Murat Yakin

Murat Yakin

Yakin in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Murat Yakin[1]
Date of birth	(1974-09-15) 15 September 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth	Basel, Switzerland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Switzerland (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1997	Grasshoppers	101	(17)
1997–1998	VfB Stuttgart	23	(2)
1998–2000	Fenerbahçe	26	(3)
2000	Basel	23	(2)
2000–2001	1. FC Kaiserslautern	9	(0)
2001–2006	Basel	91	(24)
Total		273	(48)
International career
1994–2004	Switzerland	49	(4)
Managerial career
2006–2007	Concordia Basel (assistant)
2007	Grasshoppers (assistant)
2008	FC Frauenfeld
2008–2009	Grasshoppers (B team)
2009–2011	Thun
2011–2012	Luzern
2012–2014	Basel
2014–2015	Spartak Moscow
2016–2017	Schaffhausen
2017–2018	Grasshoppers
2018–2019	Sion
2019–2021	Schaffhausen
2021–	Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Murat Yakin (Turkish: Murat Yakın [mʊ'ɾɑt jɑˈkɯn]; born 15 September 1974) is a Swiss football coach and former player. He is the manager of the Switzerland national football 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.