var playerInfo={"6438FCEB8DF4FD6202A461D3835934E5":"VfB Stuttgart,Liverpool,Borussia Dortmund,Basel,Aarau","289C5F85E5EE1B609E88960AAED5C65D":"1983-2-15","DF03820F537F8E7C95F8F8605BCB052C":"Switzerland","31E4B7E841B17C66":"Philipp Degen","B628C0FB460378A51A233D645651DF2F":"","92D102DDE1327A88":"Philipp Degen","E40B4988E6F21D3C":"10187","70356B8F0C59F6B5":"512","3DD52A7123843A0599BD59EBE6AB4E97":"Liverpool","1E9A8D352C52FB60DE0D25B327F8FD01":"2011-6","C9B224F2C5B356EF":"Basel","F9622CC2808B37CB":"84 kg","033EA04110C4B96A":"1","95081CC600C137A3ECD07E1A2BAC6047":"4","26A41B77C025E2F442D11C4E5D31FCE8":"2","4931588B4E3083E863A5C74E5EDB35F1":"<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>","76E5DE99890AB189":"185 cm","FD1933E1882D5E7A216F21827D2B22B4":"","e_index":7};