Philip Warren Gertsson

Philip Warren Gertsson is a Sweden-based Norwegian-Filipino football freestyler.

Philip Warren Gertsson
Personal information
Full namePhilip Warren Gertsson
Nickname(s)PWG
Born (1991-07-24) July 24, 1991
Websitewww.philipfreestyle.com
Sport
Country
  • Norway
  • Philippines
SportFreestyle football

Early life

Gertsson was born on July 24, 1991 to a Norwegian mother and a Filipino father.[1] According to him, his parents first met in Oslo in the 1980s. He started playing freestyle football in 2006 at age 14.[2]

Career

Gertsson 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, Vietnam.[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, Philippines.[6]

Other

He also started a YouTube Channel on 15 February 2006 named PWGfreestyle, where he uploads vlogs and freestyle/football tricks.

Gertsson also works with Unisport, a website which sells football gear. He also started hosting and making tutorials on how to freestyle and play football on Unisport's YouTube channel along with Jay Mike and Joltter.

References
  1. "Philip Warren Gertsson". Freestyle. Freestyle Football Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  2. "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.
  3. "Philip Warren Gertsson". The Freestylers Limited. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  4. 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.
  5. "AFFC 2015". Asian Freestyle Football Federation. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  6. "Filipino-Norwegian wins Asian Freestyle Football title". MindaNews. Mindanao News and Information Center Service Cooperative. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
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