Football needs pace which is always counts alot especially on comterattacks as well as normal play.
Fast play are sometimes hard to mark. But who is the fastest player in World, he is a list as compiled by Silly season.
10. Messi
Lionel Messi is one of the best players of all time. Messi is known worldwide by nearly everyone. The Argentine’s stunning skills, agile movements on the pitch and unpredictable strike has managed to keep his profile at high standards.
His nimble, quick on the ball with his magical left foot enabling him the full control of the ball all the way up to a strike. Messi has scored over 280 goals for his club. He has also obtained the 2009 multiple Ballon d’Or awards and UEFA Champions league titles.
Messi can go as fast 32.5 km/h with or without the ball, it seems like he is actually faster with the ball at his feet than most defenders are without the ball.
9.Barkley
Ross Barkley is an English professional footballer who plays for Chelsea in the Barclays Premier league. The attacking midfielder is well organized on the pitch. His pace, shot power and remarkable skills makes him a threat with the ball. In addition, he has great speed reaching an amazing 32.8 km/h sprint.
Barkley was eligible to represent England and Nigeria. He has a Nigerian grandfather but decided to represent England at under-16 all the way up to senior level and in 2010. He helped England to win the UEFA EUROPEAN Under -17 Football Championship.
8. Ronaldo
Christiano Ronaldo is known worldwide and can be said to be one of the best players in this generation. Ronaldo holds a lot of awards and looking at his game-play, everything shows that he truly deserves them.
Ronaldo is said to be a complete attacking player as he can play as a striker, winger and attacking midfielder. His incredible dribbling skills, pace, high ability on free kicks, amazing finishing skills and tremendous speed of 33.6 km/h comes as an advantage whenever he endures in a counter attack .
Christiano Ronaldo has won multiple individual awards including the 2008 Ballon d’Or, FIFA Ballon d’Or 2013 and 2014, 2004 Onze d’Or and the GSA Best Player of the Year in 2011, 2014 among many other awards and titles.
7. Lennon
Aaron Lennon makes it as the 7th fastest football player in the world .
Playing as a winger requires top-notch skill, crossing power and a top speed of 33.8 km/h making him worthy of the position as many would approve.
Lennon has never been called up to represent the English National team at senior level, the only cap he won was during the 2006 FIFA World Cup but nevertheless, he is still a great player.
6.Agbonlahor
Gabriel Agbonlahor style of play is said to be the “road runner style” as he basically just starts to sprint towards the goal when he acquires the ball which comes as an ease to him as he can sprint up to 34.7 km/h.
Furthermore, Gabriel’s unique dribbling skills and powerful finish make him a threat to the opposition.
Agbonlahor is Aston Villa’s all-time leading goal scorer in the premier league with a total of 73 goals since he scored in 11 consecutive premier league seasons.
5.Bale
Tottenham Hotspurs’s protégé, Gareth Bale is an agile and highly skilled player with great ball control and tremendous speed. Bale currently plays for the Legendary team Real Madrid and the Wales national team.
Bale has is known for his ability to strike from a distance, swerving free kicks, ability to get past defenders with pace, physical fitness, and agility.
Gareth Bale helped Real Madrid win the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions league, where he scored in both finals.
9.Walcot
One of the best players to have played for Arsenal and might just go down in the club’s history books as a Legend. In 2008 during a World Cup Qualifier, Walcott managed to score a hat-trick England, setting a new record for England.
Walcott has won 42 caps for his team including the 2006 World Cup and EURO 2012 where he scored 8 goals.
Walcott is a fantastic player known for his pace, strong balance, great technique and an incredible speed of 35 km/h.
Even the great Lionel Messi has seen the greatness in him and described him as “one of the most dangerous players I have ever played against.”
3. Lynden Gooch(Sunderland): 35.16 kh/h
The Sunderland man is one of the Fastest Football Players in the World in 2018
3. Mathew Leckie (FC Ingolstadt): 35.18 km/h
Mathew Leckie has the highest ever recorded in Bundesliga
3. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City): 35.1 km/h
Liverpool’s young star player and two-time winner of the Liverpool Young Player of the Year Award: 2013–14, 2014–15. Now at Manchester City, Raheem Sterling is playing even better and is one of the Fastest Football Players in the World in 2018.
Raheem sterling was officially capped for the English National team at senior level in November 2012 and he participated in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Sterling was also named Golden boy in 2014 by a pan-European panel of sports journalists.
Sterling is a natural winger but is also capable of playing as an attacking midfielder and as a striker.
His energy, pace, balance and overwhelming dribbling skills not forgetting his speed and his youth his youth as an advantage enabling him to dash to an amazing speed of 35.1 km/h.
2. Antonio Valencia (Manchester United): 35.2 km
Most of Valencia’s true potential was seen during the 2011-2012 season where he attained the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year award, Manchester United Players’ Player of the Year award and the Manchester United Goal of the Year award.
Valencia is also part of the Ecuadorian National Team and has performed at the 2006, 2011 FIFA World Cup and 2007, 2011 Copa América.
Antonio Valencia plays as a right winger and a right back position.
His position requires a player of great speed as to dash all the way to the opponents end and cross accurately to the striker. With Valencia’s speed of 35.2 km/h, the task comes with an ease.
2. Shane Long (Southampton): 35.32 km
Shane Long has the fastest ever record in Premier League since Opta started collecting date.
1. Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich): 37 km/h
Fastest football player in the world 2018? Arjen Robben is the fastest footballer in the World 2018.
He is one of the best players currently in the Bundesliga, and in the history of Bayern Munich FC. And now he is the fastest of the Fastest Football Players in the World in 2018.
Despite his age, Robben’s performance is by far one of the best and as seen over the years keeps getting better.
His energy and agility are like that of a youth when the player is currently at 34 years of age.
The Dutch has won numerous caps for his national team and participated in major events like the UEFA Euro 2004, 2006 FIFA World Cup and the 2014 FIFA World Cup, among many other international events.
Robben holds the, 2010 The kicker Man Of The Year award, came out 4th during the FIFA Ballon d’Or in 2014 and the 2005 Bravo Award among many other awards.
Arjen has shown incredible dribbling skills, incredible visual abilities, massive strength with the ball and above all, a maximum speed of 37 km/h