Top 10 FAT footballers!

Fat footballers? Which players are the fattest footballers?

Fat Footballers? Which footballers are the fattest playing the game? Normally, as a footballer, you need to be in absolute peak physical condition.

To compete at the highest level of football, you have to train hard, eat well and stay in shape. But some footballers managed to get away with being slightly on the large side while still playing.

The truth is, there are some fat footballers knocking about, it’s as simple as that. We also have a similar list of the fattest players in Premier League history, so check out that list too.

Here is a list of the fat footballers who were dreadfully overweight during their careers.

10) ‘Fat’ Frank Lampard

Known as ‘Fat Frank’, Lampard is one footballer famous for being overweight. He was a top player for Chelsea, and fans were devastated when he left. The crazy thing is he was never actually that fat!

9) Diego Maradona

One of the greatest player of all time, but he’s put on some real weight since retiring and throughout his managerial career. He was never that fat during his playing career, but since…things have changed.

8) Andy Reid

Fans used to sing, “Andy Reid, He Plays Left Wing, He Loves McDonalds & Burger King” during his time at Sunderland. However, since then he has slimmed down and retired last year after making 119 appearances for Nottingham Forest.

7) Antonio Cassano

During his time at Real Madrid, Italian Antonio Cassano was fined by the club for his unhealthy lifestyle that lead to him putting on weight. He was put on a dieting programme and the system worked, he slimmed right back down.

6) Jeroen Verhoeven

The goalkeeper started his career at Ajax, fans used to poke fun at him, saying he would drive straight to McDonalds after a day at training.

5) Ferenc Puskas

Puskas had an incredible career as a striker, winning 3 European Cups. However, after his playing career he became a manager and put on loads of weight. He wasn’t quite as successful when a manager.

4) Adriano

He inherited ‘fat’ Ronaldo’s no.9 jersey after he retired for Brazil, but his football ability was no where near the same. All that happened was that he inherited the weight issues instead, and he became a really fat footballer!

3) Steve McNulty

Despite looking almost double his age these days, McNulty is just 32 and has spent his entire career as a professional defender. McNulty is just 30 in the picture above!

2) William Foulke

One of the earliest ‘fat footballers’! Foulke played for England during the years 1894 and 1907, he was over 6ft tall and weighed over 24 stone. The world’s first ‘who ate all the pies’ chant was sung at Foulke.

1) Fat Ronaldo

One of the best players ever, and despite some dodgy haircuts in his time, he was world-class but started to put on weight later on his career. He was actually labelled ‘Fat Ronaldo’ in his later years, him and Adriano were peas in a pod.