6 ft 5.5 in (197 cm)
A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
Edwin van der Sar is commonly listed at 6 ft 5.5 in (197 cm).
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Edwin van der Sar’s 6 ft 5.5 in (197 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.
Edwin van der Sar is one of the taller association football players we have heights for: Jan Koller (6 ft 7.5 in) stands 2 in (5 cm) taller and Chanathip Songkrasin (5 ft 2 in) is 1 ft 3.5 in (39 cm) shorter. All 207 ranked, tallest first.
A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
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