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Top 10 Tallest Soccer Players In The World

January 4, 2021 By Maria 2 Comments

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Tallest Soccer Players

Who are the tallest soccer players 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 amaze and surprise us. We stumble upon the things which look unique and different.

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 a 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

11. Costel Pantilimon – Height: 6 ft 8 in

Tallest Soccer Players

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Height2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Age in 202033
Weight96 kg
CountryRomania
TeamsRomanian Football team, Nottingham Forest
Playing PositionGoalkeeper

Costel Pantilimon is the 11th on the list of the tallest soccer players. His height is 6ft 8 in. The tallest Romanian player plays for his national team and 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.

10. Lacina Traore – Height: 6 ft 8 in

Tallest Soccer Players

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Height2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Age in 202030
Weight87 kg
CountryIvory Coast
TeamsCFR Cluj
Playing PositionForward

The soccer player with 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 of the club.

9. Jason Mooney – Height: 6 ft 8.5 in

Tallest Soccer Players

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Height6 ft 8.5 in (2.04 m)
Age in 202031
Weight89 kg
CountryNorthern Ireland
TeamsCliftonville
Playing PositionGoalkeeper
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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 9th tallest football player in the world. His birthplace in Northern Ireland.

8. Yang Changpeng – Height: 6 ft 8 1⁄2 in

Tallest Soccer Players

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Height2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Age in 202031
Weight81 kg
CountryChina
TeamsHenan Jianye
Playing PositionForward

By moving forward in the interesting list of the world’s tallest soccer players we have Yang Changpeng from China. He is a thirty years old forward player who plays for the Henan Jianye football team. With a height of 6 ft 8,5 inch he is the eighth tallest soccer player in the world. We can see that the difference between the heights of players is very low. This is because human being’s height is average to 5 to 6 ft. In very rare cases we see persons with a height of more than 7 ft.

7. Tor Hogne Aaroy – Height: 6 ft 8 1⁄2 in

Tallest Soccer Players

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Height2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Age in 202043
Weight95 Kg
CountryNorway
TeamsNorwegian national team
Playing PositionForward (Recently Retired)

Norwegian national football player Tor Hogne Aaroy is standing in the seventh 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.

6. Tonny Brogaard – Height: 6 ft 9 in

Tallest Soccer Players

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Height2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Age in 202036
Weight86 kg
CountryDenmark
TeamsFerm
Playing PositionGoalkeeper

Another goalkeeper comes in the list of the tallest soccer players at number six. Tonny Brogaard is from Denmark who 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.

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5. Daniel Muller – Height: 6 ft 9 in

Tallest Soccer Players

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Height
2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Age in 202028
Weight68 kg
CountryGermany
TeamsUnknown
Playing PositionGoalkeeper

Daniel Muller is the fifth tallest player on the list. His height is 6 ft 9 inches which is 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 in the list. He is also a goalkeeper.

4. Vanja Ivesa – Height: 6 ft 9 in

Tallest Soccer Players

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Height2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Age in 202043
Weight97 Kg
CountryYugoslavia
TeamsOpatija
Playing PositionGoalkeeper

Fourth 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.

3. Paul Millar – Height: 6 ft 9 in

Tallest Soccer Players

QUICK FACTS
Height2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
Age in 202032
Weight87 kg
CountryScotland
TeamsDeveronvale
Playing PositionForward

Paul Millar is one of the tallest athletes in the world and tallest in Britain. He is now the third 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.

 2. Kristof Van Hout – Height: 6 ft 10 in

Tallest Soccer Players

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Height2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Age in 202033
Weight110 kg
CountryBelgium
TeamsWesterlo
Playing PositionGoalkeeper
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The 2nd 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 much prominent career to display. He won the Belgian cup with Genk in 2013.

1. Simon Bloch Jorgensen – Height 6’11”

Simon Bloch Jorgensen - Height 6'11''

QUICK FACTS
Height2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
Age in 202028
Weight85 kg
CountryDanish
TeamsAccrington Stanley F.C.
Playing PositionGoalkeeper

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 Accrington Stanley football club as a goalkeeper. With an incredible height of 2.1m, he is the tallest soccer player in the world right now.

Summary

Have a look at the recap that we have discussed above. The top 10 tallest soccer players in the world are:

  1. Simon Bloch Jorgensen – Height 6’11”
  2. Kristof Van Hout – Height: 6’10”
  3. Paul Millar – Height: 6’9”
  4. Vanja Ivesa – Height: 6’9”
  5. Daniel Muller – Height: 6’9”
  6. Tonny Brogaard – Height: 6’9”
  7. Tor Hogne Aaroy – Height: 6′8 1⁄2 ”
  8. Yang Changpeng – Height: 6′8 1⁄2”
  9. Jason Mooney – Height: 6’8.5”
  10. Lacina Traore – Height: 6’8”
  11. Costel Pantilimon – Height: 6’8”

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  1. Reba Cobida says

    January 17, 2020 at 7:00 am

    nice presentation ????

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  2. MICHAEL CONSTANTINO says

    June 10, 2020 at 5:49 pm

    Is Daniel Muller really only 68kg? Does that make sense? He is 6’9”, how can he be only 68kg that is 150lbs. Is that right?

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