Philippe Mexès
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| Philippe Mexès | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philippe Mexès | |
| Date of birth | March 30, 1982 | |
| Place of birth | Toulouse, France | |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 11⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Centre-back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | A.S. Roma | |
| Number | 5 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
1997-1999 |
Toulouse FC AJ Auxerre |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1999-2004 2004- |
AJ Auxerre A.S. Roma |
133 (7) 95 (7) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2002- | France | 8 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Philippe Mexès (pronounced [filip megˈzɛs]) (born March 30, 1982 in Toulouse, France) is a French professional football (soccer) player, who currently plays as a centreback for Italian club A.S. Roma.
Philippe Mexès began his career with local club Toulouse FC, with his older sister regularly taking him to the training sessions. However, he left for AJ Auxerre's youth team when he was sixteen years old. He successfully participated in the Under-18 and Under-21 French national football teams, eventually winning a spot in the senior squad in August 2002. Since 2002 he has only been called up a few times, after he failed to make the French squad for the 2004 European Football Championship. He was recently called up for France's friendly match against Bosnia-Herzegovina in August 2006.
Mexès is currently one of the backbones of the A.S. Roma after completing the vastly hyped transfer which cost Roma €7 million in 2004. After a difficult first season with the capitoline club, Mexès began the 2005-06 campaign on the bench, leaving the central defender spot to Sammy Kuffour. However, as Kuffour was on national team duty for Ghana, Mexès slowly gained playing time.
As of the 2007-08 campaign, Mexes has established himself as an integral first team player for A.S. Roma and is now widely considered one of the best defenders in the world.[citation needed]
On 24 May 2008, Mexes opened the scoring in spectacular fashion in the Supercoppa Italia final against Inter Milan, the match Roma later went on to win 2-1.
[edit] Honours
- European Under-18 Football Championship: 2000 (France)
- France Football "Hope of the Year": 2000
- Runner-up European Under-21 Football Championship: 2002 (France)
- Confederations Cup: 2003 (France)
- French Cup: 2003 (AJ Auxerre)
- Italian Cup: 2007,2008 (A.S. Roma)
- Italian Super Cup: 2007 (A.S. Roma)
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