Football is one of the most popular sports in the world. It requires everything agility, pace, strength and athleticism. But having a different build compared to others is always an advantage.
Having a different height can be a great advantage, especially for players like defenders or strikers.
So today we have compiled a list of some of the tallest soccer players in the world football.
Oyvind Hoas- 6’8ft:
Oyvind Hoas is a Norwegian football striker who currently plays for Kristiansund. Coming from a small country like Norway, Oyvind made a name for himself in the Soccer world.
Oyvind began his football journey while playing for Molde FK, and then he transferred to Fredrikstad two years later. He earned several acknowledgments because of his brief career with the Norwegian first division team Honefoss.
Hoas has also played for the under-21 Norwegian national team.
Oyvind is one of the tallest soccer players in the world football.
Even Iversen- 6’8ft:
Next on the list we have another Norwegian player, Even Iversen. He started his footballing journey with Oslo East and Flakstad IL during his childhood days.
He has also played for the Norwegian club Hasle-Loren Idrettslag. He joined the club in 2013. The only highlight of his professional soccer career came when he played for the Norwegian League Champions Bode/Glimt in 2006-2007 season.
With a towering height of 6’8ft he was a strong player in defence. Although he spent all his career playing in Norwegian Leagues.
He’s one of the tallest soccer players in the world.
Peter Crouch- 6’8ft:
Peter James Crouch is an English former professional footballer. He was born on 30 January 1981. He was one of the tallest footballer in the Premier League.
He began his career playing for Brentford youth team in 1991-1993. He also played for EFL club Queens Park Rangers for one season. He also played for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur in 1994-1998. He was then promoted to the senior team although he didn’t make any senior team appearances for the club.
He was then loaned out to Dulwich Hamlet and IFK Hässleholm. He then joined Queens Park Rangers in 2000 before moving to Portsmouth in 2001. In 2002, he joined Premier League club Aston Villa for 5millions. He made 37 appearances scoring 6 goals for the club.
Although, his major breakthrough came when he joined Liverpool in 2005. He became one of the tallest players to play for The Reds. He spent three seasons at the club making 88 appearances and scoring 22 goals. He won the FA Cup and FA Community Shield with Liverpool.
After a good season, Crouch moved to Portsmouth and Tottenham Hotspur, before finally moving to Stoke City in 2011. He spent nearly a decade with the club making 225 appearances in total and scoring 46 goals.
He spent last years of his career playing for Burnley in 2019.
Peter Crouch made 42 appearances for the England national team between 2005 and 2010. He scored 22 goals for his country during that time. He also appeared at two FIFA World Cup tournaments.
Peter Crouch is one of the 32 players to have scored 100 or more Premier League goals, he also holds the record for the most headed goals in Premier League history.
With a height of 6’8ft, Crouch is one of the tallest soccer player in the world.
Costel Pantilimon- 6’8ft:
Next up we have Costel Pantilimon. The Romanian player plays as a goalkeeper. He is currently a free agent. He’s known as one of the tallest goalkeepers in the world.
He has also made several appearances for the Romanian national team.
He began his career at his boyhood club Aerostat Bacau. In 2005, he was signed by FC Politehnica Timisoara. He came to the limelight as he replaced Marius Popa coming from the reserve team. He made a total of 93 club appearances.
Costel has played in the English Premier League and La Liga playing for several clubs like Manchester City, Watford FC, and Nottingham Forest. He also played in the Spanish football league Deportivo La Coruna.
He has played for Turkish club Denizlispor in the 2021 season.
Standing at 6’8ft, Costel is one of the tallest football players in the world football.
Lacina Traore- 6’8ft:
Lacina Emeghara Traore was born 20 May 1990. He is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Portuguese club Varzim S.C.
Traore is nicknamed “The Big Tree”, due to his 2.03m figure, it puts him among one the tallest professional footballers.
He plays as a forward in Romania League club CFR Cluj. Traore is one of the best and highest-paid players of the club. He has also played for the Ivory Coast making 13 club appearances.
Traore spent a brief loan spell in the English Premier League club Everton and Moscow.
With a height of 6’8ft, Traore is one of the tallest soccer players in the world.
Jason Mooney- 6’8ft:
Jason Mooney is a Northern Irish semi-professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He was born in Newtownards, Northern Ireland.
He started his professional career with Ards’s youth system, with whom he won the Youth League Cup in April 2008. His debuted for the team in 29 December 2007 as he started a 2–1 away defeat to Carrick Rangers in the Irish First Division.
Mooney is one of the tallest soccer player in the world with a height of 6’8ft.
Yang Changpeng – 6’8ft ½in:
Yang Changpeng is a Chinnese Footballer. He is currently 33 years old and playey as a forward for the Henan Jianye football team.
Yang Changpeng left his home country at just 15 years of age as he was scouted by Xiao Duyin, by-then youth coach of Wuhan Optics Valley youth team, when he was coaching his team for pre-season at Hainan Province. Yang left his hometown at just 15 years of age as. He went looking for a chance at Guangdong and then Hainan, before finally earning a chance back home.
In October 2006, already 2 metres high he was scouted by Bolton Wanderers and invited to a one-month trial at England.
He was nicknamed as the ‘Chinese Peter Crouch’ by the British media due to his extremely tall build.
After returning from England he eventually graduated to the senior team and made his debut for them in a league game on September 20, 2008 against Shaanxi CSCE in China League One.
Yang Changpeng currently plays for Henan Jianye in the Chinese Super League. With a height of 6’8ft 1/2 inches, Yang is one of the tallest footballers in the world.
Tor Hogne Aaroy – 6’8ft 1⁄2in:
Tor Hogne Aaroy playes for the Norwegian national team. He’s one of the tallest soccer players in the world. He recently retired from professional football.
In a video game by EA Sports, FIFA 15, he is credited as the tallest soccer player in the game.
Aaroy began his football career with Spjelkavik IL. Before some short spells at Aalesund and Frigg
He returned to Spjelkavik in August 1998. Aaroy was signed by Rosenborg in the summer of 1999, where he spent more than over a year at the club. However, due to injuries he was released by Rosenberg after making only one apperance for the club.
Then he moved to Aalesunds FK in 2001 where he spent nearly a decade with the club making 242 appearances before moving to Japanese League in 2011.
In 2011 Aarøy moved to Japan to play for J2 League team JEF United Chiba. On 6 March 2011, he scored his debut goal for Chiba against Giravanz Kitakyushu. His stint in the Japanese League earned him many praises from football pundits. Aaroy scored 6 goals making 35 club appearances.
Aarøy came back to Norway and Aalesund in 2013, where he played his last two seasons of his career.
With a height of 6’8ft ½ inches, Tor Hogne Aaroy is one of the tallest soccer players in the football world.
Tonny Brogaard- 6’9ft:
Next up on the list we have, another goalkeeper from Denmark, Tonny Brogaard. He has been playing with the Ferm football team in the Danish League. Tonny was one the the tallest soccer player in the league.
He started his club career as a reserve goalkeeper for Danish amateur club Fremad Amager. In May 2005 he was brought by English club Doncaster Rovers.
Due to constant injuries, Nielsen was released from his contract in October 2006, and moved back to Denmark to play part-time football with Greve IF in the Danish 2nd Division.
He’s One of the tallest footballer in the league. Nielsen is known as “The Gentle Giant” of football due to his massive build.
With a towering figure of 6’9ft Tonny Brogaard is one of the tallest soccer players in the world.
Vanja Ivesa- 6’9ft:
Vanja Ivesa is a former Croatian goalkeeper. He’s known as one of the tallest soccer players in the world.
He began his professional football career with Istra in his hometown Pula,Croatia. After that he moved to Sydney United FC in the Australian league. He made 24 appearances for the club.
Then he came back and joined Croatian football club NK Zminj. Ivesa joined his boyhood club NK Pula in 2004, he spent three seasons there. In 2008, Ivesa moved to Eskisehirspor and spent five seasons. He stayed at the club till 2012 making 121 appearances for the club.
Ivesa’s career spanned over 26 years of professional football, during which he played for multiple clubs in Croatia, Turkey and Australia. Throughout his career Ivesa has played for several clubs in different leagues like Rijeka, Salven Belupo and Opatija. He has also played for first division club, Elazigspor in Turkey.
On 17 February 2018, Ivesa became the oldest ever player to have played in the Croatian First Football League.
With a height of 6’9ft he’s one of the tallest soccer player in the world.
Paul Millar- 6’10ft:
Paul Millar is a Scottish footballer who last played for Deveronvale. He’s mostly known for his stint with Elgin City FC between 2010-2014.
Miller started his youth career with Krickaldy YM in 2007.
He began his professional career in 2010 he was signed by Elgin City FC, where he spent two spells from 2010-11 and from 2011-14. Millar is the only Elgin City FC player to have scored in the League Two playoffs
Millier was known as the tallest soccer player in the Scottish League and one of the tallest soccer players in the world with a height of 6’10ft.
Kristof van Hout- 6’10ft:
Kristof Van Hout is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Lommel. Van Hout began his youth career from Willem II in 2004, the former club of Jaap Stam before he moved to PSV. During his three years with Willem II, Kristof Van hour didn’t make a single senior debut.
Kristof was signed by K.V Kortrijk in the Belgian Pro League in 2007. He was a towering figure for Kortrijk between the sticks.
Throughout his career Kristof has played for many big club like Genk, Kortrijk and Standard Liege.
He came to India to play for Delhi Dynamos in the 2014-15 season. He made 14 apperances for the ISL club.
Kristof Van Hout is known as the tallest professional football player with a height of 6’10ft.
Simon Bloch Jorgensen– 6’11”:
Simon Bloch Jorgensen is a Danish professional footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Waltham Abbey.
Bloch spent his early career with Frem, FC Copenhagen, B.93 and B.1908. He left Frem in November 2016 by mutual consent, after making 53 appearances for the club. He played one game for Waltham Forest in the Essex Senior League during the 2016–17 season.
He later signed for Bronshoj in March 2017, before moving to English club Accrington Stanley in August 2017.
With an incredible height over 2.1m, he is the one of the tallest soccer player in the world.
Kyle Hudlin- 6’11ft: Tallest soccer players
Kyle Hudlin is an English professional footballer who plays for AFC Wimbledona as a striker. He’s currently on loan from Huddersfield Town, as a striker.
Hudlin began his career with Boldmere Sports, Social Falcons and Solihull United, before signing for Solihull Moors in October 2020. Kyle scored 15 goals in 62 appearances in all competitions for the club. In July 2022, he signed for Huddersfield Town on a two-year contract, initially joining their B team. Later that month he moved to AFC Wimbledon on loan.
Kyle Hudlin- is the tallest soccer player in the world with a massive height of 6’11ft.
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