The player who traveled the most kilometers in the World Cup

No one has covered more kilometers in the 2022 World Cup having played in the round of 16 than the midfielder from Croatia, Marcelo Brozovicwith the best mark in this sense in a match, with 16,639.6 meters he completed against Japanese; with two of the three longest records in a match in this edition of the tournament and a total of 56.2 kilometers across the four duels, for a total of six and a half hours played by the football player.

Indisputable

While waiting for the overflow Brazil in the quarterfinals this Friday, at the Ciudad de la Educación stadium, with a three-day break from the tremendous effort, including extra time, last Monday against Japanese until the commitment to the eight best in the tournament, at 30 years old, the midfielder of Ibetween Milan He was the undisputed starter in four matches of the Croatian team, world runner-up in 2018.

It is 16,639 kilometers in 120 minutes against Japanese They are the record in a competitive match played in Qatar. The closest to such a deployment is the Spanish Peter Gonzalezwith 14,371 meters before Moroccoin this Tuesday’s match that was decided on penalties for removing the block led by Luis Enrique Martinez.

first and third

The third mark, 13,740, is also equal to brozovic. he faced her Canada. Also, the seventh is his: 13,442 meters in front of Belgium.

The fourth is from his companion Borna Barisicwith 13,663 kilometers in front of Japanese. The fifth of the Japanese Takehiro Endowith 13,662 meters, the sixth Croatian Josko Guardiolwith 13,554 and eighth Spaniard Rodrigo Hernández, with 13,306 kilometers in the round of 16 against Moroccoas the center.

Without accounting for extensions, brozovic leadership was also maintained, for the previously mentioned 13,740 kilometers Canadaand second place, for 13,442 matches Belgiumalthough his most immediate pursuer was changing: the German Joshua Kimmich is third, with 13,193 matches Spain; the American tyler adams the fourth with 13,127; and the Australian jackson irvinethe fifth, with 12,977.7 matches Denmark in the group stage.

total, brozovic he covered 56,262 kilometers in four meetings; 810 meters are in high speed and 199 in sprint, according to official UEFA statistics. By battles, the battle was 12,440 kilometers Morocco13,740 previously Canada and 13,442 previously Belgiumbefore 16,639 against Japan.