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fastest footballer sprinter

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#1 ·
which player has the fastest sprint on the field without the ball, messi, walcott, bellamy, ronaldo, hines, henry or someone else. i have no idea, these are my guesses only.
 
#3 ·
It is said that Hosain Kaebi runs 100m in less than 10 seconds... Apart from that David Odonkor I suppose.
 
#7 ·
Rommedahl was pretty quick a few years ago, haven't seen him since he left PSV though.
 
#10 ·
A footballer never really makes a 100 meter run, it is the first meters that count the most. Messi for example is all about quick bursts of speed, I am pretty sure a lot of footballers would beat him on a longer run.
 
#11 ·
I heard a story about Walcott in his early days at Arsenal, they were running 40-yard sprints at training and each player was timed for 6 repetitions over the distance. Walcott's slowest time (i.e., his 6th run) was faster than the next best players fastest run.

Johan makes a good point above, Messi is faster in tight spaces but Kaka would almost definitely beat him in a straight sprint over a longer distance.
 
#12 ·
I heard a story about Walcott in his early days at Arsenal, they were running 40-yard sprints at training and each player was timed for 6 repetitions over the distance. Walcott's slowest time (i.e., his 6th run) was faster than the next best players fastest run.

Johan makes a good point above, Messi is faster in tight spaces but Kaka would almost definitely beat him in a straight sprint over a longer distance.
This was proven a few years ago when Kaka stripped Messi of the ball outside Brazil box, and left him for dead to score a great goal.

Pato is very quick, quicker than Kaka too.
 
#16 ·
Arjen Robben is one of the fastest players. People always forget about him or underestimate him, but the guy had ridiculous numbers when the team made sprints at training.
 
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#19 ·
emerson. sorry last few posts confused me.
 
#23 ·
No, the guy who left Pirlo on his ass. ;)
 
#35 ·
I was going to post his name also, he was an absolute beast in a sprint.