Wednesday, June 11, 2008

The Tallest and Shortest Players on Euro 2008 Squads




The Shortest Euro 2008 Players

1.66m - Florentin Petre (Romania)
1.67m - Gökdeniz Karadeniz (Turkey)
1.69m - Piotr Trochowski (Germany)
1.69m - Santi Cazorla (Spain)

The Tallest Euro 2008 Players
2.02m - Jan Koller (Czech Republic)
1.99m - Andreas Isaksson (Sweden)
1.99m - Konstantinos Chalkias (Greece)
1.98m - Orlando Engelaar (Netherlands)
1.98m - Per Mertesacker (Germany)
1.98m - Pascal Zuberbühler (Switzerland)

Conversion:
2.02m = 6ft 7½in
1.90m = 6ft 3in
1.75m = 5ft 9in
1.66m = 5ft 5½in


Tallest
(1.90m or taller) and Shortest (1.75m or shorter) Players for Each Participating Nation:

Czech Republic
2.02m - Jan Koller (FW)
1.72m - David Jarolím (MF)

Portugal
1.91m - Hugo Almeida (FW)
1.70m - João Moutinho (MF)
1.70m - Simão Sabrosa (FW)

Switzerland
1.98m - Pascal Zuberbühler (GK)
1.73m - Ricardo Cabanas (MF)

Turkey
1.95m - Volkan Demiral (GK)
1.66m - Gökdeniz Karadeniz (FW)

Austria
1.96m - Sebastian Prödl (DF)
1.75m - Christoph Leitgeb (MF)

Croatia
1.95m - Josip Šimunić (DF)
1.95m - Mario Galinović (GK)
1.72m - Danijel Pranjić (MF)

Germany
1.98m - Per Mertesacker (DF)
1.69m - Piotr Trochowski (MF)

Poland
1.94m - Jacek Bąk (DF)
1.94m - Artur Boruc (GK)
1.75m - Rafał Murawski (MF)

France
1.92m - Patrick Vieira (MF)
1.70m - Claude Makélélé (MF)

Italy
1.94m - Luca Toni (FW)
1.70m - Antonio Di Natale (FW)

Netherlands
1.98m - Orlando Engelaar (MF)
1.70m - Wesley Sneijder (MF)

Romania
1.96m - Dorin Goian (DF)
1.66m - Florentin Petre (MF)

Greece
1.99m - Konstantinos Chalkias (GK)
1.72m - Nikos Spiropoulous (DF)

Russia
1.93m - Oleg Ivanov (MF)
1.70m - Igor Semshov (MF)

Spain
NONE over 1.90m
1.69m - Santi Cazorla (MF)

Sweden
1.99m - Andreas Isaksson (GK)
1.75m - Freddie Ljungberg (MF)



Players 1.90m (6ft 3in) and over by Nation:
Switzerland (8), Germany (7), Austria (6), Greece (6), Croatia (5), Czech Republic (5), Sweden (5), Italy (4), Netherlands (4), Turkey (4), Poland (3), France (2), Portugal (2), Russia (2), Romania (1), Spain (0)


Players 1.75m (5ft 9in) and under by Nation:
Spain (7), France (5), Portugal (5), Germany (4), Italy (4), Netherlands (4), Romania (4), Greece (3), Russia (3), Croatia (2), Czech Republic (2), Austria (1), Poland (1), Sweden (1)

Average Height by Nation (in cm):
184.91 - Croatia
184.87 - Germany
184.61 - Switzerland
184.48 - Greece
184.43 - Austria
184.17 - Sweden
184.14 - Poland
184.00 - Czech Republic
183.30 - Netherlands
183.17 - Italy
182.09 - Russia
181.83 - France
181.43 - Romania
180.57 - Portugal
180.35 - Turkey
179.61 - Spain

More Euro 2008 Posts:
Foreign-born Players on Euro 2008 squads
Former 'Team of the Tournament' Players returning to Euro 2008
Premiership Players on Euro 2008 squads
La Liga Players on Euro 2008 squads
Serie A Players on Euro 2008 squads
Bundesliga Players on Euro 2008 squads
Club Breakdown of Euro 2008 squads

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