{"id":18664,"date":"2019-07-26T17:39:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T08:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=18664"},"modified":"2019-07-26T17:39:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T08:39:52","slug":"five-tall-players-who-have-shined-in-world-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2019\/07\/26\/five-tall-players-who-have-shined-in-world-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Tall Players Who Have Shined in World Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Height can sometimes have a major role in sports.<br \/>\nAlso in football, having good physical attributes is one of the most important characteristics to become a professional player.<br \/>\nHowever, you can&#8217;t be a professional only with stature. Along with size, good technique and agility is needed to be a complete player.<br \/>\nIn this feature, I will introduce five of the most impressive tall players in World Football.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div id=\"tribe-slideshow-wrap-18656\" data-id=\"18656\"\n             class=\"slideshow slideshow_id_18656\">\n            <div class=\"tribe-slideshow\" id=\"slideshow18656\">\n                                <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/07\/Mikuni-800x450.jpg\"\/>\n                                    <script>\n        var currentSite = 'asia';\n        var isMalaysiaCampaign =\n            '';\n        var isIndonesiaCampaign =\n            '';\n        var postId = '18664';\n    <\/script>\n                                    <div class=\"slideshow_text_content\">\n                                    <p><strong>KennedyEgbus Mikuni<\/strong><br \/>\nClub: Avispa Fukuoka<br \/>\nHeight: 192cm<\/p>\n<p>He is one of the brightest talents of Japanese football.<br \/>\nThe 19-year-old Avispa Fukuoka defender made his professional debut in the first leg of J-League 2019 season.<br \/>\nDespite his young age, he managed to shut down Sagan Tosu's legendary striker Fernando Torres in a friendly game few days before the season started.<br \/>\nThis year he also played for the Japanese national team at the\u00a0 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/07\/HarryMaguire-800x450.jpg\"\/>\n                                    <script>\n        var currentSite = 'asia';\n        var isMalaysiaCampaign =\n            '';\n        var isIndonesiaCampaign =\n            '';\n        var postId = '18664';\n    <\/script>\n                                    <div class=\"slideshow_text_content\">\n                                    <p><strong>Harry Maguire<\/strong><br \/>\nClub: Leicester City<br \/>\nHeight: 194cm<\/p>\n<p>Maguire is the pillar of Leicester's defense.<br \/>\nWhen he was playing at Sheffield United, he was selected as the team's MVP for three consecutive years.<br \/>\nHe is blessed of height, physical and power and he's able to overwhelm any opponent.<br \/>\nNow the two Manchester clubs are fighting for Maguire's signature. He has been also part of England national team since 2017, and played a crucial role for the Three Lions at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/07\/ZlatanIbrahimovic-800x450.jpg\"\/>\n                                    <script>\n        var currentSite = 'asia';\n        var isMalaysiaCampaign =\n            '';\n        var isIndonesiaCampaign =\n            '';\n        var postId = '18664';\n    <\/script>\n                                    <div class=\"slideshow_text_content\">\n                                    <div dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Zlatan Ibrahimovic<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Club: LA Galaxy<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Height: 195cm<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">No introduction is needed for this superstar.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">While possessing plenty of strength and physicality, he is also blessed in power and flexibility.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">If you mix those characteristic with his incredible self-confidence, you obtain a striker that nobody is able to stop.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Ibrahimovic is now 37 years old, but I think nobody can even think about him retiring from football just yet.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/07\/DOnnarumma-800x450.jpg\"\/>\n                                    <script>\n        var currentSite = 'asia';\n        var isMalaysiaCampaign =\n            '';\n        var isIndonesiaCampaign =\n            '';\n        var postId = '18664';\n    <\/script>\n                                    <div class=\"slideshow_text_content\">\n                                    <p><strong>Gianluigi Donnarumma<\/strong><br \/>\nClub: AC Milan<br \/>\nHeight: 196cm<\/p>\n<p>Blessed with incredible talent, Donnarumma made his Serie A debut at the age of 16.<br \/>\nIn 2016, he was also chosen for the first time as a national team player, becoming the youngest goalkeeper ever selected for the Italian national squad.<br \/>\nMany clubs such as Real Madrid, Juventus, Paris Saint Germain showed interest in him.<br \/>\nAny club which buys this young talented keeper will not have to worry about their goalkeeper position for over 10 years.<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/07\/Peter-Crouch-800x450.jpg\"\/>\n                                    <script>\n        var currentSite = 'asia';\n        var isMalaysiaCampaign =\n            '';\n        var isIndonesiaCampaign =\n            '';\n        var postId = '18664';\n    <\/script>\n                                    <div class=\"slideshow_text_content\">\n                                    <p><strong>Peter Crouch<\/strong><br \/>\nClub: retired<br \/>\nHeight: 201cm<\/p>\n<p>Originally slated as the tallest active player for this list, Peter Crouch retired from football just a few days ago.<br \/>\nHe was famous especially for the \"robot dance\" which he performed after finding the net.<br \/>\nHe also wrote Premier League history by becoming the top headed-shot scorer of all time.<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"row\">\n                    <div class=\"col-lg-5 col-4\">\n                        <div class=\"swiper-button-prev\">\n                        <span class=\"fas fa-chevron-left\"\n                              aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col-lg-2 col-4\">\n                        <div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col-lg-5 col-4\">\n                        <div class=\"swiper-button-next\">\n                        <span class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"\n                              aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"text-content\">\n        \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Height can sometimes have a major role in sports. Also in football, having good physical attributes is one of the most important characteristics to become a professional player. However, you can&#8217;t be a professional only with stature. Along with size, good technique and agility is needed to be a complete player. In this feature, I will introduce five of the most impressive tall players in World Football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":18665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1639,1640,32],"tags":[1653,1652,1651,1654,95,454],"class_list":["post-18664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-european-leagues","category-japan","tag-gianluigi-donnarumma","tag-harry-maguire","tag-kennedyegbus-mikuni","tag-peter-crouch","tag-slider","tag-zlatan-ibrahimovic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18664"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18673,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18664\/revisions\/18673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}