Israeli footballer

Arik Yanko (Hebrew: אריק ינקו; born 21 December 1991) is an Israeli professional *ociation football player and current under-21 international.

Contents

• 1 Biography
  • 1.1 Playing career
    • 1.1.1 International career
• 2 Statistics
• 3 References
• 4 Footnotes

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. This endeared him to the youth team staff who saw the young goalkeeper as having a strong character.

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.

International career

In 2009, Yanko was selected to represent Israel at the 2009 Maccabiah Games.

In 2013, Yanko was a part of Israel U21 squad for the Under-21 Euro, but did not play in the tournament.

Statistics

References

• ינקו אריק (in Hebrew). Israel Football *ociation. Retrieved 2009-07-12.

Footnotes