SOCCER PLAYER

Murat Yakin

1974 - Today

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Murat Yakin has received more than 997,797 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Murat Yakin is the 1,882nd most popular soccer player (down from 1,185th in 2019), the 399th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 324th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Swiss Soccer Player.

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  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Murat Yakin ranks 1,882 out of 21,273. Before him are Valeri Karpin, Jiří Tichý, Ladislav Petráš, Diego López, Mehmed Baždarević, and Chris Waddle. After him are Eberhard Vogel, Marcel Langiller, Josef Čtyřoký, Nicolae Dobrin, Júlio César, and Luis Rijo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Murat Yakin ranks 71. Before him are Hicham El Guerrouj, Prodigy, Giovanni Ribisi, Melanie C, Ryan Phillippe, and Rockmond Dunbar. After him are Serhiy Rebrov, Jimmy Fallon, Leonardo Jardim, Jessica Drake, Nuno Espírito Santo, and Matthew Macfadyen.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Murat Yakin ranks 399 out of 1,015. Before him are Henry, Duke of Parma (1873), Robert Pinget (1919), Thomas Bickel (1963), Fleur Jaeggy (1940), Robert Ballaman (1926), and Gottfried von Einem (1918). After him are Jacques-Louis Soret (1827), Peter Bichsel (1935), Pirmin Zurbriggen (1963), Fernán Caballero (1796), Elisabeth Kopp (1936), and Christian Gross (1954).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Switzerland

Among soccer players born in Switzerland, Murat Yakin ranks 15. Before him are Luuk de Jong (1990), Stéphane Chapuisat (1969), Richard Dürr (1938), Oliver Neuville (1973), Thomas Bickel (1963), and Robert Ballaman (1926). After him are Hakan Yakin (1977), Stephan Lichtsteiner (1984), Roger Courtois (1912), Granit Xhaka (1992), Charles Antenen (1929), and Heinz Hermann (1958).

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