Who is the tallest football player in the world?

Danish goalkeeper Simon Bloch Jorgensen is the tallest football player in the world, standing at a towering height of 6 feet 11 inches or 210 cm. He plays for English football club Waltham Abby FC.

Height in football is always looked at positively. Having a large stature allows players to be aerially dominant in a sport where players often need to rely on physical attributes.

However, being too tall can pose some challenges, especially for outfielders. Sometimes these really tall players lack technical qualities and find it more difficult to control the ball. This is why most of the tallest players in football take up goalkeeping since it is the one position where they don’t have to rely too much on their feet and where height could prove to be a differentiating factor.

Without further ado, let’s discuss the tallest football player in the world:

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Simon Bloch Jorgensen | 6’11”, 210 cm

Simon Bloch Jorgensen is not only the tallest soccer player in the world, in fact he is considered to be one of the tallest football players in history if not the tallest. He stands at a towering height of 6 feet 11 inches or 210 cm and is a goalkeeper for Waltham Abbey in Southern League Division One Central.

Jorgensen’s height is quite gigantic even when compared to the average basketball player, let alone a footballer. He has been able to achieve quite a bit of success in his professional football career and the 30-year-old made the most appearances with Frem in the Netherlands.

Jorgensen was born in Flensburg in Germany but he is a Danish citizen.

Kristof Van Hout | 6’10.5″, 208 cm

Kristof Van Hout is regarded to be the second tallest football player in the world at the moment. Standing at 6’10.5″ or 208 cm tall, Van Hout plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian club Lommel.

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He signed for Lommel in 2022 and featured for Westerlo. Van Hout has also played for Belgian powerhouses Genk and even for Delhi Dynamos in the Indian Super League. He has been a fairly consistent performer for his teams but had a stretch of games as a regular starter for his sides nearly a decade ago.

Paul Millar | 6’10”, 208 cm

Paul Millar is recognised as the third tallest player in the world. However, he is the tallest footballer when it comes to outfielders (non-goalkeepers). Millar was a forward who stood at a height of 6’10” or 208 cm.

The footballer from Scotland had the best years of his career playing for Elgin City based out of Elgin in Moray. The team mostly competed in the Scottish League Two.

Had it not been for injuries, Millar would’ve had a longer career as a professional footballer given that he was prolific in front of goal. However, once the injuries started to pile up, his level drop and he last played for Deveronvale in 2016. He is currently managing NIFL Premiership club Glentoran.

Tomas Holy | 6’9″, 206 cm

Czech Republic goalkeeper Tomas Holy is 6’9″ or 206 cm tall. He plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League Two club Carlisle United and has previously represented Ipswich Town in League One and had even gone on loan to Port Vale.

Throughout his career, he has been regarded as a pretty productive goalkeeper. However, it is fair to sat that he hasn’t really met the expectations that people had from him when he was younger.

When he was first bursting on to the scene, he was considered to be the future of the Czech national football team. However, reality didn’t turn out that way and he hasn’t represented the national team since 2009 when he was on the U18 team.

Vanja Ivesa | 6’9″, 206cm

Former Croatian goalkeeper Vanja Ivesa is no longer a professional footballer. He retired from the sport in 2021 after last appearing for Opatija, one of the oldest football clubs in Croatia. Standing at 6’9″ or 206 cm tall, he holds the record of being the oldest player to have played in the Croatian First Football League.

He has spent a lot of time in different countries as well and has played for clubs in Croatia, Turkey, and Australia. During his playing days, he was regarded as pretty solid and consistent.

Daniel Muller | 6’9″, 205 cm

While Daniel Muller hasn’t really had a very remarkable or memorable career, his height has always helped him achieve special interest and distinction. Muller stands at 6 feet and 9 inches or 205 cms tall.

In fact, his physique, stature and skills had attracted interest from one of the most prominent clubs in all of Europe, Bayern Munich when he was young. Although he was being scouted for the youth team of Bayern at the time, he was unable to live up to the expectations.

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Since then, he has mostly played for lower league teams in Germany but has never managed consistent game time. Most recently, he’s played for Augsburg II in the fourth tier of German football.

Tonny Brogaard | 6’9″, 205 cm

Tonny Brogaard is one of the tallest football players in the world and he had earned the nickname of the Gentle Giant because of his stature as well as his humble and down-to-earth nature. Brogaard had also shown quite a bit of promise early on in his career but was unable to put anything together. This resulted in him having a mostly underwhelming career, despite all the potential and agility he showed before.

He stands at 6 feet and 9 inches tall and has really long hands. The Danish goalkeeper hasn’t had a proper professional club in over a decade, having last played for Frem in 2009.

Tor Hogne Aaroy | 6′8.5″, 204 cm

Tor Hogne Aaroy is a former Norwegian footballer who is 6 feet and 8.5 inches or 204 cms tall. In fact, in the popular video game FIFA 15, Aaroy is credited as the tallest player in the game with a height of 6’8″.

He had begun his career way back in 1985 and played in the position of a forward. He has spent most of his professional football career in Norway, playing for clubs like Rosenborg and JEF United Chiba. The majority of his appearances have come for Aalesund, with which he has played over 240 games. He retired from football in 2014 while playing for Aalesund.

Yang Changpeng | 6′8.5”, 204 cm

Chinese footballer Yang Changpeng is regarded as the tallest Asian football player in the world. At 6 feet and 8.5 inches or 204 cms tall, he is known as China’s Peter Crouch, due to his height resembling that of the tall forward in the English Premier League.

Changpeng had caught a lot of attention because of his height. Unfortunately, besides a one-month trial with Bolton Wanderers in England, he has never been able to play at a high level. The 33-year-old has been a free agent since 2019 and had last played for Henan Jianye in China.

Jason Mooney | 6’8.5″, 204 cm

Jason Mooney is a Northern Irish semi-professional goalkeeper who has never really played football at the top level. However, standing at 6 feet and 8.5 inches or 204 cms tall, Mooney has been in the spotlight for his incredible height.

Over his career, he was able to reach League One football when he played for Tranmere Rovers and appeared in a few matches for them. He also has appearances for sides like Accrington Stanley and Oxford City but his career has been in the doldrums since 2019.

FAQs

Who is the tallest player in the Premier League?

Standing at 6 feet 8 inches, Costel Pantilimon is regarded as the tallest football player to have played in the English Premier League when he was serving as a backup to Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart between 2012 and 2014. He has also racked up appearances for Sunderland and Watford.

Who is the tallest football player in FIFA 22?

French footballer Souleymane Touré who plays for Auxerre in Ligue 1, on loan from Marseille, is the tallest football player in FIFA 22 at a height of 206 cm.