Arik Yanko
Yanko playing for Hapoel Ra'anana in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Arik Yanko | ||
Date of birth | (1991-12-21) 21 December 1991 (age 32) | ||
Place of birth | Rishon LeZion, Israel | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | ||
Youth career | |||
Hapoel Tel Aviv | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2014 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1 | (0) |
2011–2013 | → Hakoah Ramat Gan | 63 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Hapoel Ra'anana | 13 | (0) |
2014–2017 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 68 | (0) |
2017–2020 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 47 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 66 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Maccabi Bnei Reineh | 29 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 30 | (0) |
2024– | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2008 | Israel U17 | 2 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Israel U18 | 5 | (0) |
2009–2011 | Israel U19 | 9 | (0) |
2013 | Israel U21 | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 May 2023 |
Medal record | ||
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Representing ![]() | ||
Football | ||
Maccabiah Games | ||
![]() | 2009 Maccabiah | Football |
Arik Yanko (Hebrew: אריק ינקו; born 21 December 1991) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays for Hapoel Rishon LeZion.[1]
Biography
Playing career
Arik Yanko starting playing youth football with Hapoel Tel Aviv. As a youth team player, Yanko cracked four teeth during a derby match against Maccabi but played out the entire match.[2] This endeared him to the youth team staff who saw the young goalkeeper as having a strong character.[2]
Yanko made his league debut in a Premier League match against Maccabi Petah Tikva on 4 April 2009 when he replaced Ben Luz in the 80th minute after back up goalkeeper Yaniv Mizrahi was red-carded. In October 2009, Yanko said that that moment was by far the most exciting moment of his career.[2]
International career
Yanko represented Israel at the 2009 Maccabiah Games, winning a bronze medal.[3][4]
In 2013, Yanko was a part of Israel U21 squad.[5]
References
- ינקו אריק (in Hebrew). Israel Football Association. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
Footnotes
- ^ Arik Yanko at Soccerway
- ^ a b c Avigal, Hila (2009-10-17). הדור הבא: הכירו את שוער הפועל ת"א, אריק ינקו [The Next Generation: Meet Hapoel TA Goalkeeper, Arik Yanko] (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Archived from the original on 20 October 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ "סגלי נבחרות ישראל לטורניר הכדורגל של המכביה". Israel Football Association. 2009-07-09. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
- ^ "ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל - עמוד משחק". www.football.org.il.
- ^ CompetitionsUEFA Archived 2022-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
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