Philipp Degen
Philipp Degen 2010
Philipp Degen ( * February 15, 1983 in Liestal ) is a Swiss football player with FC Basel, where his twin brother David Degen is under contract. Philipp Degen and his brother, a member of the Swiss national team and was in the squad for the 2006 World Cup.
Career
In the club
Philipp Degen began his professional career in Switzerland with FC Basel. There he completed 82 league games and scored four goals. For the season 2005/ 06 he joined a free transfer from FC Basel in Switzerland to Borussia Dortmund in the German Bundesliga 1. In Dortmund, he was for three years under contract. For the season 2008/ 09 he moved to the Premier League for Liverpool, where he has also signed a contract for three years. Previously, he was adopted on 17 May 2008, along with Christian Wörns and Alexander Bade at Borussia Dortmund.
In 68 league games for Dortmund scored a goal sword - on the final day of the 2005/06 season against FC Bayern Munich a 3-2 connection.
With Borussia Dortmund sword was on 19 April 2008 at the DFB Cup Final in Berlin, which was lost with 1:2 against FC Bayern Munich. He himself was not a minor injury but used. 2008 moved to Liverpool Degen.
On August 8, 2010 Degen moved to the end of the 2010/11 season on loan back to the Bundesliga and hired at VfB Stuttgart. However, a regular place remained Degen denied.
End of August 2011, the contract was terminated with Liverpool by mutual consent.
After sword had completed a personal fitness training in his parent club FC Basel in the autumn of 2011, he signed on 11 November 2011, the Swiss champion valid until the end of season 2011/12 contract with a one-year extension option. End of the season 2011/12 won the league title and the Cup victory, the so -called double. In the 2012/13 season he was again Swiss champion with FC Basel. During the long season with a total of 76 games ( 36 in Super League, 6 in the Swiss Cup, 20 in the Champions League and Europa League, including 14 test matches ) Degen had a total of 49 inserts ( 3'536 minutes of the game, 4 goals, 3 assists and 11 yellow cards ).
In the National Team
As of the 2005 sword belonged to the squad of the Swiss national team. He made his debut on 9 February 2005 against the United Arab Emirates. With his twin brother and midfielder David Degen he played for the national team of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, when excreting Swiss in the second round with 0:3 after penalty shootout against Ukraine. At the 2008 European Championships in Austria and Switzerland, he was again in the squad of Switzerland, but came to no game used.
Achievements
- Swiss champion: 2003 / 04, 2004/ 05, 2011/12, 2012/13
- Swiss Cup winner: 2002 / 03, 2011/12
- Swiss Cupfinalist: 2012/13