The squads in stats
The 32 squads for Qatar 2022 have been officially confirmed by FIFA
FIFA+ delivers some intriguing numbers behind them
Courtois, Messi, Muller and Ronaldo feature
Thibaut Courtois, Lionel Messi, Thomas Muller and Cristiano Ronaldo star as FIFA+ spotlights the numbers behind the Qatar 2022 squads.
Clevpicks.com will introduce you The Squads in stats in Qatar World Cup 2022…
203
At 203 cm, Andries Noppert is the tallest competitor in the competition. The No. 23 goalkeeper for the Netherlands is followed by Thibaut Courtois (200) of Belgium and Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (202) of Serbia. The tallest outfield player is Harry Souttar (198) of Australia. There will be a startling 36 cm between Courtois and Morocco’s Ilias Chair when they collide on November 27. The 39 cm gulf between Bakary Kone of Côte d’Ivoire and the enormous Nikola Zigic of Serbia and Montenegro at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany was the largest between opposing players in a match this century.
163
The English Premier League accounts for an astounding 163 of the 831 players who are taking part in the tournament (19.6%), which is nearly twice as much as any other league, with LaLiga coming in second with 86. Russia 2018 has the most players in the English top flight with 124 out of 736. (16.9 per cent).
117
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 117 goals for his country, which is astonishingly more than the combined total of the 26-man squads from 15 other countries, including Australia, Cameroon, Ecuador, Ghana, Japan, Korea Republic, Morocco, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Spain, Tunisia, USA, and Wales.
40
The oldest player in Qatar will be Alfredo Talavera, who will be 40 years and 63 days old when the competition begins. The Mexico goalkeeper may join Dino Zoff, Pat Jennings, Peter Shilton, Roger Milla, Ali Boumnijel, Faryd Mondragon, and Essam El Hadary as the only men to compete in the World Cup in their forties. Five 39-year-olds follow Talavera in the list of players by age: Atiba Hutchinson of Canada, Pepe of Portugal, Eiji Kawashima of Japan, Dani Alves of Brazil, and Remko Pasveer of the Netherlands. Hutchinson, Pepe, or Kawashima might surpass Milla to rank as the second-oldest outfield player in World Cup history, a title now held by Angel Labruna as a result of his appearance against Czechoslovakia in 1958.
26
The only two countries with all 26 players based in their home league are Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The inclusion of Jude Bellingham, a midfielder for Borussia Dortmund, has prevented England, the only team at Russia 2018 to meet this requirement, from repeating.
18
The tournament’s youngest player will be Youssoufa Moukoko. The Germany forward will turn 18 on the opening day of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Should he play at any point, he will surpass Christian Eriksen and pass Norman Whiteside to become the second-youngest European to compete in the World Cup. Whiteside was 17 years and 41 days old when he faced Yugoslavia in Spain 1982. Six individuals under the age of 18 will compete in Qatar 2022: Moukoko, Garang Kuol, Gavi, Jewison Bennette, Bilal El Khannous, and Abdul Fatawu Issahaku. At 19 years and 5 months, Australian winger Daniel Arzani was the youngest participant in Russia 2018.
17
The club with the most players at Qatar 2022 is Bayern Munich, with 17. The squads of Cameroon, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Morocco, the Netherlands, and Senegal all include representation from the Bavarian behemoths. Each of Barcelona and Manchester City will enter 16 players in the competition.
10
Alphonse Areola, Ousmane Dembele, Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann, Lucas Hernandez, Hugo Lloris, Steve Mandanda, Kylian Mbappe, Benjamin Pavard, and Raphael Varane were among the ten Russia 2018 champions who made France’s roster for the defense of their title. Vicente Del Bosque brought nine of Germany’s Brazil 2014 champions along with 16 of Spain’s South Africa 2010 champions to the following World Cup.
10
The player headed to Qatar with the most World Cup goals is Thomas Muller (10). Cristiano Ronaldo (10), Luis Suarez (7), Harry Kane (6), Lionel Messi (6), and Neymar are the players who come behind him (6).
5
For the fifth time in World Cup history, four men were chosen for the team. They are Cristiano Ronaldo, Guillermo Ochoa, Andres Guardado, and Lionel Messi. Only three other men—Antonio Carbajal, Lothar Matthaus, and Rafa Marquez—have made their countries’ World Cup squads five times.
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