Philippe Senderos

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Philippe Senderos
Personal information
Full name Philippe Sylvain Senderos
Date of birth February 14, 1985 (1985-02-14) (age 23)
Place of birth    Geneva, Switzerland
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre Back
Club information
Current club Arsenal
Number 6
Youth clubs
1992–2001 Servette
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001–2003
2003–		 Servette
Arsenal		 26 (3)
64 (4)   
National team2
2003
2005–		 Switzerland U21
Switzerland		 02 (0)
26 (3)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 16:04, 11 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 16:53, 12 April 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Philippe Sylvain Senderos (born February 14, 1985 in Geneva) is a Swiss footballer of Spanish and Serbian descent who currently plays for Arsenal of the Premier League as a central defender.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

A member of the youth team set up at Swiss club Servette, his international options were expansive due to having a Spanish father and a Serbian mother.

However, Senderos has played at all levels of football from the Under-15s upward for Switzerland, first coming to the general football world's attention when he captained Switzerland to the UEFA U-17 Championship in 2002.

As a result, he received inquiries from such clubs as Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Juventus, Real Madrid, and both Inter and A.C. Milan.

[edit] Arsenal

Senderos signed for Arsenal in December 2002, though he remained at Servette until the following summer.[1] The transfer fee was reportedly £2.5m. His first season at Arsenal was plagued by injury and he did not make his first-team début until Arsenal's 2–1 away victory against Manchester City in the League Cup on October 27, 2004. He made 13 league appearances in all during the 2004–05 season, including a UEFA Champions League début against FC Bayern Munich.

Senderos had an extended run in the first team when Sol Campbell was unavailable due to injury in 2005, and after Campbell's return from injury, retained his place on the first team. Senderos started the 2005 FA Cup final against Manchester United; Arsenal eventually won the game on penalties.

A further series of injuries to Sol Campbell meant Senderos was able to forge a defensive partnership with Kolo Touré in the 2005–06 season. Senderos became a major force in the Arsenal's Champions League run which included a record-breaking run of ten clean sheets. He was injured however, for the final in Paris, which Arsenal lost 2–1 to FC Barcelona; coincidentally, Campbell started the match in his stead and managed to score the first goal.

In summer 2006, Senderos was handed the number 6 jersey, formerly worn by then Arsenal captain Tony Adams. However, Senderos was unable to start the 2006–07 season after the shoulder injury he incurred in the World Cup that summer.


He captained the Arsenal squad for the first time on August 2, 2007, in their 2-1 friendly win against Lazio in the Amsterdam Tournament.

Senderos scored his first Premiership 2007/08 goal against Sunderland on 7 October 2007 at the Emirates Stadium. He also scored his second against Blackburn Rovers on 11 February 2008. He was named as the Man of the Match after the game.

Senderos came under heavy criticism after Arsenal's Champions League exit to Liverpool. Many pundits have blamed his slack marking for the goals from Sami Hyypia and Fernando Torres. Senderos was said to have been devastated after the match and was blaming himself for the loss. His father stated that Phillipe was a natural born winner and he wasn't used to this and that is why he reacted so badly.

[edit] International career

He made his full international début on March 26, 2005 in Switzerland's 0–0 draw against France in Paris. After playing a big part in Switzerland's successful qualifying campaign, he was named in their 2006 FIFA World Cup squad. He started alongside Patrick Müller in all three of Switzerland's group matches, managing to score a goal in the third match against Korea Republic. He broke his nose in that match, but more significantly, he suffered shoulder ligament damage that ruled him out of the remainder of Switzerland's World Cup campaign. They were knocked out in the Round of 16 to Ukraine but they were the only team not to concede a goal in both normal and extra time. They lost on penalties, 3-0.

In June 2008, Switzerland is co-hosting the UEFA EURO 2008, Philippe Senderos is in the squad list.

[edit] Personal life

The origins of Philippe Senderos in Spain (Story and pictures) swissinfo.ch

In an interview[2] with The Observer, he said, amongst other things, that he speaks six languages (English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Portuguese) and that, if his football career were to end tomorrow, he would go into a career in communications: "I'd learn another language, something that not many people speak, like Russian or Greek". When Cesc Fàbregas first moved to Arsenal, Philippe Senderos helped him learn English.

His brother Julien Senderos plays basketball and used to play for Geneva Devils and 2007-2008 he plays for Meyrin Grand-Saconnex and played for the Swiss national team. [1] [2]

[edit] Arsenal career statistics

(correct as of 19 May 2008)

Club Season League Cup[3] Europe Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arsenal 2004–05 13 0 0 9 0 1 0 23 0
2005–06 20 2 0 8 0 7 0 35 2
2006–07 14 0 0 9 0 2 0 25 0
2007–08 17 2 0 6 0 9 0 32 2
Career totals   115 4

[edit] Honours

Arsenal

[edit] References

  1. ^ Philippe Senderos, profile on 4thegame.com
  2. ^ Anna Kessel (2005-04-17). Arsenal's cultured ministry of defence. The Observer. Retrieved on 2007-02-28.
  3. ^ Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield

[edit] External links

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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
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Switzerland squad - UEFA Euro 2008
1 Benaglio • 2 Djourou • 3 Magnin • 4 Senderos • 5 Lichtsteiner • 6 Huggel • 7 Cabanas • 8 İnler • 9 Frei • 10 H. Yakın • 11 Streller • 12 Derdiyok • 13 Grichting • 14 Gygax • 15 G. Fernandes • 16 Barnetta • 17 Spycher • 18 Zuberbühler • 19 Behrami • 20 Müller • 21 Jakupović • 22 Vonlanthen • 23 P. Degen • Coach: Kuhn
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Arsenal F.C. – current squad

2 Diaby • 3 Sagna • 4 Fàbregas • 5 Touré • 6 Senderos • 7 Rosický • 9 Eduardo • 10 Gallas • 11 van Persie • 13 Hleb • 15 Denílson • 17 Song • 19 Gilberto • 20 Djourou • 21 Fabiański • 22 Clichy • 24 Almunia • 25 Adebayor • 26 Bendtner • 27 Eboué • 30 Traoré • 31 J. Hoyte • 32 Walcott • 34 Gibbs • 35 Nordtveit • 36 Randall • 37 Rodgers • 38 Simpson • 39 Lansbury • 40 Mannone • 41 G. Hoyte • 42 Mérida • 43 Barazite • 44 Ogogo • 45 Dunne • 46 Gilbert • 47 Steer • — Vela • Manager: Wenger


Persondata
NAME Senderos, Philippe Sylvain
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Senderos, Philippe
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH 1985-02-14
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva, Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH