Height Freak says on 20/May/08
5-8 barefoot--> 5-8.5/almost 5-9 with football shoes on (175cm). IRL He edges guys like Emre (170cm/171cm) by more than an inch.

Lonnie says on 11/Apr/08
Owen is definately not over 5'7", in fact during the last World Cup Tournament they showed the heights of the England squad on the screen and Owen's height was 170cm.

glenn says on 30/Mar/08
an ass an a ass.

mule says on 29/Mar/08
i have met owen and he is not 5'8" more like 5'7" barefoot i have a picture of me 5'8" barefoot and there is 1" between us we where both wearing 1" flip flops so you could see that no insoles and we where standing on flat ground same level.

da k-9 maestro says on 18/Mar/08
OWEN IS 5-8 ( AS HE HAS QUOTED SEVERAL TIMES ) AND THE ONLY REASON WHY HE LOOKS SMALL IS COS AN AVERAGE CENTER BACK IS 6-1. LIKE TAKE HYPIA FOR EXAMPLE OF COURSE OWEN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE A MIDGET STANDING NEXT TO HIM (HE IS 6-5)

Marcelo C. says on 27/Feb/08
Dear Guys: with all respect, I couldn´t avoid reading your comments (Chris, Viper, and whoever), and I do agree a 5´9" guy isn´t short. I was reading a few days ago, an average height listing per country. For instance, you have this: France, 5´8.5", Spain, 5´8", Belgium, 5´9.5", U.K., 5´9", U.S.A., 5´9".
I guess those who consider a 5´9"ish as "short", must be living in the "GIANTS" planet".

chris175 says on 3/Dec/07
im 5-9 and i agree chris it is not short. dont think michael owen is this height, 5-7 barefoot

Chris says on 29/Oct/07
Viper - 5'9" never has, and never will be, short.

Viper says on 29/Oct/07
"Chris says on 28/Oct/07
5'8" is average anyway...I'm 5'11" and average so I figure 2-3 inches either way of 5'9" is normal."

Heh, tell that to the "5-9 is short" guy on this site, LOL.

Chris says on 28/Oct/07
5'8" is average anyway...I'm 5'11" and average so I figure 2-3 inches either way of 5'9" is normal.

Lmeister says on 28/Oct/07
I've also noticed the same about Newcastle squad. I think their listings are accurate nowadays. Also Emre has had ridiculous listings of 5ft11 in some websites eventhough he is 5ft7. Spanish teams seem to lie more than brittish for example Diego Forlan was listed 5ft8 in ManU and nowadays 5ft11 in Atletico Madrid. Michael was also listed 5ft9 in Real Madrid.

Bleemo says on 27/Oct/07
Newcastle United used to lie alot about their players heights on the official height but right now they seem more honest on the site. There's been an overhaul of the webpage and of course a great new manager has took over, so maybe that is why.

For example I used to be perplexed at Damien Duff being billed as 5'11, when he clearly was not, he is billed as 5'9 now. They had the audacity to bill Obefemi Martins as 5'9 when he is clearly a little pug, boxer type character and now he is billed as a more realistic 5'7. They used ot bill Nicky Butt at a majestic 6' and now he is down to 5'10. He just used to look tallish on the pitch because our team was short last season.

Our team has gone up in size this season though with players like Faye, Rozenhal, Barton, Cacapa, Enrique, Beye and of course Viduka who are all over average height for sure. The weird one though is Shola Ameobi who is billed as 6'2 when he is clearly taller, some sites bill him as 6'3 and I'd say that is more accurate he was deffo 3-3.5 inches taller then shearer who is a cast iron 182 cm. (I've met him)

Parker says on 27/Oct/07
I've heard and read Michael quote his height at 5'8 on a number of occasions - I doubt he'd lie. if he was the height listed on this page you'd still quote 5'8. I certainly don't see less than 5'7 for him.

TJ says on 26/Oct/07
Carlos Alberto's comment says more about his ignorance than it does Owen's height. Owen is very noticeably taller than Wright-Phillips, who is around 5'5. This pic shows Michael to be the claimed 5'8. Click Here

TJ says on 25/Oct/07
I think Michael is around 5'8. He tends to look shorter because he's always around guys who are either above average height or tall.

Anonymous says on 25/Oct/07
He does look pretty small. I read that his shoe size is 6 1/2. Is that true?

JK says on 1/Sep/07
Owen does look 5'8'' next to guys like David Beckham, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard

short1 says on 31/Aug/07
this carlos alberto is an intolerant asshole 5'8 is not a midget and just because owens below average height doesn't mean that you should talk crap about him.

JK says on 29/Aug/07
I always thought Ian Wright was 5'11'', he can't be 5'7'' i think he isn't under 5'9.5''

Parker says on 29/Aug/07
Saw Ian Wright measured in his shoes on the 'Guiness records' show at 5'10 - 5'8/5'9 barefoot? Also watched him interviewed with Kevin Keegan - looked about 2-3 inches taller than Keegan. Think I'd put him about 5'9. I think 5'7 is too short.

Lmeister says on 29/Aug/07
Ian Wright is rather short bloke around 5'7'' - 5'8''. The 5'11'' listing is BS. There is plenty of pics of Mr Wright to show his real height. 4 italian guys who are consistently over listed are:
- Fabio Cannavaro listed 5'9'' more like 5'8''
- Mauro Camoranesi usually listed 5'8''- 5'9''. I've even seen 6'0'' listing more like 5'7''- 5'8''
- Alex Del Piero listed 5'8'' more like 5'7''
- Rhino Gattuso listed 5'9''- 5'10'' the same height as Cannavaro 5'8'' and shorter than 5'9.5'' Andrea Pirlo.

I think the heights listed in inches are usually rounded up for instance Gattuso might really be 5'8.5'' -> 5'9'' -> 5'10'' (after many good seasons)
It is interesting that he is always said to be below average in height...

PC says on 13/Jun/07
Robert R, I thought I'd do a quick google search on Ian Wright to see his listed heights and found an interesting comment at Click Here where he makes comments about Jermain Defoe (Who's regularly listed at 5'6"-5'7") saying "The only thing that’s the same about us is our height," revealed Wright when we caught up with him for an exclusive chat. "Jermain is about three years ahead of where I was when I was his age (this was in 2004). How can he be anywhere near Defoe's height if he's been listed as high as 5'11"? The mystery of footballers' heights continues..

Lmeister says on 5/Jun/07
BTW Joe Cole doesn't look 5'9'' to me. Eventhought the curb is favoring Scott Parker (5'9''). He is at least 1 inch taller than J. Cole.
Click Here

Lmeister says on 5/Jun/07
It is hilarious when they say 5'9'' diminutive footballer. Is Wayne Rooney diminutive? 5'9'' doesn't look that short in football field. 5'6''- 5'7'' ranging guys start lookin' short...

6'3'' JK says on 4/Jun/07
He looks 5'8'' to me, but could be 5 ft 7.75

Parker says on 4/Jun/07
If Michael Owen is 5'6 Robert, that would make Beckham 5'10 and Rooney 5'8.

Wasn't there a photograph on this page showing Beckham less than 4 inches taller than Owen?

5'8 is my guess, and his claim

Parker says on 1/Jun/07
Very amusing line in the Sun this morning - A Sun reporter quotes (describing Owen) 'The 5'9 ace may be diminutive....' If 5'9 is diminutive there is no hope for me.

Lmeister says on 24/May/07
True Robert, I'm sure that Craig Bellamy is 5'6'' he looks shorter than Owen also Bolo is around 5'7''. Robbie looks 5'9''ish, but definitely not taller...

Lmeister says on 23/May/07
I guess sometimes the heights are taken in footwear.
Here is Liverpool squad 2007 Click Here next to Fabio Aurelio listed 5'8'' - 5'10'' Craig Bellamy looks short.

Lmeister says on 22/May/07
This is interesting, but Liverpool is listing Bolo Zenden 5'7'', Craig Bellamy 5'6'' and Robbie Fowler 5'8''. Everyone of them has been listed 1-2 inches taller in previous teams. At least Fowler never looked 5'10'' nor did Bellamy 5'9''...

PC says on 29/Apr/07
While I agree to some extent with what you say about players mysteriously growing in height in their 20s after switching clubs (see my post 5/Dec/06), there are of course some players who are downgraded to begin with. Frank Lampard for example used to be given a 178cm listing, but is now given correctly at 183cm. I have seen Chelsea play this season, and Joe Cole didn't look short on the pitch considering 1.69/70m Makelele and (very little) Shaun Wright-Philips were playing also, so maybe 1.75m is correct. Indeed I also have no idea how footballers are measured. I've seen Arjen Robben listed by Chelsea as 180cm, then 186cm and now 181cm (all this season). What's going on? Maybe he slipped a pay cheque under the table during his 2nd medical ;-), after all 183cm is only average for a dutchman.

PC says on 11/Apr/07
Rob,

At the time Steven Gerrard said this, Michael Owen was 20 also (in 2000). Is it possible Owen was 5'6" then, before growing in his early 20s to 5'7.75"? I know he was definitely given a height of 168cm during the 1998 World cup (aged 18)...

Editor Rob says on 4/Apr/07
Here is a quote by Steven Gerrard, man even he used the 'm' word!

"Now 20, Gerrard puts the problem down to overplaying between the ages of 14 and 16 and his rapid growth. "I was the same size as Michael Owen when I was 14 and now he's a midget. I have definitely grown over two to three inches in a year." Would he stop growing, someone asked? "I hope so. I'm close to 6ft 2in already."
Gerard at 20 might have stopped and be one of those 6ft 1.5 guys...

6'2.5'' JK says on 18/Jan/07
Id still say Michael is 5'8''

Parker says on 4/Jan/07
Well Michael himself has said he is 5'8 - If he was 5'9 (175) I'm sure he would have claimed it.

Ian says on 3/Jan/07
Ok here is Owen standing next to Alan Shearer, they are both wearing the same boots. Shearer is (5Ft11 to 6ft on some sites)
Click Here

Height Freak says on 3/Jan/07
Take notice that Nick Barmby is not next to Owen, so it´s kind of pointless to compare both players heights if they´re not next to each other. Also notice that Owen is slightly taller than Keegan (almost an inch) and no the same height. So here you can see that 175cm for Owen is quite right.

Ian says on 3/Jan/07
Here Owen is standing with Nick Barmby who is 5ft7, Kevin Keegan who is listed as 5ft 7-8. Owen clearly is 5FT 8
Click Here

Height Freak says on 11/Dec/06
Footballers heights many times tend to be underrated or overrated...Both Ashley and Joe Cole got underrated Ashley Cole is 173cm and Joe Cole is 175cm tall who´s the same height as Owen, all spot on. Michael Owen is 175cm tall. See him next to players that are solid 182cm/183cm tall like Beckham and you´ll notice that he´s not like 10cm shorter than them, but more like 7cm/8cm.

PC says on 5/Dec/06
I think he's about 5'8", but then again i'm confused when players like Ashley Cole and Joe Cole who both used to get listed as 5'7" (170cm) one or two years ago are now apparently 173cm and 175cm respectively. Have they grown in their mid-20s? Michael Owen was definitely 168cm when he was 18 (as that was his listed height for the 1998 world cup), so its possible he might have grown 4cm.

It seems to me that despite footballers having medical check-ups, the players who are on the short side always get a few cms increase- like 5'5" Paul Scholes listed as 5'6" by Man Utd and even 5'7" in places and Shaun Wright-Philips who looks 5'5" max listed as 5'6".

bluenose says on 5/Dec/06
I think he is under 5'8", don't know how much by though. I'd say he was 5'6" or 5'7". He only wears like size 6 football boots as well apparentely.

Anonymous says on 18/Oct/06
i thk owen is 5 7 or 8 at least...........he can hardly be a midget though......ppl say he is short........maybe it was because he is below average compare to the soccer player nowaday...........especially in his positions......most of the forward are 6 footer........Owen cannot be shorter than 5"7 i suppose.....so i guess u are right......he is around 172cm

Anonymous says on 31/Aug/06
I think given how they stand, there's a 3.5 inch difference, but Beckham's feet are marginally wider apart, so I'll give it 4 inch difference. To me, Michael Owen is 5' 7.5" and maybe scraping 172 cm.

Beckham isn't at least 5 inches taller than Owen in the pic below. The distance from Owen's eyes to top of head is about 4 inches, add another 0.5 inch for Becks coz of his feet distance apart. 4 inches and no more.

Anonymous says on 30/Aug/06
I think 172 cm is totally correct tbh. I think he's just a tad smaller than Ashley Cole who is 173cm.

JK says on 29/Jul/06
I think Owen is 5'8'', but could be 5'7 1/2.

Parker says on 29/Jul/06
Rob2 - Your entitled to your opinion, but if Owen is 5'6, that would make Beckham 5'9. As I say, I respect your opinion, but cannot agree. From the listing at the top of this page, it looks like the editor does not agree with you either.

All the best

Parker says on 29/Jul/06
I wish I was technical enough to draw a horizontal line across the picture at Michael Owen's eye level. But if we use David Beckham as a reference. I've seen Beckham referred to as a 'six footer' on numerous occasions. I don't think he's that, but certainly not less than 5'11. If Michael Owen was 5'6, his eyes would be level with the bottom of Beckhams chin. If Beckham is 5'11, Michael cannot be shorter than 5'7. Michael himself has quoted his height at 5'8. Why would he lie?

Click Here

Parker says on 29/Jul/06
Rob2 - If you can find a post of mine that says I've claimed Davy Jones is 5'5 - Please cut and paste it here.

Parker says on 28/Jul/06
A posted link says a 1000 words

Click Here

Parker says on 28/Jul/06
Just for Rob2 - Don't think I need to add words

Click Here

Parker says on 27/Jul/06
Definately not as short as 5'6 - Paul Dickov is around 5'6, Sean Wright Phillips 5'5 and I've seen Owen next to these guys on a pitch and Micheal was always taller. The pics with Beckham and Shearer show he is less than 3 inches shorter than both putting him around 5'8. I've also seen numerous quotes from Michael claiming he's 5'8 - I've seen nothing to disbelieve him.

Yo says on 26/Jul/06
probably he was wearin lifts that day, i dont know, but if he aint 5'9'' he is definetley his oficial height 5'8'' and not a bit lesser.

Stevie G says on 24/Jul/06
As the picture submitted by stAs where Owen stands beside Ashley Cole who is 173 cm in all reports. Owen seems to be about 1 cm shorter than Ashley Cole, and that makes him 172 cm maximum.

Yo says on 11/Jul/06
You're right Anonymous, because i met owen and he is about 5'9''.

Anonymous says on 10/Jul/06
owen only looks short cos of the gigantic peter crouch, owen is a fairly normal height, crouch is freakishly tall.

Yo says on 27/Jun/06
I met michael owen, and i was suprised by how tall he was. He is a vey strong 5'8.5'' and is really really close to 5'9''.

DudeX says on 22/Jun/06
Ashley Cole is 5 foot 7. and Michael looks a smaller.

Parker says on 11/Jun/06
No way is Michael less than 5'7

styleforlife says on 10/Jun/06
Hmmm 5ft8in ? No way.
If you look at him you see that he's only 165cm max.
Change him please

john boy says on 17/Apr/06
stood on side of pitch next to him in my shoes. he was in studs and hes 5ft 6 max in my opinion

CelebHeights Editor says on 20/Feb/06
Sep 2005: "but I'm 5ft 8in and I couldn't win many high balls"...

goes to show that Real Madrid's 177cm listing was a bit dubious...

statto says on 6/Feb/06
look at the difference in height between owen and beckham, on here beckhams listed at 5'11.5".
http://www.soccernet.com/images/england/natio...

stAs says on 5/Jan/06
I think Shearer is more 180-181cm now.

episodewatcher says on 9/Nov/05
5'8 is a "midgit"?? Well don't I feel great being a 5'8 man. People with height have no idea what it's like.

statto says on 21/Oct/05
I really don't think Owen is 5'8", he looks more 5'6", 5'7"ish.

pluginbaby says on 27/Aug/05
roberto carlos is being listend as 168cm but he´s a solid 164cm.
i´m brazillian. once i watched in a tv show.. he was talking with another short brazillian player trying to find the shortest brazillian soccer team player.. and he said he was 164cm.

Anonymous says on 9/Jul/05
Why would a 177cm guy call a 173cm guy a midegt? haha

Anyway, footballers are always medically checked for stats, therefore if you check on soccer sites all heights and weights of footballers are mentioned. He is always listed as 5'8". On the Real madrid websites he's listed a 5'9", but that could be with shoes.

Zach says on 8/Jul/05
Football players cant really get away with fibbing their heights with wearing boots etc. Owen seems very small from a distance but is probably 5'8. He's always been an inch or so taller than Paul Scholes and Joe Cole (both 5'7)

mjd says on 7/Jul/05
Carlos Alberto is 5'9 1/2...why would he call a guy an inch and a half shorter then him a midget???5'8 is around average height...Owens definetly shorter then 5'8...more like 5'6 1/2....

[Editor Rob: there's many a picture of him and beckham in football boots. He's not under 173cm in my opinion]

Loco says on 26/Jun/05
To me it goes down like this: Owen is height 174.5 cm, Gerrad's is 186cm (he has the tendency to not stand up straight in team photos, so that gives the impression of being like 1 or 2cm shorter). Terry is for sure 187cm, although I think he's actually 186cm and Lampard is 182cm...

Scott says on 20/May/05
I think Craig Bellamy has a 5'11 body and head and a 5'5 neck ;) Proportion wise. Which brings him in at 5'8.5 if my math is correct ...

Lmeister says on 19/May/05
I really think that Michael is 172-173cm...Haha yeah Craig Bellamy he is a guy who looks short in the field. Actually I've seen him listed 5'7'' a few years ago, but nowadays he gets always listed 5'9''...

ez says on 19/May/05
i really cant believe the guy is 5'8 people, he looks real short... like maybe 5'6, because 5'8 isnt short... maybe he isnt as short as he looks. i dont know im just shocked

[Editor Rob: He's still listed on Real Madrid's official site as a majestic 176cm (5ft 9.25). Reminds me of Mr 175cm Craig Bellamy who in person I struggled to believe could reach over 173]

Statto says on 12/May/05
In his autobiography at the back of his book 'off the record'it says he is 5'8" nad thats him saying that.

Parker says on 8/Apr/05
Rob - A quote in one of the morning papers from Michael himself ( I think it was the daily mail) after being called a midget ' He is entitled to criticise my performance, but at 5'8" I'm hardly a midget'

[Editor Rob: nice one...it puzzles me though why Real list him 176cm?]

Lmeister says on 8/Apr/05
Cheers Rob I knew U'd see my point = )As someone (don't remember whom) has already mentioned a website listing sportstars could be launch ; )I could help U, if U'd be willing to start sucha site...

[Editor Rob: Maybe sometimes in the future I could do it, but really there isn't as great a scope for arguing over sporting heights...outwith the nba and tennis heights of course :)]

kevin says on 8/Apr/05
i saw the hole team of england. It was on a friendly match against germany. there were on the way to the stadium and i would say 172cm is right. And beckham is 180-181cm.

Lmeister says on 8/Apr/05
Sometimes even the teams don't put the real heights of their players to their websites, but why on earth would a team downgrade their players 'cause that would be stupid, if they wanna sell the player etc...basic business reasoning...One good example is that Robbie Fowler used to get listed 5'11'' in his previous teams, but nowadays is listed 5'8''in Manchester City website. I still believe that 172 cm that Michael got listed in Official Liverpool website is his real height. I think that Madrid just added 4 cm to Michaels height.

[Editor Rob: yes, I agree that the 176cm is unbelievable and 172 looks more realistic ;) Yes, on a few occasions teams will bump a height. UK clubs are pretty lazy though as they still list in inches and rarely give the actual cm]