Charlie Yankos

Charlie Yankos
Personal information
Full name Charlie Yankos
Date of birth (1961-05-29) 29 May 1961
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Sweeper
Youth career
1978–1979 Heidelberg United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1985 Heidelberg United 136 (6)
1986 West Adelaide
1987–1988 APIA Leichhardt 44 (0)
1988–1989 PAOK Salonika 7 (0)
1989–1990 Blacktown City
1990–1992 Wollongong City
1992 Canterbury-Marrickville 15 (2)
1992–1994 Wollongong City (7)
National team
1983–1989 Australia[1] 49 (7)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 February 2008.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 February 2008

Charles "Charlie" Yankos (Greek: Τσάρλι Γιάνκος, born 29 May 1961) is an Australian former football (soccer) player of Greek descent who played for the Australian football team (Socceroos) 49 times and scored 7 full international goals. He was also the captain of the Australian football team on 30 occasions between 1986 and 1989.

Charlie Yankos started his local football career with former National League club Heidelberg United in 1979 and became one of the greatest players to wear the gold and black colors. He played an important part in APIA Leichhardt winning the 1987 NSL title.

International career

Charlie Yankos represented the Australian football team on 49 occasions and scored 7 full international goals. Of these, 13 were World Cup qualifying matches. He participated in the 1985 and 1989 World Cup qualifying campaigns, and also played in the Seoul Olympics in 1988 where Australia made the quarterfinals.He was Australian football team Captain and Vice-Captain

He is probably most famous for a remarkable long range goal from over 30 yards, that he scored in the 1988 Australian Bicentennial Gold Cup against then World Champions Argentina. In Israel he is widely remembered as the scorer of the goal for Australia in an away 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Israel, again in a long range free kick, which set the score to 1-1. an Israeli television commentator criticized the Israeli defensive wall saying "that's not the way to set a wall", which became a Hebrew idiom for "that's not the way to do it right".

List of International Game Captained by Charlie Yankos

No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 21 November 1984 Eindhoven, Netherlands Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2–0 Lose Friendly Match
2 29 November 1984 Udinese, Italy Italy Udinese Calcio 2–0 Lose Friendly Match
3 31 July 1985 Olympic Park Stadium Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 0-2 Lose Friendly Match
4 4 August 1985 St George Stadium Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 4-1 Win Friendly Match
5 9 August 1985 Hindmarsh Stadium Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 1-4 Lose Friendly Match
6 11 August 1985 Olympic Park Stadium Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 4-0 Win Friendly Match
7 22 October 1986 Olympic Park Stadium Victorian All-Stars 2-1 Win Friendly Match
8 25 October 1986 Mount Smart Stadium  New Zealand 1-1 Draw Friendly Match
9 2 November 1986 Parramatta Stadium  New Zealand 2-0 Win Friendly Match
10 9 November 1986 Adelaide, Australia South Australian All-Stars 2-1 Win Friendly Match
11 23 November 1986 Canton, China  China PR 2-0 Win Friendly Match
12 28 November 1986 Shandong, China China Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C. 0-2 Win Friendly Match
13 7 June 1987 Olympic Park Stadium England Everton F.C. 1–1 Draw Friendly Match
14 11 June 1987 Kyong Ju, South Korea  Chile 0-2 Win 1987 President's Cup Football Tournament
15 13 June 1987 Taegu, South Korea Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers F.C. 0-1 Win 1987 President's Cup Football Tournament
16 15 June 1987 Suwon, South Korea  South Korea 0-5 Win 1987 President's Cup Football Tournament

After retirement

Following his retirement from football, Charlie Yankos moved into a successful career in business.

Charlie Yankos Street in the Sydney suburb of Glenwood is named for him.[2]

References

  1. Australia - Record International Players
  2. O'Maley, Christine (2010-01-20). "Park is a goner". Blacktown Advocate. Cumberland Newspapers. p. 14. ...streets are named after well known football identities...
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