The Netherlands may not have the tallest achievement when it comes to the World Cup, considering they have never won it before, but they do have the tallest player in their ranks at this World Cup in goalkeeper Andries Noppert Heerenveen, who stands a whopping 203cm tall (six feet, seven-inches). 

The shortest, and, no, Lionel Messi (170cm/five feet, seven) is not even close, is Morocco’s Ilias Chair (164cm/five feet, four).