How tall is Thibaut Courtois and is Belgium goalkeeper the tallest player at the World Cup?
The Chelsea stopper has been superb at the World Cup and is in contention to take home the Golden Glove
THIBAUT COURTOIS has been one of the key men in Belgium's success at the World Cup.
The giant Chelsea goalkeeper is the only member of the 23-man squad to have played every minute of the campaign.
How tall is Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois?
COURTOIS has kept two clean-sheets so far in the tournament against England and Panama.
And his massive frame is instrumental to his shot-stopping ability, allowing him to smother attackers and block key one-on-ones.
The Belgian, who was born in the town of Bree in 1992, is 6ft5 or 199cm tall.
He now infamously had a dig at England stopper Jordan Pickford over his height, when he claimed that the Everton star should've stopped Adnan Januzaj's winner in the group stage clash.
He said: "The goalkeeper is 10cm smaller than me. I would have caught it. He was too busy throwing his legs in the air."
But Courtois was quick to clarify his comments following a backlash and claimed: "I never mocked his height, I just want to make that clear.
"I would never mock the height of a goalkeeper. I think he’s a great goalkeeper.
Is he the tallest player at the World Cup?
OFFICIALLY Courtois comes in as the third tallest player in action this summer.
Of the top four, only two are goalkeepers and the others - Jannik Vestergaard and Federico Fazio - play as defenders.
Here's the players in question and their heights -
- Lovre Kalinic (Croatia, 201cm)
- Jannik Vestergaard (Denmark, 200cm)
- Thibaut Courtois and Federico Fazio (France and Argentina, both 199cm)
