Big Question: Who is the Fastest World Cup Player?
This past weekend I was over at a friend’s house and we were playing a footie video game. It was a great game except for a couple of things. First, the game control had about 38 buttons and I could never figure out which one is used for long passes. When you have to use the letter “x” to label a button you know the game is too complicated. The second thing was that Luis Figo was an absolute speed demon in the game. I’m not so sure that Figo could beat my 8-year-old nephew in a race these days. But this did get me thinking about some of the players who have video game speed in real life - guys who are fast with a ball and who can blaze by defenders. Here are some of the top speed guys we’ll see this summer.
Gianluca Zambrotta, Italy – Sometimes I think this guy chose the wrong sport. He could win an Olympic sprinting medal.
Thierry Henry, France – His speed is really deceptive. It doesn’t look like he is even running hard but then he leaves the defenders in the dust.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal – I think the video game makers confused Figo with Ronaldo.
DeMarcus Beasley, United States – He is a blur out wide, which is a good thing since he weighs about 98 pounds and would get killed if he didn’t have speed.
Roberto Carlos, Brazil – He’s lost a step, which still places him five steps ahead of most players.
Agree or disagree, who do you think is the fastest player?
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By boomer | July 18th, 2007 at 12:36 pm 
u lot are forgetting about dennis rommedahl he was once the fastest footballer. Also ciise says his yunger brother is quiker than him.so he should be super kwik
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By Se | September 24th, 2007 at 6:55 am HOSAIN KAEBI, under 10 secs for 100m
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By cesc henry | September 25th, 2007 at 4:18 am odonkor was probly the fastest at the world cup henry adn martins are fast 2. definatly messi with the ball though
By dazman | October 11th, 2007 at 4:59 pm I would say that theo walcott is the quickest footballer on earth then 2nd probably djibril cisse because he is very quick along with of course thierry henry. Others include obafemi martins, fernando torres and ex liverpool winger mark “speedy” gonzalez. i saw him last year while he was at liverpool and he can easily outpace any right or left back
1.Theo walcott
2.Djibril Cisse
3.thierry henry
4.fernando torres
5.mark gonzalez
6.obafemi martins
By Kyle | October 15th, 2007 at 1:17 pm GABRIEL AGBONLAHOR! would absolutely destroy all of your suggestions in a 100m.
By saj | October 20th, 2007 at 11:46 am thierry henry is da fastest & liverpool all da way
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By Hawkins | November 5th, 2007 at 7:19 pm 4 does of u hu finks c.ronaldo is da fastest dats bollocks cuz gerrard caught him up wen 20yrds behind 2 slide tackle him in world cup 2006
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By Geoff | December 5th, 2007 at 2:13 pm I would behard pressed to say anyone is faster than Agbonlahor. Ronaldo is another wiht blinding pace. Running with and without a ball are two totally different things and of course it is easier to catch someone with the ball. Also, if everyone is considering running 11 or barely sub-11 100m times as fast, I’d counter that most athletes who consider themselves sprinters (i.e. participate in track as a sport) would be ashamed at that time. Sub 10.5 would be considered fast regardless of sport.
I do think it would serve better to compare an American stat: the 40 yard dash. This shows someone’s explosiveness in the short term and I believe more footballers would fare better in this than the longer 100m…
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By matty mitch | December 29th, 2007 at 3:58 pm dennis rommedahl (10.2) or marc overmars (10.3) for all-time
at the moment i wuld have to say aaron lennon (10.5) or obi martins (10.68)
these times or for 100m i found on the net
By chris | January 8th, 2008 at 9:58 am Rommedahl never ran 10.2 seconds. He admitted it himself.
I’d say Theo Walcott is the quickest in the world. I have never seen such pace since Henry in his prime, and probably Walcott is quicker than Martins and Agbonlahor IMO.
In 40 metres though, Walcott runs under 5 seconds. Speaks volumes of his acceleration.
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By michael | January 14th, 2008 at 1:53 pm CR is tops. Its hard to tell completly because unlike th NFL or other american sports, speed is not always a requirement. I dont know if any soccer player runs a 4.2 40 like Deion Sanders, Joey Galloway, and Darrel Green did, but there are a few who look like they can. CR,Obefemi Martins,SWP, maybe some others. For those of you who think CR is slow you ar dumb and probably run like 14 100m or a 6 or above 40
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By Tom | January 16th, 2008 at 4:07 pm Walcott was doing 100m in 11.5 wen he was 14! Now its rumoured to be 10.47
and as for ronaldo not being quick…anyone seen him race a bugatti? youtube it…he wins
By sean | January 22nd, 2008 at 7:56 am tom your a complete downer… that advert is fake.. and I am a man utd fan… ronaldo is quick… but if you honestly think he could beat a buggati you are incredibly stupid.
p.s. yes i have seen the advert.
By Habana | January 24th, 2008 at 4:24 pm I think footballers are less faster than rugbymen, don’t you?
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By Bman | January 24th, 2008 at 4:28 pm Aaron Lennon of Tottenham is an absolute speed demon as well as Agbonlahore of Aston villa. Ricardo Gardner of Bolton.
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By Lee Boyaram | January 30th, 2008 at 11:04 am Who cares if Theo Wallcott was getting 11.5 secs in 100m when he was 14, my GIRLfriend was getting 11.2 secs in 100m when she was 15 - trust me guys i didn’t believe her either but she has PROOF, she showed me her school certificate when she clocked that time in a Borough Championship race.
THE RONALDO (Brazilian one) was unbelieveably fast when he first burst on the scene at 17 years old. When he was at Barcelona he used to pick the ball up at the halfway line and terrorise defences with his pace and score for fun. At his best he was better than Henry!
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By Cesare Borgia | January 30th, 2008 at 2:58 pm Mate, Is your girlfriend a professional footballer?
I think Walcott and Obafemi Martins must be up there.
Ironically it isn’t that important for a footballer to be quick at the 100 metres necessarily.
In a normal game you will have few sprints that are over 20-25 metres.
If we are talking about covering a very short distance then Samuel Eto’o is extremely quick. Believe it or not so was Pippo Inzaghi (only for 5-10 metres!)
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By Andy | February 1st, 2008 at 12:14 pm In his prime, Gazza was lightning over 5-10 yards strangely enough!
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By stephen | February 8th, 2008 at 7:19 pm C.RONALDO is the fastest take it or leave it.
By marwen | February 8th, 2008 at 7:44 pm chermiti our tunisian player is fast
he can do 100m in 10 seconds or less
By gooner | March 12th, 2008 at 12:02 pm i read somewhere that at the arsenal pre-seasons adebayor was even quicker than walcot over the 100m sprints which probably makes him the quickest in world football at the moment
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By porny | March 14th, 2008 at 6:47 am noob
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By Kinneas | March 16th, 2008 at 11:02 pm Lee Boyaram, your girlfriend did not run 11.2 at any time in her life. The fastest time recorded for a girl in the UK under 15 is 11.5
School’s can’t time. I’ve run 10.3 in a schools race before. My official PB is 11.2 so I know it’s bollocks.
By pslfc | March 26th, 2008 at 6:31 pm djibril cisse would smash anyone footballer on this planet in a 50 or 100m race…never seen anything like it. made ashley cole look like a snail tonight in the France v england game.
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By Tadek | April 19th, 2008 at 4:38 am Somoeone wrote that David Odonkor is the fastest. So please watch the Germany Poland match on WC 2006 and look how Ireneusz Jeleń from Auxerre overtook him on 10-15 meters. In Poland we have another very fast player - Marcin Zając. In 2003/2004 season Groclin Grodzisk played on uefa cup with Manchester City. No one from ManC can catch him. So you are writing about famous players but there are many that you even know there are. IMO Walcott is the fastest now.
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