| General |
| Rachel Yankey | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name: | Rachel Aba Yankey | |
| Date of birth: | 1 November 1979 | |
| Place of birth: | London,  England
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| Height: | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |
| Playing position: | Winger, Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | 
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| Youth clubs | ||
| 1989 | Mill Hill United
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 1996–2000 2000 2000–2004 2004–2005 2005 2005–2016 2016 |
Arsenal Ladies → Laval Dynamites (loan) Fulham Ladies Birmingham Ladies New Jersey Wildcats Arsenal Ladies → Notts County Ladies
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(6) |
| National team | ||
| 1997– 2012 |
England Great Britain
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129 (19) 5 (0) |
Rachel Aba Yankey, OBE (born 1 November 1979) is an English footballer who plays for the English FA WSL club Notts County (on loan from Arsenal) and for the England national team. She plays as a left winger or forward, and wears the number 11 for both Arsenal and England. She is of Ghanaian descent, from her father's side.
Since making her debut in 1997, Yankey has appeared on 129 occasions for England and became the most capped player ever to play for England, ahead of male goalkeeper Peter Shilton with 125. She was the second English female player, after Gillian Coultard, to make a century of international appearances. Yankey was part of the Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics.
External links[]
- Short profile – from TheFA.com
- Player page – from the Arsenal homepage
- Short profile – from the New Jersey Wildcats homepage
- BBC Academy – which contains the Masterclasses Mini-Series
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