Murat Yakin

Murat Yakin (Turkish: Murat Yakın; born 15 September 1974) is a former football player. He has played for Switzerland national team. He is the manager of Switzerland national football team since 2021.

Murat Yakin
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Yakin in 2014
Personal information
Full nameMurat Yakin
Date of birth (1974-09-15) 15 September 1974 (age 50)
Place of birthBasel, Switzerland
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionDefender (retired)
Club information
Current team
Switzerland (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1997Grasshoppers101(17)
1997–1999VfB Stuttgart23(2)
1998–2000Fenerbahçe26(3)
2000Basel23(2)
2000–20011. FC Kaiserslautern9(0)
2001–2006Basel91(24)
Total273(48)
National team
1994–2004Switzerland49(4)
Teams managed
2006–2007Concordia Basel (assistant)
2007Grasshoppers (assistant)
2008FC Frauenfeld
2008–2009Grasshoppers (B team)
2009–2011Thun
2011–2012Luzern
2012–2014Basel
2014–2015Spartak Moscow
2016–2017Schaffhausen
2017–2018Grasshoppers
2018–2019Sion
2019–2021Schaffhausen
2021–Switzerland
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career statistics

Club performance League
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals
SwitzerlandLeague
1992-93 Grasshopper Zürich Super League 18 1
1993-94 29 3
1994-95 18 2
1995-96 8 3
1996-97 28 8
GermanyLeague
1997-98 Stuttgart Bundesliga 23 2
TurkeyLeague
1998-99 Fenerbahçe Süper Lig 23 3
1999-00 3 0
SwitzerlandLeague
1999-00 Basel Super League 12 1
GermanyLeague
2000-01 Kaiserslautern Bundesliga 9 0
SwitzerlandLeague
2000-01 Basel Super League 11 1
2001-02 32 7
2002-03 26 6
2003-04 20 7
2004-05 13 3
2005-06 1 0
Country Switzerland 216 42
Germany 32 2
Turkey 26 3
Total 274 47

International career statistics

Switzerland national team
YearAppsGoals
Total 49 4

References