Tallest football players in the world.
Height is one advantage a player can have over the other, In the game of football a player with a very tall height Is expected to have a large pace and a quick movement. A tall player would always fit in the goalkeeper position, of course you understand what I mean.
You can't have a short player in your goal post and expect angular saves or even superb saves as you would see from goal keepers like Courtois, De Gea etc.
Attackers too, can also make a great use of their long legs if they posses a good height. We can make players like Ibrahimovic and Haaland an example. As tall as this two players are we can really see how they make use of their tallness to play good football and bully defenders in the box.
List of Top 10 tallest football players in football history.
10. Øyvind Hoås [Height 6ft 8in (2.03m)]
Øyvid Hoås is a football player from Norway. He has left a name for himself in the football history (world). He joined Kristiansund in the year 2015 and he has since then played as a striker for them.
9. Even Iversen [Height 6 ft 8in (2.03m)]
Even Iversen is a Norwegian player specifically a defender. He started his football career in his childhood days while playing for Oslo East and flakstal II. He never played outside Norway throughout his professional career. He's the 9th tallest footballer in history.
8. Kjell Petter Ophelm [Height 6ft 8in (2.03)m]
Kjell Petter is also a Norwegian footballer with a height of 6.8 feet tall, he is the 8th tallest footballer in football history. He played for stryn a 3rd tier Norwegian league squad and two other Norwegian football team (Lyn and Moss FK)
7. Costel Fare Pantilimon [Height 6ft 8in (2.03m)]
Romanian footballer Costel pantilimon played as a goalkeeper for a Turkish club named Denizlispor. He was recognized and appreciated for his performance with Man City in his time in Manchester City between year 2011 and 2014
6. Lacina Traore [Height 6ft 8in (2.03m)]
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Lacina Traore was nicknamed 'Gentle Giant' and 'The Big Tree' due to his 6 feet 8 inches height. He's got quiet some recognition when he joined Monaco in 2014. But better recognition for his spell while on loan at Everton from Monaco. He was known as one of the tallest soccer player in the Epl. He's among the tallest footballer still active, he was also one of the tallest in La liga when he played for sporting Gijón.
5. Tor Hogne Aartøy [Height 6ft 8.5in (2.04m)]
Tor Hogne Aartøy is the 5th tallest player in the world, His spell with JEF United Chibe a Japanese club got praises and attention from football pundits. While he was at Aalesunds Fk a Norwegian premier league club he scored lot of impressive goals.
4. Yang Changpeng [Height 6ft 8in (2 .05m)
Yan Changpeng is a Chinese striker well known for his spell at Bolton wanderers in year 2006.
3. Vanja Ivesa [Height 6ft 9in (2.05)]
Vanja Ivesa is a Croatian goalkeeper. On 17th February of 2018 he became the oldest player ever to participate in the "Croatian first football league". He also played for Elazigspor, a first division club in Turkey.
2. Paul Millar [Height 6ft 10inch (2.08m)]
Millar is a British striker acknowledged mostly for his performance for Elgin City FC between the year 2010 and 2014. He last played for Deveronvale (Scottish club).
1. Kristof Van Hout [Height 6ft 10in (2.08m)]
The tallest footballer in the world Kristof Van Hout is a goalkeeper. He started his career in Netherlands at (Willem II) then he moved to PSV. He also played for a Belgium club KV Kortrijk before he moved to Standard Liege. He does not even need to jump to catch balls (especially incoming corners) because of his height (6ft 10inches).