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{{Short description|Australian soccer player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Charlie Yankos<br>{{nobold|{{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}}}}
| image = 
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1961|5|29}}
| birth_place = [[Melbourne]], Australia
| height = {{height|m=1.86|precision=0}}
| position = [[Defender (football)|Sweeper]]
| currentclub  = 
| clubnumber  = 
| youthyears1= 1978–1979
| youthclubs1= [[Heidelberg United]]
| years1 = 1979–1985 | years2 = 1986 | years3 = 1987–1988 | years4 = 1988–1989 | years5 = 1989–1990 | years6 = 1990–1992 | years7 = 1992 | years8 =1992–1994
| clubs1 = [[Heidelberg United]] | clubs2 = [[West Adelaide SC|West Adelaide]] | clubs3 = [[A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers|APIA Leichhardt]] | clubs4 = [[PAOK Salonika]] | clubs5 = [[Blacktown City FC|Blacktown City]] | clubs6 = [[Wollongong FC|Wollongong City]] | clubs7 = Canterbury-Marrickville | clubs8 =[[Wollongong FC|Wollongong City]]
| caps1 = 136| goals1 = 6| caps2 = | goals2 = | caps3 = 44 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = 7 | goals4 = 0 | caps5 = | goals5 = | caps6 = | goals6 = | caps7 = 15 | goals7 = 2 | caps8 =  | goals8 = 7
| nationalyears1= 1983–1989
| nationalteam1= [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/aus-recintlp.html|title=Australia - Record International Players|website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref>
| nationalcaps1= 49 | nationalgoals1 = 7
| pcupdate = 12 February 2008
| ntupdate = 12 February 2008
}}
'''Charlie Yankos''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 29 May 1961) is an Australian former [[association football|footballer]] who played for the [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australian national team]] 49 times and scored 7 international goals. He captained the national team on 30 occasions between 1986 and 1989.

Charlie Yankos started his local football career with former [[National Soccer League|NSL]] club [[Heidelberg United FC|Heidelberg United]] in 1979 and became one of the greatest players to wear the gold and black colors. He was also an important part of [[APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC|APIA Leichhardt]]'s [[1987 National Soccer League|1987 NSL title]] victory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/sport/football/article/2019/12/12/historic-npl-club-apia-goes-back-its-roots-major-re-brand|title=Historic NPL club APIA goes back to its roots with major re-brand|website=Topics}}</ref>

==International career==
Charlie Yankos represented the [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australian national team]] on 49 times including 13 world cup qualifiers, captaining the side on 30 occasions and scoring 7 international goals. 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.

Yankos scored a long range goal from over 30 yards in the 1988 Australian Bicentennial Gold Cup against then-World Champions [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/greatest-socceroos-moments-australia-yankoss-free-kick|title=Greatest Socceroos moments in Australia - Yankos's free kick|date=19 July 2012|website=Socceroos}}</ref> In a [[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification]] away match against [[Israel national football team|Israel]], he scored an equaliser for Australia, again with a long range free kick.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/sport/football/article/2016/04/06/socceroos-greats-where-are-they-now-charlie-yankos|title=Socceroos Greats - Where are they now: Charlie Yankos|website=Topics}}</ref>

==After retirement==
Following his retirement from [[association football|football]], Yankos moved into a successful career in business. He was inducted into the [[Football Australia Hall of Fame]] in 1999.

Charlie Yankos Street in the Sydney suburb of [[Glenwood, New South Wales|Glenwood]] is named for him.<ref name='advocate01'>{{cite news | first = Christine | last = O'Maley | title = Park is a goner | date = 2010-01-20 | publisher = Cumberland Newspapers | work = Blacktown Advocate | pages = 14 | quote = ''...streets are named after well known football identities...''}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT player|20290|access-date=18 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]]
|1983||6||0
|-
|1984||1||0
|-
|1985||8||0
|-
|1986||6||0
|-
|1987||6||0
|-
|1988||17||5
|-
|1989||4||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!48!!7
|}

:''Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yankos goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Charlie Yankos
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1
|{{dts|6 March 1988}}
|[[Olympic Park Stadium (Melbourne)|Olympic Park Stadium]], [[Melbourne]], Australia
|{{fb|Israel}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|[[1988 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament|1988 Summer Olympics qualification]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Australia vs. Israel|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/33333/Australia_Israel.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=18 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|14 July 1988}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Sydney Football Stadium (1988)|Sydney Football Stadium]], [[Sydney]], Australia
|rowspan="2"|{{fb|Argentina}}
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–1
|rowspan="2"|[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Australia vs. Argentina|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/33340/Australia_Argentina.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=18 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|3
|style="text-align:center"|3–1
|-
|style="text-align:center"|4
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|3 December 1988}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Lake Macquarie City FC|Macquarie Field]], [[City of Lake Macquarie|Lake Macquarie]], Australia
|rowspan="2"|{{fb|Fiji}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–1
|rowspan="2"|[[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)|1990 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Australia vs. Fiji|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/33348/Australia_Fiji.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=18 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|5
|style="text-align:center"|3–0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|6
|{{dts|12 March 1989}}
|Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia	
|{{fb|New Zealand}}
|style="text-align:center"|4–1
|style="text-align:center"|4–1
|1990 FIFA World Cup qualification	
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Australia vs. New Zealand|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/32270/Australia_New_Zealand.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=18 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|7
|{{dts|19 March 1989}}
|[[Ramat Gan Stadium]], [[Ramat Gan]], Israel
|{{fb|Israel}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|1990 FIFA World Cup qualification	
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Israel vs. Australia|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/32268/Israel_Australia.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=18 June 2025}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/Y/Y.html Oz Football profile]

{{Australia Squad 1988 Summer Olympics}}
{{Football Federation Australia Hall of Fame}}

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