Philippe Koch

{{short description|Swiss footballer (born 1991)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Philippe Koch

| image = Philippe Koch.jpg

| image_size = 200

| caption = Philippe Koch in 2009

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|2|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Jegenstorf, Switzerland

| height = {{height|m=1.79|precision=0}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Right back

| youthyears1 = 1999–2002

| youthclubs1 = FC Biberist

| youthyears2 = 2002–2007

| youthclubs2 = FC Solothurn

| youthyears3 = 2007

| youthclubs3 = FC Biel-Bienne

| youthyears4 = 2007–2008

| youthclubs4 = FC Zürich

| years1 = 2008–2016

| clubs1 = FC Zürich

| caps1 = 201

| goals1 = 5

| years2 = 2016–2017

| clubs2 = Novara Calcio

| caps2 = 3

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2017–2019

| clubs3 = FC St. Gallen

| caps3 = 15

| goals3 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2009–2012

| nationalteam1 = Switzerland U-21

| nationalcaps1 = 23

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| club-update = 14:35, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Philippe Koch (born 8 February 1991) is a Swiss football defender who most recently played for Swiss club FC St. Gallen.

Club career

=FC Zürich=

He joined the first team of FC Zurich in 2008 after coming through the hugely successful FC Zurich academy, then his older brother Raphael Koch joined him in the first team in 2009. He made his first-team debut in August 2008 in the UEFA Cup. He was captain of the team winning the 2013–14 Swiss Cup and won the Cup again in 2015–16.

Honours

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