Hakan Yakin

Yakin (2008)

Hakan Yakin ( born February 22, 1977 in Basel ) is a former Swiss football player and current coach of Turkish descent. He is the brother of Murat Yakin and half-brother of former football professionals Ertan Irizik. In addition to the Swiss nationality he possesses the Turkish. That's why he played during his time at Galatasaray among local players license. Hakan Yakin grew up in Munich stone and plays since the winter break of the season 2011/2012 the Swiss Challenge League club AC Bellinzona.

His greatest successes were winning the Swiss Championship and the Cup victory with the Basel 2002 FC, ​​the award for Swiss Footballer of the Year in 2003 and 2008, and participation in the 2004 European Cup, 2006 World Cup, Euro 2008 and World Cup 2010 with the Swiss national football team.

Career

In the club

The career of Yakin began in 1994 at Concordia Basel, where he had also passed through the juniors time. In 1995 he moved to FC Basel, but in which he could not prevail. Therefore he moved after two years on to Grasshopper Club Zurich, on loan to FC St. Gallen and back to GC. Only in the year 2001 he returned to FC Basel.

Yakin was a short time at the clubs Paris Saint- Germain, VfB Stuttgart and Galatasaray Istanbul until it was established in June 2005 at the BSC Young Boys in Bern as a central midfielder. In the 2007 /08 season he was with the Young Boys with 24 goals Swiss scorer with 18 templates also the best preparers. The team was runner-up behind FC Basel. For the 2008/2009 season moved Yakin to Qatari champions Al Gharafa -. During the transfer period, he lost his place and has since no longer used. This was due to his negotiations with the Swiss club Neuchatel Xamax.

In June 2009, Yakin signed a two -year contract with FC Luzern. On 4 October 2011 the FC Luzern announced that the contract with Yakin, which also ended his international career, has been dissolved by mutual consent early December 31, 2011. From 1 January 2012 continued Yakin continued his career at AC Bellinzona, where he signed a contract for six years - signed - as a player and ambassador. His debut for the club he was 26 February 2012 in a 2-0 home win against Stade Nyonnais. However, the AC Bellinzona promotion was zwangsrelegiert after the 2012/13 season in the first league and Yakin's future with this club is uncertain.

In the National Team

Yakin made ​​his debut in the national team in 2000. For the Swiss national team, he played 87 international matches and scored 20 goals (as of February 2011). Coach Kobi Kuhn had not initially nominated him for the Soccer World Cup in 2006, he gave as a reason to conditional and character deficiency. When Johan Vonlanthen but injured, Yakin moved in after the banns. He came three times for use.

In the 2008 European Football Championship in Austria and Switzerland Yakin was again in the squad Switzerland. He scored all three goals for the Swiss national team in this tournament, making it the first Swiss, who scored more than one goal at a European Championship. This he achieved in the performance statistics of UEFA 's even a place in the team of the first round.

On 4 October 2011 Yakin announced his retirement from international football. He explained his decision that he wanted to concentrate on the work at his club and leave his room for younger players.

Achievements / Title

With its clubs

  • Swiss champion: 2001, 2002
  • Swiss Cup Winner: 2002, 2003
  • Uhrencupsieger: 2003, 2007
  • Turkish Cup: 2005

Personal Awards

  • Swiss top scorer: 2008

Private

Yakin is married and has five children.

Pictures

Yakin in Switzerland - Brazil

Yakin in the training camp of the Swiss national team before the Euro 08

Yakin in the jersey of the BSC Young Boys

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