Yakin anointed to lead Switzerland to 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Swiss football chiefs on Monday anointed Murat Yakin as the new head coach of the national football team.

The 46-year-old boss of the Swiss second division club FC Schaffhausen takes over from Vladimir Petkovic who led Switzerland past France in the last-16 and into the quarter-finals of the 2021 European championships.

Yakin won 49 caps for Switzerland during a career that took him to teams in Switzerland,