Nico Williams, the second fastest footballer in the World Cup in Qatar

Posted On: December 6, 2022

Ghanaian Sulemana recorded the highest speed.

The Ghana-Uruguay match on the final day of Group H of the 2022 World Cup saw the fastest run to date of the 52 matches played, led by the Ghanaian Kamadeen Sulemanaat 35.7 kilometers per hour, to be the fastest footballer in the tournament, followed by the Spaniard Nicholas Williams and the Canadian Alphonse Davieswhich accelerated to 35.6 kilometers per hour.

Sulemana, 20, French midfielder from Rennes, launched a sprint of such a pace last Friday, at the Al Janoub stadium, in the second half of the shock against the sky blue team, without anyone going further in Qatar 2022, as an unattainable race for the rest, also for the Frenchman Kyllian Mbappe, the German David Raum, the American Antonee Robinson or the Welshman Daniel James, who are also among the best.

The second position in this statistic is shared by Athletic Club striker Nico Williams, with the Spanish team, with a speed of 35.6 kilometers per hour when he entered the field from the bench against Germany (1-1), and Canada and the Bayern Munich winger. Alphonso Davies, during the match between Canada and Croatia, according to match-by-match statistics compiled by FIFA for each match in the tournament.

At 35.5 km/h came David Raum, the German winger in the clash with Spain, one of the visibly most demanding clashes so far in the 2022 World Cup, while 35.4 is the limit for Daniel James, in Wales-Iran, and Antonee. Robinson, in the clash between the United States and Wales.

THE 35.3 KILOMETERS PER HOUR OF MBAPPE AND ACHRAF

Friends and teammates of Paris Saint Germain, Frenchman Kyllian Mbappe and Moroccan Achraf Hakimi, Spain’s rival in the round of 16 this Tuesday at the Ciudad de la Educación stadium, competed in races of 35.3 kilometers at a time in the Qatari competition; in the striker’s case in the last game against Poland, already in the qualifiers. Before, in France-Denmark, it had reached 35.2.

Also already in the round of 16, Ismaila Sarr ran at 35.2 kilometers per hour against England, in the undivided defeat of his team. On the same pace, Tajon Buchanan, the winger of Brugge and Canada, during the match against Belgium in the group stage, or Nemanja Radojic, during the match of Serbia against Brazil during the first day.

The Cameroonian Bryan Mbeumo, during the match against Serbia, and the French winger of FC Barcelona Ousmane Dembele, during the duel against Poland in the quarter-finals, complete the list of 13 players who have so far exceeded the 35 kilometers per hour in Qatar 2022. .