Philippe Senderos - Personal Life

Personal Life

Senderos is a child of Serbian (Zorica Novković) and Spanish (Julián Senderos) immigrants.

Senderos speaks six languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Serbian. His brother Julien is a professional basketball player currently with Meyrin Grand-Saconnex and the Swiss national team.

During his time at Arsenal, fans dubbed him Swiss Tony. The name came from a character from The Fast Show, and was a pun on his nationality, and similar playing style to Tony Adams.

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