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HTML

<script src="https://www.youtube.com/player_api"></script>

<div id="yt">
    <img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/sftuxbvGwiU/default.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEZCNACELwBSFXyq4qpAwsIARUAAIZCGAFwAQ==&rs=AOn4CLDwjrX-27ptOAryTbc5J0AX2mxAyQ" id="thumb"/>
    <div id="ytplayer"></div>
</div>

JavaScript

var player;

/*
function onYouTubePlayerAPIReady() {

}
*/


$("#yt").click(function(){
   $("#thumb").hide();
   player = new YT.Player('ytplayer', {
      height: '90',
      width: '120',
      videoId: 'sftuxbvGwiU'
    });
});