Euro 2016 Countdown: Oldest, Youngest, Tallest And Shortest Players In Euro 2016

AGES (averages as of 1 June)

• Youngest players

Marcus Rashford enjoys his first England goal last month

1 Marcus Rashford (FW, England) – born 31/10/1997
2 Renato Sanches (MF, Portugal) – born 18/08/1997
3 Emre Mor (FW, Turkey) – born 24/07/1997

All-time: Jetro Willems (Netherlands v Denmark 2012) 18 years 71 days
Youngest scorer: Johan Vonlanthen (Switzerland v France 2004) 18 years 141 days

• Oldest players

Gábor Király, a potential record-breaker

1 Gábor Király (GK, Hungary) – born 01/04/1976
2 Shay Given (GK, Republic of Ireland) – born 20/04/1976
3 Gianluigi Buffon (GK, Italy) – born 28/01/1978

Ricardo Carvalho (DF, Portugal, born 18/05/1978) is oldest outfield player at 2016 finals
Király or Given could become first 40-year-old to appear at EURO; current record 39 years 91 days – Lothar Matthäus (Germany v Portugal, 2000)
All-time oldest scorer: Ivica Vastić (Austria v Poland, 2008) 38 years 257 days

• Youngest average age
  

25.39 – England (3 players 21 or under)
25.43 – Germany (3 players 21 or under)
25.57 – Switzerland (4 players 21 or under – joint most with Croatia)
25.91 – Belgium (3 players 21 or under)
26.30 – Turkey (2 players 21 or under)

• Oldest average age

29.39 – Republic of Ireland (11 players 30 or over)
28.83 – Russia (9 players 30 or over)
28.70 – Czech Republic (11 players 30 or over)
28.43 – Slovakia (11 players 30 or over)
28.43 – Italy (9 players 30 or over)

• Most teenage players

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Breel Embolo, one of Switzerland’s three teenagers

3 – Switzerland
1 – Portugal, Ukraine, France, Poland, Turkey, Croatia, England

• Most players 35 or over
  

3 – Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland
2 – Hungary, Italy, Romania, Spain, Ukraine
1 – Albania, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Iceland, Poland, Portugal, Russia

HEIGHTS/WEIGHTS

• Tallest players

2.03m – Costel Pantimillion (Romania, GK)
2.01m – Fraser Forster (England, GK)
2.01m – Lovre Kalinić (Croatia, GK)
2.00m – Andreas Isaksson (Sweden, GK)

• Shortest players

Lorenzo Insigne, the shortest player in France

1.63m – Lorenzo Insigne (Italy, FW)
1.65m – Jamie Ward (Northern Ireland, MF)
1.67m – Pedro Rodríguez (Spain, FW)

• Average heights
  

1.86m – Sweden
1.85m – Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland
1.84m – Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine
1.83m – England, Italy, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Russia
1.82m – Albania, France, Romania
1.81m – Portugal, Turkey, Wales
1.80m – Spain

• Average weights

Germany bring bulk to the finals

80.30kg – Germany
80.17kg – Sweden
79.70kg – Switzerland
79.43kg – Hungary
79.17kg – Austria
78.87kg – Croatia
78.52kg – Iceland
78.35kg – Czech Republic
77.78kg – Belgium
77.74kg – Poland
77.70kg – Republic of Ireland
77.70kg – Slovakia
77.48kg – Russia
77.00kg – Italy
76.91kg – France
76.78kg – Northern Ireland
76.09kg – Romania
75.70kg – Wales
75.65kg – Albania
75.61kg – Portugal
75.35kg – Ukraine
75.17kg – England
74.35kg – Spain
74.30kg – Turkey