Philip Warren Gertsson
| Sport | |
|---|---|
| Country | Sweden Philippines |
| Sport | Freestyle football |
| Updated on 12 December 2016 | |
Philip Warren Gertsson is a Swedish-Filipino football freestyler.
Gertsson was born in July 24, 1991 to a[1]Norwegian mother and a Filipino father of foreign descent.[2]
He was the champion of the European Freestyle Football Championship in 2009 and the National Champion of Sweden in 2010.[3]He finished 7th place at the 2014 Freestyle Football World Tour.[1]
At the Asian Freestyle Football Championship, he first won the 2014 edition where he beat Iranian football freestyler, Mohammad Akbari in the final held in Hanoi.[4] He failed to defend his title in Jakarta in the 2015 edition where he lost to Kosuke Takahashi of Japan in the final.[5] He once again won the title in the 2016 edition which was hosted in Davao City - on home soil.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Philip Warren Gertsson". Freestyle. Freestyle Football Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Champion Freestyler Philip Warren Gertsson on Handling Fame, Training a Jedi, and Getting a Hot Swedish Girlfriend". Urban Pitch. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Philip Warren Gertsson". The Freestylers Limited. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ Hidayat, Rizki (15 November 2015). "Philip Warren Pesimistis Pertahankan Titel Juara di AFFC 2015" [Philip Warren to defend title in 2015 AFFC]. Bola (in Indonesian). Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "AFFC 2015". Asian Freestyle Football Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Filipino-Norwegian wins Asian Freestyle Football title". MindaNews. Mindanao News and Information Center Service Cooperative. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.