Hakan Yakin

Hakan Yakin
Personal information
Full name	Hakan Yakin
Date of birth	22 February 1977
Place of birth	Basel, Switzerland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Luzern
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994-1995; 1995-1997; 1997; 1998; 1998; 1998-1999; 1999-2000; 2001-2003; 2004-2005; 2005; 2005-2008; 2008-2009; 2009-	Concordia Basel; Basel; Grasshopper Zürich; St. Gallen; Grasshopper Zürich; St. Gallen; Grasshopper Zürich; Basel; Stuttgart; →Galatasaray (loan); Young Boys; Al-Gharafa; Luzern
National team
2000-2009	Switzerland
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Hakan Yakin (Turkish: Hakan Yakın) (born 22 February 1977 in Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss former football player and current manager of Turkish origin. He is the brother of Murat Yakin and half-brother of former Swiss football professional Ertan Irizik.

Yakin's biggest success was the winning of the Swiss Super League and the Swiss Cup with the Basel in 2002. With the Swiss national team, he took part at the UEFA Champions League in 2004 and 2008 and at the World Cup in Germany in 2006. Yakin is a specialist in free-kicks and final passes.

Yakin received the award for the "Most Valuable Player" in Swiss football in 2003 and 2008.

He currently plays for Al-Gharafa (Qatar).

Club career statistics

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