var playerInfo={"30A86FC0880FF75E":"185 cm","09702F2B27619389F07D77F05427B135":"2011-6","0FCC2F07B9D0EBFD":"Basel","82CBDCB828DBDF896209A361CA981BCF":"","A7F9B63E25A659E5":"Philipp Degen","0C852134AA40B2DD":"1","DA5E7C1A0F1CB829A66A16651D2472FD":"Switzerland","F27CBDD6332F20A59321B0F4E9CF2AB8":"4","18E9F76C307DDD99":"512","DD8BEAF452454A6D0A12C3D91CB3F716":"<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>","0A9B0394F31973591937C38F2F471911":"VfB Stuttgart,Liverpool,Borussia Dortmund,Basel,Aarau","FA149E2002A43ED77C24C62CDFF094A5":"2","4678B5349347B7EB":"84 kg","5E8F53D0A504BF86":"Philipp Degen","8DC362CCE065919BCF40467C0DE6A7E8":"","C6E00DEB351621C4":"10187","2B5572269355781B0007104B7181FA88":"1983-2-15","9EBD0BFF9766B31DEF99430639A2F292":"Liverpool","e_index":1};