Hakan Yakın

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Personal information
Hakan Yakın
Full name	Hakan Yakın
Date of birth	February 22, 1977 (age 30)
Place of birth	Basel, Switzerland
Height	180cm
Nickname	Hadsch
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	BSC Young Boys
Youth clubs
?	Concordia Basel
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1995 1995-1997 1997 1998 1999-2000 2001-2002 2002 2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-	Concordia Basel FC Basel Grasshopper-Club Zürich FC St. Gallen Grasshopper-Club Zürich FC Basel Paris St. Germain FC Basel VfB Stuttgart Galatasaray Istanbul BSC Young Boys	9(4) 59(9) 11(1) 35(8) 54(22) 66(31) 0(0) 6(3) 9(0) 2(0) 20(6)
National team
2000-	Switzerland	49 (14)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Hakan Yakın (born February 22, 1977 in Basel) is a Swiss-Turkish football player. Hakan plays in the Swiss Super League with Young Boys.

His career has been overshadowed by some trouble regarding his club transfers, as his engagements outside Switzerland (Paris St. Germain, Galatasaray and VfB Stuttgart ) were not accompanied by luck. Nonetheless he has been one of the best and most important Swiss football players for almost 10 years.

Hakan has been capped over 40 times for Switzerland and played in Euro 2004 as well as the2006 World Cup with his country. He is the brother of Murat Yakın.

[edit] External links

official site of the Yakın brothers

BSC Young Boys - Current Squad
1 Wölfli \| 2 Milicevic \| 3 Hodel \| 4 Tiago \| 7 Marcos \| 9 João Paulo \| 10 Yakın \| 11 Chiumiento \| 12 Portillo \| 13 Schwegler \| 14 Magnin \| 15 Häberli \| 16 Raimondi \| 17 Redzepi \| 18 Gritti \| 19 Varela \| 21 Shi Jun \| 22 Hochstrasser \| 23 Simpson \| 24 Aziawonou \| 28 Aebi \| 30 Yapi \| Coach: Andermatt

	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 Yakın \| 23 P. Degen \| Coach: Kuhn