Philippe Senderos - football player, one of the leaders of the Swiss national team. He spent the bulk 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 divisions.
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 Serbo-Spanish origin, at the very beginning of his sports career he faced a difficult choice of the national team, which could be played at the national level. As a result, Philip Senderos preferred the Swiss team.
For the national team, the young defender managed to play at all levels. The Swiss footballer drew attention to his own person after successfully playing for the national team at the 2002 European Championship for guys under the age of 17 years. As a result of the tournament, the youth team of the country won the champion title.
Soon, young talent began to receive offers from leading clubs in the world. In particular, the leadership of Manchester United, Liverpool, Juventus showed interest in the player. However, the choice of a young football player fell on Arsenal, whose agents showed the most persistence in trying to sign the defender.
Transition to Arsenal
At the start of the 2002/2003 season, Philip Senderos joined the ranks of one of the leading clubs in the English championship. A talented defender moved here 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 serious injury. Thus, Philip managed to enter the field in the main team of Arsenal only in 2004. During the season, the defender was announced in 13 matches, including the game against Bayern in the Champions League.
In the main part of the club, Philip Senderos finally entrenched after being injured by the leader of the collective defense, Sol Campbell. But even after restoration of the former form by the old-timer of the 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 send Senderos for rent, due to the highest competition for a place in the lineup as a central defender. Thus, the player was in the Italian “Milan”, where he was injured almost immediately and was forced to sit on the bench all year. In total, Philip Senderos played 15 fights for the club, after which he returned to his former team.
Once back in Arsenal, the defender entered the field in just 2 meetings of the national championship, and also played the League Cup match. A few months later the player was sent on a regular lease, this time to the English Everton. At the end of the season, Arsenal returned the player who played just 3 matches on lease.
Latest career
In 2010, the agreement between Senderos and the Arsenal club management has expired. Not receiving 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 the services of Senderos. The player of the Spanish club Philip became in the winter offseason of the same year. However, the affairs of an experienced defender did not go here in the best way.
At the beginning of the 2015/2016 season, the player was forced to leave FC Valencia, because he did not see any prospects for getting into the main team. The Aston Villa team from the English city of Birmingham became interested in football. Senderos entered into a 2-year agreement with his new team. Here the defender continues to speak to this day.
Interesting Facts
Philippe's brother, Julien Senderos, at one time also decided to play sports on a professional level. However, he preferred basketball. Today, Julien is a player in the Swiss national team.
Philip Senderos is a true polyglot. According to the assurances of the football player himself, he is fluent in 6 languages, in particular, his native French, Italian, Spanish, English, Portuguese and German. As the player notes, if his sports career had not developed in the best way, he would have easily achieved success by engaging in communications activities.