Rachel Yankey

Rachel Yankey
OBE

Yankey in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Rachel Aba Yankey[1]
Date of birth	(1979-11-01) 1 November 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth	London, England
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[2]
Position(s)	Winger, forward
Youth career
1989–1996	Mill Hill United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2000	Arsenal Ladies	47	(8)
2000	→ Laval Dynamites (loan)	25	(10)
2000–2004	Fulham Ladies	15	(6)
2004–2005	Birmingham Ladies	13	(7)
2005	New Jersey Wildcats	29	(5)
2005–2016	Arsenal Ladies	151	(43)
2016	→ Notts County Ladies (loan)	5	(0)
Total		285	(79)
International career
1997–2013	England[3]	129	(19)
2012	Great Britain	5	(0)
Managerial career
2019	London Bees
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rachel Aba Yankey OBE (born 1 November 1979) is a former English footballer who played as a winger or forward.

Yankey is best known for her long association with Arsenal Ladies, for whom she played 15 seasons over two separate spells, and is ranked among the Arsenal Ladies Legends. She is one of the most decorated players in women's football, winning the FA Women's National Premier League seven times, the FA WSL twice, the FA Women's Cup eleven times, the FA Women's Premier League Cup six times and the UEFA Women's Cup once, while playing for Arsenal and Fulham Ladies.

Since making her debut in 1997, Yankey appeared on 129 occasions for the England national team and at the time became the most capped player ever to play for England, ahead of male goalkeeper Peter Shilton with 125 (though this record has since been beaten by several female players). 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.

Yankey had a brief foray into coaching, managing the London Bees from February to May 2019.