Top 10 Tallest Football Players In The World
Who are the tallest soccer players in the world? The below article explores the ten tallest footballers in the world.
Football/soccer is one of the most popular sports in the world. In current times this is the most-watched and most-liked sport around the world. In our daily life, something unusual makes us amazed and surprised. We stumble upon things that look unique and different.
We have earlier published the list of the top 10 shortest football players in the world, so today it's the tallest.
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A human being’s height is also one thing that can be a reason to stumble. A person with extra height is also a unique one. Athletes with tall height are always looking unique respectively. As we know soccer is one of the most followed sports around the world. Here we have ten of the tallest soccer players in the world.
Top 10 Tallest Soccer Players In The World 2022
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The ten tallest footballers in the world are:
- Kyle Hudlin – Height 6’11”
- Simon Bloch Jorgensen – Height 6’11"
- Kristof Van Hout – Height: 6’10”
- Paul Millar – Height: 6’9”
- Vanja Ivesa – Height: 6’9”
- Daniel Muller – Height: 6’9”
- Tonny Brogaard – Height: 6’9”
- Tor Hogne Aaroy – Height: 6?8 1?2 ”
- Yang Changpeng – Height: 6?8 1?2”
- Jason Mooney – Height: 6’8.5
- Lacina Traore – Height: 6’8”
- Costel Pantilimon – Height: 6’8”
12. Costel Pantilimon – Height: 6 ft 8 in
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Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Age in 2022 35
Weight 96 kg
Country Romania
Teams Romanian Football team, Nottingham Forest
Playing Position Goalkeeper
Costel Pantilimon is the 12th on the list of the tallest soccer players. His height is 6ft 8 in. The tallest Romanian player plays for his national team and the Nottingham Forest football team as a goalkeeper.
A tall goalkeeper is often preferred that’s why we see most of the goalkeepers present in the list of tallest athletes and tallest football players ever.
11. Lacina Traore – Height: 6 ft 8 in
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Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Age in 2022 32
Weight 87 kg
Country Ivory Coast
Teams CFR Cluj
Playing Position Forward
The soccer player with a tall height makes him prominent in a crowd of players. Lacina Traore is the next one on the list. With a height of 6 ft, 8 in he is 10th on the list. He is from Ivory Coast.
He plays as a forward in CFR Cluj. Lacina Traore is one of the best and highest-paid players in the club.
10. Jason Mooney – Height: 6 ft 8.5 in
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Height 6 ft 8.5 in (2.04 m)
Age in 2022 33
Weight 89 kg
Country Northern Ireland
Teams Cliftonville
Playing Position Goalkeeper
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Jason Mooney is another long-height soccer player who plays for Cliftonville. He is also a goalkeeper. The reason for his uniqueness is also his 6 ft 8.5-inch height. Mooney is the 10th tallest football player in the world. His birthplace is in Northern Ireland.
9. Yang Changpeng – Height: 6 ft 8 1?2 in
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Height 2.05 m (6 ft 8 1?2 in)
Age in 2022 33
Weight 81 kg
Country China
Teams Henan Jianye
Playing Position Forward
By moving forward in the interesting list of the world’s tallest soccer players we have Yang Changpeng from China. He is a 33 years old forward player who plays for the Henan Jianye football team.
With a height of 6 ft 8,5 inches, he is the ninth tallest soccer player in the world. We can see that the difference between the heights of players is very low. This is because a human being’s height is average from 5 to 6 ft. In very rare cases we see persons with a height of more than 7 ft.
8. Tor Hogne Aaroy – Height: 6 ft 8 1?2 in
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Height 2.04 m (6 ft 8 1?2 in)
Age in 2022 45
Weight 95 Kg
Country Norway
Teams Norwegian national team
Playing Position Forward (Recently Retired)
Norwegian national football player Tor Hogne Aaroy is standing in the eighth position with a height of 6ft 8.5 inches. His height is also almost equal to the above mention tall soccer players.
The reason for his fame is also his height. He is a retired football player who has been playing forward in the Norwegian national football team.
7. Tonny Brogaard – Height: 6 ft 9 in
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Height 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Age in 2022 38
Weight 86 kg
Country Denmark
Teams Ferm
Playing Position Goalkeeper
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Another goalkeeper comes in the list of the tallest soccer players at number seven. Tonny Brogaard is from Denmark and has been playing with the Ferm football team.
His height is 6 ft 9 inches which puts him among the tallest footballers. His football career is not so long and much successful as many of the others on the list. Only his height has made him prominent among others.
6. Daniel Muller – Height: 6 ft 9 in
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Height
2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Age in 2022 30
Weight 68 kg
Country Germany
Playing Position Goalkeeper
Daniel Muller is the sixth tallest player on the list. His height is 6 ft 9 inches which are rare commonly. He has citizenship in Germany. His professional career record is not enough to say him a good soccer player.
But the only thing is his height that made him able to be remembered on the list. He is also a goalkeeper.
5. Vanja Ivesa – Height: 6 ft 9 in
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Height 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Age in 2022 45
Weight 97 Kg
Country Yugoslavia
Teams Opatija
Playing Position Goalkeeper
Fifth in the list of tallest soccer players in the world can be called the world’s tallest soccer player ever is Vanja Ivesa. His height is 6 ft 9 inches. Ivesa is also a goalkeeper who plays for Yugoslavia and Opatija football teams.
4. Paul Millar – Height: 6 ft 9 in
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Height 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
Age in 2022 34
Weight 87 kg
Country Scotland
Teams Deveronvale
Playing Position Forward
Paul Millar is one of the tallest athletes in the world and tallest in Britain. He is now the fourth tallest player in the world after Simon Bloch Jorgensen professionally joined football.
His professional career is not a raised one but he has been playing with the Deveronvale football team as a striker. His country of origin is Scotland.
3. Kristof Van Hout – Height: 6 ft 10 in
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Height 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Age in 2022 35
Weight 110 kg
Country Belgium
Teams Westerlo
Playing Position Goalkeeper
The 3rd tallest soccer player in the world and one of the tallest athletes in the world is also a goalkeeper. Kristof Van Hout is a Belgian football player who has played for the Westerlo football team.
Like many others on the list, his fame is all about his height of 6 ft 10 inches. As a professional football player, he also has not have much prominent career to display. He won the Belgian cup with Genk in 2013.
2. Simon Bloch Jorgensen – Height 6’11”
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Height 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
Age in 2022 30
Weight 85 kg
Country Danish
Teams Accrington Stanley F.C.
Playing Position Goalkeeper
Simon Bloch Jorgensen shuffles the list of the tallest soccer players in the world after professionally joining the football world. This giant Danish football joined the Accrington Stanley football club as a goalkeeper.
With an incredible height of 2.1m, he is the 2nd tallest soccer player in the world right now.
1. Kyle Hudlin – Height 6’11”
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Height 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
Age in 2022 21
Weight 83 kg
Nationality English
Teams Solihull Moors F.C.
Playing Position Centre/Forward
Kyle Hdlin is an English professional soccer player who currently plays for Solihull Moors F.C. He became the tallest soccer player in the world with a height of 6 feet 11 inches.
The 21 years old English footballer plays as a center or forward. He just become the tallest footballer in the world after professionally joining the game.
