var playerInfo={"BFE43781BF2A8A9E3EADFCC3CC1AF971":"2","031D6804B38B16BF":"10187","DC9241C78561BCD0":"Philipp Degen","97B41D9FF6388BC00A2A0187557FA1F5":"","C377723034B3384C":"512","38FCF119BEE99893":"Basel","776ABA890334BE6B3BFB7EFC5D96F457":"Liverpool","3D0CAED1D8820318D15DE014CB00C4C7":"Switzerland","5E5612EA3A8A833D":"185 cm","C99F63DD4716E450533B17E1817DB7B9":"1983-2-15","7DECC0B2C7F83A01B36F8F67FA49C295":"2011-6","2B1A74B80063A830":"1","4ADA354908754559E53E3FA7C013DA37":"4","2299C98649C2E7A9E5F02ED855F2A9FC":"VfB Stuttgart,Liverpool,Borussia Dortmund,Basel,Aarau","E17A5F6F92350E090E8BE67DDCE16BA0":"<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>","9085EF0B5B518612":"84 kg","C497EA9EA23AEEDCAF9AD5DB76B19323":"","F4AE865DDB6B58D9":"Philipp Degen","e_index":6};