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Murat Yakin Personal information Full name Murat Yakin Date of birth 15 September 1974 Place of birth Basel, Switzerland Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Playing position Centre back Club information Current club FC Luzern (Manager) Youth career Concordia Basel Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1992–1997 Grasshopper-Club Zürich 101 (17) 1997–1999 VfB Stuttgart 23 (2) 1999–2000 Fenerbahçe 26 (3) 2000 FC Basel 23 (2) 2000–2001 1. FC Kaiserslautern 9 (0) 2001–2006 FC Basel 91 (24) Total 273 (48) National team 1994–2004 Switzerland 49 (4) Teams managed 2006–2007 Concordia Basel 2007–2009 Grasshopper-Club Zürich (assistant) 2009–2011 FC Thun 2011– FC Luzern * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Murat Yakin[1] (born 15 September 1974 in Basel) is a Swiss-Turkish football coach and former international player. He is currently the coach of FC Luzern in the Swiss Super League.
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Playing career
During his playing career he was capped over 50 times for Switzerland, and played in Euro 2004. Murat spent the best years of his career playing for his home town club of FC Basel, where he was the defensive linchpin, captain, and libero, of a team that enjoyed domestic and relative European success. He won the Swiss Super League on five occasions (1995, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2005), and the Schweizer Cup three times (1994, 2002, 2003). Although his spells abroad were not wholly successful, he was widely regarded as one of Swiss football's finest products, frequently being linked with some of the biggest clubs in Europe. In 2003, he played in the FIFA 'Match against Poverty' as part of a star-studded ensemble showcasing the world's best players.[2]
Coaching career
Murat was appointed coach of FC Thun in 2009 after a time as a youth coach at Grasshopper Club Zürich[citation needed]. In May 2011 he joined FC Luzern for a reported 200,000 Swiss francs.[citation needed] He took over from Christian Brand who was made caretaker after the sacking of Rolf Fringer.[3]
Personal life
Murat was born in Switzerland to Turkish parents and his brother Hakan currently plays in the Swiss Super League with FC Luzern.
Career statistics
Club performance League Cup Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Switzerland League Schweizer Cup Total 1992-93 Grasshopper Zürich Super League 18 1 1993-94 29 3 1994-95 18 2 1995-96 8 3 1996-97 28 8 Germany League DFB-Pokal Total 1997-98 Stuttgart Bundesliga 23 2 Turkey League Türkiye Kupası Total 1998-99 Fenerbahçe Super League 23 3 1999-00 3 0 Switzerland League Schweizer Cup Total 1999-00 Basel Super League 12 1 Germany League DFB-Pokal Total 2000-01 Kaiserslautern Bundesliga 9 0 Switzerland League Schweizer Cup Total 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 Total Switzerland 216 42 Germany 32 2 Turkey 26 3 Career total 274 47 Personal Life
He grew up in suburban Münchenstein, ten minutes from Basel and close to the borders of France and Germany. Murat Yakin is the elder brother of international football player Hakan Yakin (member of the Swiss national football team), who is currently playing for FC Luzern. His elder half-brother Ertan Irizik is also a former football professional.
References
External links
- Official site of the Yakin brothers
- Article detailing Murat's connection with two of his passions: kebabs and Turkish rap (French)
Awards Sporting positions Preceded by
Oliver KreuzerFC Basel captain
2001–2004Succeeded by
Pascal ZuberbühlerSwitzerland Squad Murat Yakın managerial positions Categories:- 1974 births
- Living people
- Swiss people of Turkish descent
- People from Basel-Stadt
- Switzerland international footballers
- Fenerbahçe footballers
- FC Concordia Basel players
- FC Basel players
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern players
- VfB Stuttgart players
- UEFA Euro 2004 players
- Swiss footballers
- Grasshopper-Club Zürich players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Swiss Super League players
- Süper Lig players
- Swiss expatriate footballers
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