Philip Warren Gertsson
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Philip Warren Gertsson |
| Nickname | PWG |
| Born | July 24, 1991 |
| Website | www |
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| Sport | Freestyle football |
Philip Warren Gertsson is a Sweden-based Norwegian-Filipino football freestyler.
Early life
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b "Philip Warren Gertsson". Freestyle. Freestyle Football Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. 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. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. 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.