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 is probably most famous for a remarkable long rang goal from over 30 yards, that he scored in the 1988 Australian Bicentennial Gold Cup against then World Champions Argentina.
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