Murat Yakin
Swiss football manager (born 1974)
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- Murat Yakin (Turkish: Murat Yakın [mʊ'ɾɑt jɑˈkɯn] ; born 15 September 1974) is a Swiss football coach and former player who is currently the manager of the Switzerland national team.
- Playing career Yakin spent the longest spell of his career playing for his hometown club Basel, where he was the defensive linchpin, captain and libero of a team which enjoyed domestic and relative European success.
- He recalls the 2002–Champions League second leg qualifying match on 28 August 2002 against Celtic in St.
- Basel won the game 2–0, with Yakin scoring the second goal in the 22nd minute as Basel qualified 3–3 on the away goals rule for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League group stage.
- Yakin was capped 49 times for the Switzerland national team, representing his country at UEFA Euro 2004.
Murat Yakin (Turkish: Murat Yakın [mʊ'ɾɑt jɑˈkɯn]; born 15 September 1974) is a Swiss football coach and former player who is currently the manager of the Switzerland national team.
In 2021, following stints as manager at Swiss clubs including Basel, Grasshoppers and Sion, he was appointed as coach of the Swiss national team, guiding them to qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024.
Playing career
Yakin spent the longest spell of his career playing for his hometown club Basel, where he was the defensive linchpin, captain and libero of a team which enjoyed domestic and relative European success. He won the Swiss Super League on five occasions (1995, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2005), and the Swiss Cup three times (1994, 2002, 2003). He recalls the 2002–Champions League second leg qualifying match on 28 August 2002 against Celtic in St. Jakob-Park as the "match of his life". Basel won the game 2–0, with Yakin scoring the second goal in the 22nd minute as Basel qualified 3–3 on the away goals rule for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League group stage.
In 2003, he played in the FIFA "Match against Poverty" in Basel, on Ronaldo's team which won 4–3 against Zinedine Zidane's.
Yakin was capped 49 times for the Switzerland national team, representing his country at UEFA Euro 2004.
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