After the list of the world’s most attractive soccer players, today we’re looking at another body feature, namely weight. Not in muscle mass, but in fat: The Fattest Soccer Players All Time at Professional level. There have been many players in history who have paid less attention to their form, mostly because they played at a lower level, but occasionally there have also been cases who played at the top of the world and still didn’t take their diet and sport quite so seriously.
Fattest Soccer Players All Time
1. Wayne Shaw
Wayne shaw is a 150kg goalkeeper who played in the 5th division in England and was nicknamed Roly Poly Goalie.
You don’t think anything special, just another lower class overweight player? Well, almost. In fact, there was a curious case at professional soccer level involving Wayne Shawn.
He and his team surprisingly won a FA Cup game against Leed United. They were due to play Arsenal next. During the game, Wayne Shawn suddenly pulled out a cake and ate it with relish in front of millions watching on TV. It later came to light that a betting shop had offered bets on this very situation, and Wayne and the betting shop were later fined.
2. Jeroen Verhoeven
Despite being overweight, Verhoeven played soccer professionally, including at Ajax Amsterdam
3. Ronaldo
One of the greatest footballers this world has ever seen and also one of the fattest footballers. Ronaldo scored 47 goals in one season during his prime at Barcelona. That was in 96/97 and was followed by years of greatness for every soccer fan until his major injury. After that he was no longer the same and by 2007, when he was playing for Milan, he was already known as the Fat Footballer. Despite being overweight, he still scored 35 goals in 69 games for Milan. What a legend.
IT’S ALWAYS THE SAME. IF I DON’T SCORE GOALS, IT’S BECAUSE I’M FAT. IF I SCORE, IT’S BECAUSE I’VE LOST WEIGHT. MY IDEAL WEIGHT IS 88 KILOS, I DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH I WEIGH AT THE MOMENT AND I DON’T REALLY CARE.
Ronaldo
4. Eden Hazard
Another royal in this list. Admittedly, he is rather thin compared to the others in the list, but still the least professional in the list. Ronaldo, for example, has performed despite being overweight, Hazard is/was the exact opposite. You can read here why this is the case and why he made it into our list of the worst transfers of all time.
5. Adebayo Akinfenwa
Admittedly, Adebayo Akinfenwa’s weight also includes muscle mass. The over 100kg heavyweight footballer has scored over 200 goals in his career for teams such as Swansea, Millwall, Northampton, and Wimbledon. A positive example of his heavyweight guild.
FAQ
In exploring the extremes of athlete fitness, particularly when discussing the fattest soccer player, misconceptions can arise about body composition in the sport.
What is the average body fat of a soccer player?
Soccer players generally maintain a low body fat percentage to optimize performance, agility, and endurance. The average body fat for male professional soccer players varies typically between 8% to 15%, depending on the position they play and their overall body type.
Who was the fat goalkeeper for Ajax?
The renowned fat goalkeeper for Ajax was Stanley Menzo, although the term ‘fat’ might be misleading. Menzo, active primarily in the late 1980s and 1990s, was quite muscular for a goalkeeper, giving him an imposing figure in the goalmouth, but would not be characterized as overweight by today’s athletic standards.