Philippe Senderos: biography, career

Philip Senderos is a football player, one of the leaders of the Swiss national team. He spent most of his career in England, speaking for Arsenal. I managed to play in the leading world championships, in particular in the Italian and Spanish top division.

early years

Philippe Senderos was born in the Swiss city of Geneva on February 14, 1985. Parents from an early age noticed the boy's craving for sports. Since the guy was of Serbian-Spanish origin, at the very beginning of his sports career, he faced a difficult choice of the national team, for which one could speak at the national level. As a result, Philip Senderos preferred the team of Switzerland.

For the national team, the young defender managed to win back at all levels. Attention to his own person, the Swiss footballer drew after a successful performance for the national team at the European Championships 2002 for guys under the age of 17. At the end of the tournament the junior national team of the country won the championship title.

Soon the young talent began to receive offers from the leading clubs of the world. In particular, the interest in the player showed leadership of Manchester United, Liverpool, Juventus. However, the choice of a young football player fell on Arsenal, whose agents showed the greatest perseverance in trying to sign a defender.

Going to Arsenal

At the start of the season 2002/2003, Philippe Senderos joined the ranks of one of the leading clubs of the English championship. Here, the talented defender moved from the Swiss "Servet" at the age of 18 for an amount of 2.5 million pounds.

The debut for the new team was overshadowed for Senderos by getting a serious injury. Thus, to enter the field in the first team of "Arsenal" Philip managed only in 2004. During the season, the defender was announced in 13 matches, including a game against Bayern in the Champions League.

In the main part of the club, Philip Senderos was finally entrenched after getting injured by the team's defense leader, Sol Campbell. But even after the restoration of the old form of the old-timer team, the young defender managed to retain the right to regularly appear on the field.

Rental period

In the 2008/2009 season, Arsenal decided to lease Senderos, in view of the highest competition for a place in the squad in the position of the central defender. Thus, the player was in the Italian "Milan", where almost immediately injured and was forced to sit all year on the bench. In total Philip Senderos played for the club 15 fights, and then returned to his former team.

Once again, being in the "Arsenal", the defender came on the field in only 2 meetings of the national championship, and also played the match of the League Cup. A few months later, the player was sent on a regular lease, this time - in English "Everton". At the end of the season, "Arsenal" returned the player, who played in a loan of only 3 bouts.

The newest career

In 2010, the validity of the agreement between Senderos and the management of the club Arsenal was finally expired. Not having received a proposal to extend the contract, Philip decided to continue his career in the English championship. Soon the defender moved to Fulham. Here the player spent 4 seasons.

In 2014, FC "Valencia" became interested in Senderos. The player of the Spanish club Philippe was in the winter off-season of the same year. However, the case of an experienced defender went not the best way.

At the beginning of the season 2015/2016 the player was forced to leave FC Valencia, as he did not see any prospects for getting into the main team. Footballer interested in the team "Aston Villa" from the English city of Birmingham. With his new team, Senderos signed an agreement for 2 years. Here, the defender continues to perform until today.

Interesting Facts

Brother Philippe Julien Senderos at one time also decided to engage in sports on a professional level. However, he preferred basketball. Today Julien is a player of the national team of Switzerland.

Phillip Senderos is a true polyglot. On the assurances of the player himself, he is fluent in 6 languages, in particular, native French, Italian, Spanish, English, Portuguese and German. As the player points out, if his sports career was not the best way, he would easily achieve success by engaging in activities in the field of communications.