Carlisle complete transfer for tallest player in England after signing 6ft 9in giant keeper Tomas Holy
CARLISLE UNITED have completed the signing of gigantic goalie Tomas Holy – who is the TALLEST player in English football.
The 6ft 9in ‘keeper, who is the same height as WBC heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury and two inches taller than Peter Crouch, has signed a two-year contract at Brunton Park.
The former Czech youth international, 30, who is the tallest player in the top four divisions, joins the League Two club after being released by Ipswich Town.
He played 65 league games for the Tractor Boys but found himself out of favour last season and headed to both Cambridge United and Port Vale on loan.
Carlisle boss Paul Simpson said: “He's a keeper I've known about for years.
“He's done really well at Ipswich, and he's had a couple of good loans.
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“Obviously when I found out he was being released and available, I knew it was something I'd be interested in.”
Holy was at Sparta Prague as a youngster but was brought to England by Gillingham, spending 18 months there before joining Ipswich in 2019.
Brighton’s 6ft 6in Kjell Scherpen is currently the tallest player in the Premier League – but the strapping stopper would still be left looking up to Holy.
And even Newcastle United defender Dan Burn, who also stands a whopping 6ft 6in, would be dwarfed by the new Carlisle star.
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However, big boy Holy still has some growing to do to catch up to non-league Simon Bloch Jorgensen.
The 29-year-old Dane previously played for Accrington Stanley in the 2017/18 campaign, making just one appearance in the EFL Cup, but is now playing for Waltham Abbey in the Southern League Division One Central.
He holds the honour of being the tallest footballer in the world at a humongous 6ft 10.5in.
And Solihull Moors striker Kyle Hudlin, 21, has just missed out on joining Holy as being the joint-tallest in the EFL.
The 6ft 9in frontman and his side were defeated by Grimsby Town at Wembley in the National League play-off final on Sunday.
