var playerInfo={"0FA2227E78AF1E09":"Philipp Degen","07FC4394D7BF000AA5BFC85E2D0D6D63":"Switzerland","07457F0B881B82B22AE30767A70DD3E1":"","3653565C44D0522B57B14E876735C3FA":"VfB Stuttgart,Liverpool,Borussia Dortmund,Basel,Aarau","2A56C1DBE121525F":"Basel","B13BBD17F9E21D375893DBD6F2FC7F72":"2","E630D11720E4B295":"1","556D73B2C9A2AD6A1BFA53519B08D73A":"4","249186B187931B83":"84 kg","5B991257A722E1E0F74ECF7A8C1C2945":"","50F712C5D7EA2EE5C48850A5D641D459":"Liverpool","32F0494A6A8D9C00F8184D20C089D458":"1983-2-15","A16C626949206183":"10187","58D6F117B0E852FD":"185 cm","809C0B5A31626463":"512","72FFC7073AEDD99FBC6698239F961CC0":"2011-6","C1F9C3B7B448DF0B30693C46CF342E45":"<P><STRONG>Profile<BR><\/STRONG><BR>Plagued by injuries over the past year, first-choice right-back Philipp Degen also missed Switzerland&#39;s two pre-UEFA EURO 2008 warm-up games with a muscle tear. Unlike his twin brother David, however, he has been included in Jakob Kuhn&#39;s squad. The pacy 25-year-old is due to move from BV Borussia Dortmund to Liverpool FC after the tournament.<BR><BR>Began with FC Basel 1893, making gradual progress until he was a mainstay of Christian Gross&#39;s Swiss title-winning team in 2003\/04 and 2004\/05; missed 2003 Swiss Cup final win v Neuch&#226;tel Xamax FC (6-0).<BR><BR>Played 12 UEFA Cup games with Basel but no appearances in UEFA Champions League.<BR><BR>Claimed right-back berth in national team with excellent performance away to France in FIFA World Cup qualifier (0-0) &#8211; his first competitive international; kept place for remainder of qualifiers and for all four games at finals, in which Switzerland conceded no goals.<BR><BR>Left Basel for Dortmund in 2005; three seasons of declining fortunes with Bundesliga club; restricted to ten appearances in injury-scarred 2007\/08 campaign.<BR><BR><STRONG>Did you know?<\/STRONG><BR><BR>Degen&#39;s brother David joined him in Switzerland&#39;s 2006 World Cup squad but did not play.<\/P>","F8A44A36F46FF4E4":"Philipp Degen","e_index":0};