Hakan Yakin

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Hakan Yakin
Personal information
Date of birth	22 February 1977 (1977-02-22) (age 32)
Place of birth	Basel, Switzerland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Second striker / Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Lucerne
Number	10
Youth career
1984–1994	Concordia Basel
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995–1997 1997 1998 1999–2000 2001–2003 2004 2005 2005–2008 2008–2009 2009–	Basel Grasshopper St. Gallen Grasshoppers Basel Stuttgart → Galatasaray (loan) Young Boys Al-Gharafa Lucerne	68 (11) 11 0(1) 35 0(8) 54 (22) 83 (40) 09 0(0) 02 0(0) 75 (34) 13 0(6) 02 0(1)
National team2
2000–	Switzerland	80 (20)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Hakan Yakin ^[a] (born 22 February 1977 in Basel) is a Swiss footballer who plays for Swiss Super League FC Lucerne and the Swiss national team.

Contents 1 Background and club career 2 International career 3 Career statistics 4 Notes and references 5 External links

[edit] Background and club career

Hakan Yakin was born in Basel, Switzerland to Turkish parents. However, he grew up in suburban Münchenstein, just outside of Basel and close to the borders of France and Germany. His surname is based on the Turkish word Yakın ^[1][2][3] (meaning close, adjacent^[4]), however as he is a Swiss resident and citizen, the name which he uses is Yakin. He began playing professional football with hometown club FC Basel. His career was then overshadowed by some trouble regarding his club transfers, as his engagements outside Switzerland (Paris Saint-Germain^[5][6], VfB Stuttgart^[7], and Galatasaray^[8]) were not accompanied by luck. In 2005-06, Yakin returned to Switzerland, joining BSC Young Boys.^[9]

In July 2008, Yakin signed a contracted with Qatar champions Al-Gharafa,^[10] for a salary of around €2.5 millions per year.

In March 2009, it was reported that Yakin has been training with the Grasshopper-Club Zürich U-21 side, coached by his brother Murat, in a bid to get fit^[11]. Yakin then signed a contract on 25 June 2009 in his homeland Switzerland with FC Lucerne; the contract runs through to 30 June 2011^[12].

[edit] International career

Yakin has been capped 74 times for Switzerland, the first coming in 2000. He was offered Turkish nationality before being called up to the Swiss squad, but turned it down for personal reasons. He has played in UEFA Euro 2004, UEFA Euro 2008, and the 2006 FIFA World Cup with his country.

On 11 June 2008, Yakin scored the opening goal in the 32nd minute of Switzerland's second Euro 2008 Group A match against Turkey, giving them a 1-0 lead. However, he missed another chance shortly afterward as Turkey scored two second-half goals, resulting in Switzerland becoming the first team to be mathematically eliminated from their own tournament within five days of its beginning.^[13] However, in Switzerland's final group match against Portugal (where all but two starters were resting) on 15 June, Yakin added two second-half goals, the second a penalty kick, to secure their first ever win at the UEFA European Championship, 2-0.^[14]

Since Euro 2008, Yakin has been unable to get into the international side, now coached by Ottmar Hitzfeld.

[edit] Career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Switzerland			League		Schweizer Cup		Total
1994-95	Concordia Basel
1994-95	Basel	Super League	9	4
1995-96			34	6
1996-97			25	3
1997-98	Grasshopper	Super League	11	1
1997-98	St. Gallen	Super League	14	1
1998-99			20	7
1998-99	Grasshopper	Super League	6	2
1999-00			29	10
2000-01			19	10
	Basel	Super League	12	4
2001-02			27	14
2002-03			27	13
2003-04			6	3
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Total
2003-04	Stuttgart	Bundesliga	8	0
2004-05			1	0
Turkey			League		Türkiye Kupası		Total
2004-05	Galatasaray	Super League	2	0
Switzerland			League		Schweizer Cup		Total
2005-06	Young Boys	Super League	20	6
2006-07			31	10
2007-08			32	24	4	0	36	24
2008-09
Total	Switzerland		291	108
	Germany		9	0
	Turkey		2	0
Career Total			302	108

[edit] Notes and references

Notes:

a.	^ The Turkish spelling of the name is Hakan Yakın.

References:

[edit] External links

• Official Yakin brothers website (German)
• 123 Football profile
• Soccerway profile

v • d • e Swiss Super League top scorers 1986: Thychosen | 1987: Eriksen | 1988: Eriksen | 1989: Rummenigge | 1990: Zamorano | 1991: Zuffi | 1992: Molnar | 1993: Anderson | 1994: Élber | 1995: Aleksandrov | 1996: Aleksandrov / Moldovan | 1997: Moldovan | 1998: Nonda | 1999: Rey | 2000: Amoah | 2001: Chapuisat/Giménez | 2002: Giménez / Núñez | 2003: Núñez | 2004: Chapuisat | 2005: Giménez | 2006: Keita | 2007: Petrić | 2008: Yakin | 2009: Doumbia

Switzerland Squad v • d • e Switzerland squad – UEFA Euro 2004 1 Stiel • 2 Haas • 3 Berner • 4 Henchoz • 5 Murat Yakin • 6 Vogel • 7 Cabanas • 8 Wicky • 9 Frei • 10 Hakan Yakin • 11 Chapuisat • 12 Zuberbühler • 13 Zwyssig • 14 Magnin • 15 Gygax • 16 Celestini • 17 Spycher • 18 Huggel • 19 Barnetta • 20 Müller • 21 Rama • 22 Vonlanthen • 23 Roth • Coach: Kuhn v • d • e Switzerland squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Zuberbühler • 2 Djourou • 3 Magnin • 4 Senderos • 5 Margairaz • 6 Vogel • 7 Cabanas • 8 Wicky • 9 Frei • 10 Gygax • 11 Streller • 12 Benaglio • 13 Grichting • 14 D. Degen • 15 Džemaili • 16 Barnetta • 17 Spycher • 18 Lustrinelli • 19 Behrami • 20 Müller • 21 Coltorti • 22 Yakin • 23 P. Degen • Coach: Kuhn v • d • e Switzerland squad – UEFA Euro 2008 1 Benaglio • 2 Djourou • 3 Magnin • 4 Senderos • 5 Lichtsteiner • 6 Huggel • 7 Cabanas • 8 Inler • 9 Frei • 10 Yakin • 11 Streller • 12 Derdiyok • 13 Grichting • 14 Gygax • 15 Gelson • 16 Barnetta • 17 Spycher • 18 Zuberbühler • 19 Behrami • 20 Müller • 21 Jakupović • 22 Vonlanthen • 23 P. Degen • Coach: Kuhn