| Philip Warren Gertsson | |
| Full Name: | Philip Warren Gertsson |
| Nickname: | PWG |
| Birth Date: | 24 July 1991 |
| Sport: | Freestyle football |
Philip Warren Gertsson is a Sweden-based Norwegian-Filipino football freestyler.
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]
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]
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.