Top 10 Fattest Footballers To Ever Play in The Premier League

Top 10 Fattest Football Players To Ever Play in The Premier League

Who is the fattest ever player to play in the Premier League? Have you ever considered which football player in the Premier League that is overweight or was overweight during his time in the league. Football is a very physically demanding game and requires that the players are fit. We are not talking about any other league but we are focusing on the Premier League which is among the most watched leagues in the world if not the most. The Premier League is filled with a pacey kind of game style and is one of the most physical leagues in the world.

In recent years we have seen players in the Premier League who have seemed to be overweight. Which players do you have in mind? Is it the former Chelsea man Franck Lampard who during his final games in the league was considered to be fat by many fans? Or is it former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez who rumors have it that he was criticized by Real Madrid of being overweight and hence didn’t sign him? Or Manchester United skipper Wayne Rooney? Well find out by reading this article on the Top 10 Fattest Footballers To Ever Play in The Premier League.

Ten Fattest Footballers To Ever Play in The Premier League

Previously we published an article about Top 10 Footballers Who Didn’t Play For Their Native Country and Top 10 Worst Footballers Ever . If you have missed these article please follow the links and catch up, cause you missing out. Here are the 10 Fattest Footballers To Ever Play in The Premier League:

10. Brian Jensen

Starting the list of the Top 10 Fattest Footballers To Ever Play in The Premier League is the Danish man, Brian Jensen who currently plays for Mansfield Town as a goalkeeper. His senior career started when he signed for West Bromwich Albion where he played 50 games before joined Burnley in 2003. Despite being bigger than the average footballer, Jensen’s performance was fairly good, enough to help Burnley win promotion for the Premier League ten years ago.

9. Adel Taarabt

Taarabt has never been too slim, but after 2014 holidays he came back to work a bit overweight and then an injury at his ankle didn’t help him to reach his optimal condition, so he gained even more weight. Harry Redknapp, his manager at the time, had also complained for the Moroccan’s lack of professionalism.

After leaving QPR, Taarabt took to the social media to deny claims that he was overweight. But then again, few seasons later, it was all water under the bridge.

8. Mido

Ahmed Hossam Hussein Abdelhamid, a former Egyptian footballer commonly known as Mido. The retired footballer had a fairly good profile in his junior and mid senior career. During his 6 seasons that he spent in the Premier league, Mido was very impressive with his skills and most would say was a threat to other competitive players. While at Tottenham, he managed to score 11 goals in only 27 games. Through out his career, Mido faced multiple fitness problems but they got worse when the player reached his late 20’s which explains why the player retired at the age of 30 years in 2013.

In June 2018, after shedding an impressive 37 kg, he unveiled his dramatic weight loss in a Twitter picture, thanking those who prompted him to change his lifestyle.

7. Sol Campbell

A great footballer earlier in his career, Sol Campbell was never a small guy. But by the time he hit the pitch with Newcastle United in 2010 in what was his last year as a professional footballer, Campbell had gained a few pounds and had lost quite a bit of speed. He played for the Magpies just seven times that season before retiring from football.

6. Kevin Pressman

Coming in at number 7 of the  Top 10 Fattest Footballers To Ever Play in The Premier League list is the former English footballer, Kevin Pressman, known for one of the most impressive saves and agile reflexes seen in a overweight goalkeeper. During his entire career, Pressman was mostly overweight and chubby but in spite of his appearance, his goalkeeping skills were topnotch and as so made an impressive 545 first team appearances both in the Premier league and the UEFA and was definitely a power goalkeeper during most of his career.

5. Romelu Lukaku

Manchester United manager at the time Jose Mourinho had expressed his concerns about the former club’s No. 9 gaining weight and losing pace subsequently.

During that season, he came under fire for gaining too much mass, after admitting that the change in his physique has actually impacted the way he plays football. As a result of the muscle weight, he looks slightly slower than before.

 

4. Neville Southall

Neville Southall comes in at number 5 on the Top 10 Fattest Footballers To Ever Play in The Premier League list. Southall also makes it as the third goalkeeper on the list but he definitely was better than the other two on the list. The Welsh played for Everton most of his career and was an incredible five-star goalkeeper and the clubs number 1. Southall also made 92 appearances for Wales international games. Nevertheless, the footballer was definitely not in the suitable shape meant for a footballer, goalkeeper for that matter. Reports say he never put in much fitness effort during most of his career and non when he was retired thus ending up over weight as he currently stands.

3. Gonzalo Higuain

Since the beginning of time, Gonzalo Higuain has been slammed for sporting a belly pouch. Indeed, he has became the subject of incessant trolling on social media for having gained more fat than he should have.

In 2016 had been criticized for appearing overweight during the summer, after a picture surfaced of him during pre-season following what was maybe an over indulgent break from the job, considering his profession. The Argentine made some amends after joining AC Milan, as could be seen in a fitter shape than before.  However, that didn’t last long as he has now gained back those extra pounds in the lower belly region.

2. Andy Reid

At number 3 of the Top 10 Fattest Footballers To Ever Play in The Premier League we have the Irishman, Andy Reid. Reid played as a midfielder for when he played in the Premier League with a good range of quick accurate passes and incredibly football skills which may have led to the nickname he earned “fat maradona” which was not of good intent seeing that Reid was overweight for most of his career but nevertheless, he was definitely a force to be reckoned with by rival players especially in his 4 seasons at Sunderland.

1. Tomas Brolin

There is definitely a clear reason as to why Tomas Brolin makes it at number 1 of the Top 10 Fattest Footballers To Ever Play in The Premier League list, fattest man of the Premier league time. He was certainly not the worst player but due to his lack of fitness, he might as well was. While playing for Parma, he suffered a terrible injury during the Euro 96 qualifier and was later signed to Leeds United where he experienced most of the criticism about his large appearance and since he never completely recovered from his injury, his performance was not impressive and he was later sold over to Crystal Palace. He tried putting in effort while at the club but it was never enough to get him back as a worthy player and as a result he retired at the age of 28.