Philip Warren Gertsson

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Philip Warren Gertsson
Personal information
Full namePhilip Warren Gertsson
Nickname(s)PWG
Born (1991-07-24) July 24, 1991 (age 32)
Website www.philipfreestyle.com
Sport
Country
  • Norway
  • Philippines
Sport Freestyle football

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

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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.

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References

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  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.