Philippe Senderos

Senderos is the kind of defender I find easy to root for: a 189-centimeter Geneva-born center back who left Switzerland as a teenager to anchor Arsenal's back line. Earning 116 appearances and an FA Cup at such a tender age, in a foreign league and language, takes a temperament I genuinely admire. He was never a flashy galactico, but the unglamorous craft of throwing your body in front of strikers is the soul of football to me. What I like most is that he still keeps a personal website and active social accounts; that quiet, professional self-presentation matches the dependable image he built on the pitch.

Name (English)

Philippe Senderos

Name (Japanese)

フィリップ・センデロス

Reading

ふぃりっぷ・せんでろす

Born

February 14, 1985 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Ox

Origin

Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Height

189 cm

Occupation

association football player

• Official sitehttps://www.philippesenderos.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/philsend4/
• Xhttps://x.com/PhilSend4
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe%20Senderos
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187450

Tags

• Canton of Geneva
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.