By Football is an extremely competitive sport. In this sport, time is especially important. A team can lose or win a match from the very first second to the very last. Football has plenty of emotions. Some days are filled with joy, while others are heart-rending due to the nature of the football game.
The beginning of a football game defines the swiftness of the game in question. A setback often results in early goals in attention by the opposing squad or a hasty eruption of momentum from the attacking squad with a blend of sublime skills and jumping is one of them.
Here are the top 7 highest jumps in soccer.
1. Fikayo Tomori
The English center-back who currently plays for the professional club AC Milan managed to smash Cristiano Ronaldo’s celebrated ‘highest jump’ record in Serie A after netting the ball in AC Milan’s 3-0 win against Juventus at the weekend.
It is believed that Fikayo jumped 8 feet 7 inches high towering over defender Giorgi Chiellini and netted a score with his excellent header.
2.Bevis Mugabi
The then 25-year-old playing for Motherwell was able to jump an inch higher (8 feet 6 inches) than Cristiano Ronaldo (8 feet 5 inches) during a match against Ross County.
The young center-back who formerly played for Yeovil Town even poked fun at the famous Portuguese footballer in his post-match interview, as the Ugandan player claimed Cristiano Ronaldo ought to level up his game.
“He’s a very competitive guy so I might need to drop him a DM and say, ‘Bro you need to up your game’,” Mugabi jokes, according to The Sun, after his extraordinary header locked a 2-1 victory for Motherwell.
3. Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo is undoubtedly one of the finest players to have played the game. The Portuguese superstar whose height is 6 feet 2 inches can nearly jump twice his height when he attempts to leap and is truly the highest leaper that the footballing world has ever witnessed. Whenever he jumps it almost looks like he can float and pause in the air astounding the whole crowd.
Playing for Juventus during a Serie A match against Sampdoria, he jumped 8 feet 5 inches high and slammed it with his head scoring an impressive goal.
4. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
In the Milan match, Zlatan earned the assist for Rebic scoring Milan’s first goal, and nearly leaped as high as CR7 accomplished for that incredible header over Sampdoria. The Swedish footballer was 8 feet 3 inches off the floor.
In the playoff against Inter, Ibrahimovic was at least 3 cm away from catching up with Ronaldo’s jump. The very fact that the Swede nearly jumped as high as the Portuguese ace caught everyone by surprise and will surely remain one of the most memorable moments in the footballing world.
5. Gareth Bale
It is a well-known fact that Gareth Bale can jump! In fact, the Welsh winger currently playing for Los Angeles FC has constantly earned comparisons to CR7 as the Los Angeles winger has evolved in power and technique.
Bale hasn’t scored many amazing headers in his career and it’s comprehensible if plenty is shocked to see his name on this list. However, Bale can jump incredibly high, and being a defender at the beginning of his career, you can see how he acquired this ability.
6. Tim Cahill
The former Australian footballer may not have been the best striker but Cahill fans admiringly remember the heading power which he flew up in the air when he netted a goal for his national team in a 1-1 draw over South Africa.
The Aussie has a profound leap on him as he managed to tower the fully extended Senzo Meyiwa. Nicely done for a man who’s just 5 feet 10 inches.
7. Radamel Falcao
Radamel Falcao might be inactive at the moment as he sustained a tear in his right thigh adductor muscle. The Colombian footballer is considered one of the finest strikers that the 2010 World Cup has come across. The AS Monaco (French club) is indebted (in terms of goals) to him, thanks to Falcao’s amazing jumping ability in the air. You rarely get to see from a player who is just 5 feet 10 inches towering 6 feet 4 inches in the modern match. Professional football clubs Porto and Atletico Madrid had also obtained significant growth in the goals division when he joined them. We earnestly hope to see Radamel Falcao soon as he returns to his current Rayo Vallecano and shows us his amazing skills once again.
