Philippe Senderos
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Philippe Sylvain Senderos (born 14 February 1985) is a Swiss retired professional footballer who played as a defender.
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Full name | Philippe Sylvain Senderos[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1985-02-14) 14 February 1985 (age 39) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Geneva, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1992–2002 | Servette | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Servette | 26 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2003–2010 | Arsenal | 64 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | → AC Milan (loan) | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2010 | → Everton (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2010–2014 | Fulham | 57 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Valencia | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Aston Villa | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Grasshoppers | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Rangers | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Houston Dynamo | 10 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Chiasso | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 209 | (13) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2005–2016 | Switzerland | 57 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Senderos began his career at Servette, before moving to England as a teenager with Arsenal. He made 116 appearances over seven seasons with the North London club, and won the FA Cup in 2005. Following loans to Milan and Everton, he then moved to Fulham on a free transfer in 2010, where he played for four seasons. Senderos then had brief spells at clubs in Spain, England, Scotland, Switzerland and the United States.
A full Swiss international from 2005 to 2016, Senderos won 57 caps and scored 5 goals. He was included in the Swiss squads for three FIFA World Cups and at UEFA Euro 2008.