Who are the shortest soccer players in the world?

Football/soccer is one of the world's most popular sports. This is currently the most popular and widely watched sport on the planet. Something uncommon in our daily lives astonishes and surprises us. We come across elements that appear to be unique and different in the shortest football players. In reality, it now has the history and traditions of the game's shortest soccer players, who have demonstrated their technical ability. As a result, we must agree that the structure's height and solidity are irrelevant. All that matters are a footballer's technical abilities. And one of the shortest soccer players has exemplified this with his outstanding performance in competitive football matches. Take a look at Messi! There are plenty of football players that are far shorter than him! Many people believe Messi is the smallest player in the world, but this article is about to break your bubble. Messi is even taller than several of his teammates. That may be difficult to believe, but it is real. And in this post on Olesport TV, we'll tell you about the top 8 shortest soccer players in the world, who have shown themselves among the best footballers in the world despite their diminutive stature. So, without further ado, here is a list of these players who are unafraid to play the game.

Elton Jose Xavier Gomes (5 feet 0,63 inches)

Elton Jose Xavier Gomes is just 1.54m tall. In the Brazilian Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, he presently plays as an offensive midfielder or left midfielder for Clube de Regatas Brasil. In 2004, he began his football career with Corinthians. He departed Corinthians in 2007 after a loan spell with Sao Caetano during the 2006 season. In 2007, he joined Steaua București, although he did not remain long. In the same year, he joined Al – Nasr, a Saudi Arabian club, where he remained until 2009. After leaving Al – Nasr, he went on to play for a number of clubs, including Fortaleza, Dubai Club, Sport Recife, Al – Fateh, Mesaimeer, and Al – Qadisiyah, before settling down at CRB. He tops our list of the shortest footballers in the world.

Madson Formagini Caridade

Madson Formagini Caricade is a 33-year-old man who stands 1.57m tall, or 5 feet and 2 inches tall. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he began his football career as a member of the Volta Redonda youth team. Following that, he was hired by Vasco da Gama to play offensive midfield. Despite his excellent performance for them, he was forced to terminate his contract in January 2009. After his contract with Vasco expired, he moved to Santos, where he stayed until 2018. He had loan spells at Atletico Paranaense and Al – Khor in Qatar during this period. He returned to Brazil in December 2018 with Fortaleza, who had just been promoted to Serie A. He's still playing for the club, and he's having a good season so far. He is, without a doubt, one guy on this list that we cannot afford to overlook.

Maximiliano Morales

He is 32 years old and stands 1.58m tall, giving him a height of 5 feet 2 inches. In 2005, during a Clausura tournament match against Colon, he began his professional career with Racing Club in Argentina's Primera Division. FC Moscow bought him in 2007, but he was sent back to Racing after a half-year in Russia. In the 2007/08 season, he was vital in Racing's attempt to avoid relegation, even scoring the game-winning goal against Belgrano in the relegation playoff. In 2009, he joined Velez Sarsfield and in his debut season, he helped the team win the Argentine championship... He was even the one who scored the game-winning goal against Huracan in the match that confirmed Velez's championship. In 2011, he joined Atalanta B.C, which had just been promoted to Serie A, then on December 24 2015, he moved to Club Leon. He is presently a member of Major League Soccer's New York City FC.

Daniel Alberto Villalva Barrios

Daniel Alberto Villalva Barrios is another player who makes this list. He is a professional footballer from Argentina who currently plays for Veracruz in the Mexican League. He has a height of 1.59. He began his football career with River Plate in 2005 but did not make his debut until years later. He made his debut in a match against Colon on February 8, 2009, and he went on to make numerous appearances for the club. In the summer of 2014, he moved to Veracruz, Mexico. He went on to make 120 appearances for Liga MX, scoring 17 goals and winning the Clausura in 2016. He deservingly holds a place on this list.

Levi Porter

Porter is 1.60m tall, which puts him at about 5 feet 3 inches tall. He is 32 years old right now. In 2006, he made his professional debut for Leicester City. On the 12th of August, 2006, he made his Leicester debut against Ipswich Town, which Leicester won 3 – 1. Before being released on the 17th of May 2010, he played 39 games for Leicester City. During his tenure with Leicester, he had a month-long loan spell at Mansfield Town. In the English Conference North, he joined Hinckley United in 2011. He played there until December 2012, when he moved to Histon for the rest of the season. He played for Oadby Town and Blaby & Whetstone Athletic from 2013 to 2014 before joining Shepshed Dynamo, where he stayed until 2018. He is currently a member of Melton Town.

Diego Mario Buonanotte

This Argentine professional football player stands 1.61m tall, or around 5 feet 3 inches, and presently plays for Universidad Catolica in Chile's Primera Division. On April 9, 2006, he began his football career with River Plate in a match against Instituto. With them, he eventually won the Apertura in 2008. On January 21, 2011, he signed for Malaga but was loaned back to River Plate until July 2011. He signed with Granada on August 28, 2014, but was loaned to Quilmes AC in January 2015 after he struggled to find game time. In August 2015, he signed with AEK Athens, where he scored 11 goals in 35 appearances throughout the season. On July 19, 2016, he signed with his current club, Universidad Catolica, where he won the Apertura and Clausura in 2016 as well as the Chilean Primera Division title in 2018/19.

Juan Cuevas

He is an Argentine-Mexican professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Everton of Chile's Primera Division. He is 1.61m tall, or 5 feet and 312 inches tall. He began his playing career in 2006 at Gimnasia y Esgrima LP, where he was born in 1988. He wouldn't find a permanent home until 2009. In July 2010, he was sold to Club Toluca. He also failed to make the first team here, prompting the head coach to loan him out to San Luis, Atlante, and finally Gimnasia. In 2015, he left Club Toluca to join Club Leon. From there, he moved to Zacatecas in 2017, before joining Everton the following year. He has 10 goals in 41 games for Everton, and he could continue to improve as the season progresses.

Christian Rolando Lara Anangono

Christian Rolando Lara Anangono has been added to our list of the top 10 smallest footballers in the world. Diablito, which translates to "Little Devil" in Ecuadorian, stands at 1.62m, or 5 feet 4 inches tall. From 1997 to 2005, he spent the majority of his career with C.D. El Nacional in Ecuador, where he scored 28 goals in 184 games. He then signed with Qatari side Al – Wakrah before returning to Ecuador. He won the Ecuadorian Serie A in 2007 and 2010, the Copa Sudamericana in 2009, and the Recopa Sudamericana in 2009 and 2010, all with L.D.U. Quito. After that, he went climbing and signed with a number of football clubs in Ecuador, including Barcelona SC, Deportivo Pereira, Real Cartagena, Manta, Dorados de Sinaloa, and Clan Juvenil. He even returned to his boyhood club, El Nacional, and L.C.D. Quito, before returning to his boyhood club, El Nacional, in 2018, where he is now singing

Through the above article, Olesport TV helped us learn about the shortest players in football and also told readers more their career advancements and achievements..