Australia · Defence

Jacob Italiano

Profile

Details

PositionDefence
Age24 years
NationalityAustralia
Shirt#4
Place of birthPerth
Height177 cm
International caps5
Career

The story

Jacob Italiano is an Australian right back who moved to Europe via Borussia Mönchengladbach's reserve setup and now plays for Austrian club Grazer AK. He made his senior debut for Australia in October 2025.

Italiano came through Perth Glory's development system, making 18 senior appearances for the club between 2017 and 2019. In May 2019, he moved to Germany to join Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he spent five seasons with the reserve side and regularly trained with the first team, making 103 appearances.

He signed a three-year contract with newly promoted Grazer AK in June 2024 and made 52 appearances in the Austrian Bundesliga. Holding dual Australian-Italian citizenship, he committed to Australia and earned 5 senior caps from October 2025.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0