Hakan Yakin

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Hakan Yakin (Template:Langx; born 22 February 1977) is a Swiss professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Swiss Challenge League side FC Schaffhausen. He spent the majority of his playing career as a forward or attacking midfielder in the Swiss top flight with brief forays abroad (in France, Germany, Turkey and Qatar). He represented Switzerland national team for eleven years, garnering 87 caps and scoring 20 goals.

Early and personal life

Hakan Yakin was born on 22 February 1977 in Basel, Switzerland, to Turkish parents. He grew up and went to school in suburban Münchenstein, Basel-Landschaft, just outside Basel, and close to the borders of France and Germany. He is the younger brother of international football player Murat Yakin, also a former member of the Switzerland national team, who currently works as a manager.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His elder half-brother Ertan Irizik is also a former football professional. Yakin's surname is based on the Turkish word Yakın<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (meaning close, adjacent<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>), however as he is a Swiss resident and citizen, the name which he uses is Yakin.

Club career

As a child, Yakin played in the youth teams of his local side Concordia Basel. He signed his first professional contract with hometown club Basel in January 1995. He played his League debut for Basel on 12 April 1995 in the 1994–95 season in the match against Lausanne. He was brought on in the 60th minute as replacement for Alexandre Rey and with his first touch of the ball, just 18 seconds later, he scored the goal to make it 3–0, a header (final score 5–0).<ref name="fcsg">Template:Cite web</ref>

After two and a half years in Basel, he transferred to Grasshoppers, with manager Christian Gross, but could not establish himself, making most of his appearances as substitute, and he was loaned to St. Gallen for the second half of the 1997–98 season. He moved immediately into the starting eleven and so the loan was prolonged, before he returned to the Grasshoppers.<ref name="fcsg" />

During January 2001, he transferred back to Basel. At the end of the 2001–02 season Yakin won the national Double with Basel and a year later won the Swiss Cup again. He recalls the 2002–03 Champions League Group B match on 12 November 2002 against Liverpool in St. Jakob-Park as the "match of his life".<ref name="Das Spiel meines Lebens">Template:Cite book</ref> The game was drawn 3–3 and Yakin gave all three assists as Basel cruised to a 3–0 half-time lead as they qualified, one point above Liverpool, for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League second group stage.<ref name="uefa 1">Template:Cite web</ref>

Curiosity during the championship play-off round of their 2002–03 season was, that in the home match in the St. Jakob-Park on 19 April 2003, Yakin had a good game and scored a perfect hat-trick during the first half of the game as Basel won 3–0 against Young Boys.<ref name="fcb-achiv-fcb-yb-2002/03 championship">Template:Cite web</ref> Yakin showed his other side in the return match in the Stadion Neufeld in Bern one week later. As YB went a goal up he lost his temper and kicked the ball away, thus collecting a yellow card. Just ten minutes later he committed a rough foul and collecting a second yellow, thus yellow/red, to be sent-off.<ref name="fcb-achiv-yb-fcb-2002/03 championship">Template:Cite web</ref>

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Yakin celebrating a goal for Young Boys in 2008 with Thomas Häberli

His career was then overshadowed by some trouble regarding his club transfers, as his engagements outside Switzerland (Paris Saint-Germain,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> VfB Stuttgart,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Galatasaray<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>) were not accompanied by luck. In 2005–06, Yakin returned to Switzerland, joining BSC Young Boys.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In July 2008, Yakin signed a contract with Qatar champions Al-Gharafa,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> for a salary of around €2.5 million per year.

In March 2009, it was reported that Yakin had been training with the Grasshoppers Under-21 side, coached by his brother Murat, in a bid to get fit.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Yakin then signed a contract on 25 June 2009 in his homeland Switzerland with FC Luzern, running through to 30 June 2011. In summer 2011 his brother Murat became his manager at FC Luzern.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

During the mid-season break in January 2012 Yakin transferred to Bellinzona in the Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football. He played his team debut on 26 February in the 2–0 home win against Stade Nyonnais. He scored his first two goals for the club in the 3–2 away win against Aarau on 9 April 2012.

International career

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Yakin in Bern, Switzerland, in 2006

Yakin was capped 87 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.Template:Citation needed He has played in UEFA Euro 2004, UEFA Euro 2008 and both the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup with his country.

On 11 June 2008, he 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 and he refused to celebrate after the goal, out of respect for his family's birth country. However, he missed another chance shortly afterward as Turkey scored two second-half goals, resulting in Switzerland's becoming the first team to be mathematically eliminated from their own tournament within five days of its beginning.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, in Switzerland's final group match against Portugal 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Yakin finished the tournament as joint-second highest goalscorer with Lukas Podolski, Roman Pavlyuchenko, and Semih Şentürk with three goals each, behind David Villa's four goals.

Under new national team coach, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Yakin participated in seven of Switzerland's ten qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, starting twice and making five substitute appearances, scoring one goal in Switzerland's opening qualifier against Israel. He announced his retirement from the Switzerland national team on 4 October 2011.<ref name="FCL">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="uefa">Template:Cite web</ref>

Coaching career

He was hired as an assistant coach to his brother Murat at Schaffhausen in 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After Murat was hired as the manager of the Switzerland national football team in August 2021, Hakan served as a caretaker manager for Schaffhausen for 3 games. He returned to being assistant coach for the remainder of the season under Martin Andermatt.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Together, they coached Schaffhausen to a second place finish in the 2021–22 Swiss Challenge League, but missed out on promotion in the promotion playoff.

On 4 June 2022, he was confirmed as the new head coach at Schaffhausen, as Andermatt's contract was not renewed.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> This appointment is contingent on Yakin entering the course to receive his UEFA Pro Licence. As a result, he was briefly removed from the sidelines, but was later confirmed as head coach on 5 September 2022.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 20 May 2023, he departed Schaffhausen, following a 2–0 loss to Aarau.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Due to middling results in his first season as head coach, the club had decided not to renew his contract for the coming season. For personal reasons, Yakin stepped down from his post for the last two games of the season.

On 4 March 2025, he returned to the sideline at Schaffhausen,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> replacing Ciriaco Sforza with immediate effect.

Career statistics

Club

Club performance League Cup Continental<ref>Includes UEFA Cup, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Intertoto Cup and UEFA Champions League</ref> Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Switzerland League Schweizer Cup Continental Total
1994–95 Basel Super League 9 5 - - - - 9 5
1995–96 34 6 - - 4 1 38 7
1996–97 24 3 - - 2 2 26 5
1997–98 Grasshopper Super League 11 1 - - - - 11 1
St. Gallen Super League 14 1 - - - - 14 1
1998–99 21 7 - - 1 0 22 7
Grasshopper Super League 6 2 - - - - 6 2
1999–00 29 10 - - 4 2 33 12
2000–01 19 10 - - - - 19 10
Basel Super League 11 4 - - - - 11 4
2001–02 27 13 - - 7 3 34 16
2002–03 29 13 2 1 16 3 47 17
2003–04 6 3 1 0 4 1 11 4
Germany League DFB-Pokal Continental Total
2003–04 VfB Stuttgart Bundesliga 8 0 - - - - 8 0
2004–05 1 0 2 0 - - 3 0
Turkey League Turkish Cup Continental Total
2004–05 Galatasaray Super League 2 0 - - - - 2 0
Switzerland League Schweizer Cup Continental Total
2005–06 Young Boys Super League 21 6 2 0 2 1 25 7
2006–07 31 10 4 1 2 1 37 12
2007–08 32 24 4 0 3 0 39 24
Qatar League Cup Continental Total
2008–09 Al-Gharafa Sports Club Qatar Stars League 15 5 - - - - 15 5
Switzerland League Schweizer Cup Continental Total
2009–10 FC Luzern Super League 29 10 4 2 - - 33 12
2010–11 32 12 3 0 2 0 37 12
2011–12 18 4 2 1 - - 20 5
2011–12 AC Bellinzona Challenge League 14 6 - - - - 14 6
2012–13 18 7 - - - - 18 7
Total Switzerland 429 157 21 5 47 14 497 176
Germany 9 0 2 0 - - 11 0
Turkey 2 0 - - - - 2 0
Qatar 15 5 - - - - 15 5
Career total 455 162 23 5 47 14 525 181

International goals

Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 19 February 2000 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat Template:Fb 4–1 4–1 Friendly
2. 26 April 2000 Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern Template:Fb 1–0 1–1 Friendly
3. 16 August 2000 Espenmoos, St. Gallen Template:Fb 2–2 2–2 Friendly
4. 15 August 2001 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna Template:Fb 2–1 2–1 Friendly
5. 1 September 2001 St. Jakob-Park, Basel Template:Fb 1–0 1–2 2002 World Cup qualifier
6. 12 February 2002 Makario Stadium, Nicosia Template:Fb 1–1 1–1 Friendly
7. 13 February 2002 Tsirion Stadium, Limassol Template:Fb 2–0 2–1 Friendly
8. 21 August 2002 St. Jakob-Park, Basel Template:Fb 1–1 3–2 Friendly
9. 8 September 2002 St. Jakob-Park, Basel Template:Fb 2–1 4–1 Euro 2004 qualifier
10. 16 October 2002 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Template:Fb 1–0 2–1 Euro 2004 qualifier
11. 12 February 2003 Nova Gorica Sports Park, Nova Gorica Template:Fb 1–0 5–1 Friendly
12. 11 October 2003 St. Jakob-Park, Basel Template:Fb 1–0 2–0 Euro 2004 qualifier
13. 28 April 2004 Stade de Genève, Geneva Template:Fb 2–1 2–1 Friendly
14. 8 September 2004 St. Jakob-Park, Basel Template:Fb 1–1 1–1 2006 World Cup qualifier
15. 13 October 2007 Letzigrund, Zurich Template:Fb 2–1 3–1 Friendly
16. 11 June 2008 St. Jakob-Park, Basel Template:Fb 1–0 1–2 Euro 2008
17. 15 June 2008 St. Jakob-Park, Basel Template:Fb 1–0 2–0 Euro 2008
18. 2–0
19. 20 August 2008 Stade de Genève, Geneva Template:Fb 2–0 4–1 Friendly
20. 6 September 2008 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Template:Fb 1–0 2–2 2010 World Cup qualifier

Managerial

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Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Template:Abbr From To Record
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Schaffhausen (Caretaker) Template:Flagicon 12 August 2021 31 August 2021

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Schaffhausen Template:Flagicon 4 September 2022 20 May 2023

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İstanbulspor Template:Flagicon 16 October 2023 present

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Total

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Honours

Club

Grasshoppers

Basel

Galatasaray

Young Boys

Individual

Notes and references

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