification to theChampions League.[11]
On 13 June 2024, Ito signed for fellow Bundesliga clubBayern Munich until 2028,[12] after they had triggered his release clause of an estimated €30 million.[13] However, he sustained ametatarsal fracture during the summer preseason which kept him sidelined for the first half of the 2024–25 season.[14] He made his debut for the club on 12 February 2025, during a 2–1 away victory overCeltic in theChampions League knockout phase play-offs.[15] Later that month, on 23 February, he scored his first goal in a 4–0 victory overEintracht Frankfurt.[16] A month later, on 29 March, he suffered another metatarsal fracture during a 3–2 victory overSt. Pauli, ruling him out for the remainder of the 2024–25 season.[17]
Ito played for the youth teams of Japan, including theU23 team during the2018 AFC Championship,[18] theU19 team in the2018 AFC Championship,[19] and theU20 team in the2019 FIFA World Cup.[20]
Ito made his debut for the seniorJapan national team on 2 June 2022, during a 4–1 friendly win overParaguay.[21] Later that year, on 1 November, he was selected in 26-man squad for the2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[22]
He scored his first goal for Japan againstPeru on 20 June 2023 during theKirin Challenge Cup.[23] On 1 January 2024, he was called up for the2023 AFC Asian Cup.[24]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Júbilo Iwata | 2018 | J1 League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | J2 League | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 2 | |||
| 2021 | J2 League | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 2 | |||
| Total | 58 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 63 | 4 | ||||
| Nagoya Grampus (loan) | 2019 | J1 League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 31 | 1 | |||
| VfB Stuttgart | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 2[c] | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 85 | 2 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 97 | 2 | ||||
| Bayern Munich | 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 152 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 178 | 7 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2022 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 20 June 2023 | Panasonic Stadium Suita,Suita, Japan |  Peru | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2023 Kirin Challenge Cup |
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