Oldest, youngest; tallest, shortest: EURO anatomy

KEY STATS

• England's Marcus Rashford is the youngest of the three 18-year-olds in the squads
• Gábor Király and Shay Given could be the first 40-year-olds to play at a EURO finals
• England have the youngest squad, the Republic of Ireland the oldest
• Switzerland have three teenagers, the only squad with more than one
• Costel Pantilimon is the tallest player in any squad, Lorenzo Insigne the shortest
• Sweden have the tallest average height, Spain the shortest

SEE THE 24 SQUADS
PREDICTED LINEUPS
WHERE DO THE PLAYERS RANK? PLAYER BAROMETER
WHICH CLUBS OR LEAGUE HAVE THE MOST PLAYERS AT THE FINALS?

AGES (averages as of 1 June)

• Youngest players

Marcus Rashford enjoys his first England goal last month©Getty Images

1 Marcus Rashford (FW, England) – born 31/10/1997
2 Renato Sanches (MF, Portugal) – born 18/08/1997
3 Emre Mor (FW, Turkey) – born 24/07/1997

All-time: Jetro Willems (Netherlands v Denmark 2012) 18 years 71 days
Youngest scorer: Johan Vonlanthen (Switzerland v France 2004) 18 years 141 days

• Oldest players

Gábor Király, a potential record-breaker©Getty Images

1 Gábor Király (GK, Hungary) – born 01/04/1976
2 Shay Given (GK, Republic of Ireland) – born 20/04/1976
3 Gianluigi Buffon (GK, Italy) – born 28/01/1978

Ricardo Carvalho (DF, Portugal, born 18/05/1978) is oldest outfield player at 2016 finals
Király or Given could become first 40-year-old to appear at EURO; current record 39 years 91 days – Lothar Matthäus (Germany v Portugal, 2000)
All-time oldest scorer: Ivica Vastić (Austria v Poland, 2008) 38 years 257 days

• Youngest average age
  

25.39 – England (3 players 21 or under)
25.43 – Germany (3 players 21 or under)
25.57 – Switzerland (4 players 21 or under – joint most with Croatia)
25.91 – Belgium (3 players 21 or under)
26.30 – Turkey (2 players 21 or under)

• Oldest average age

29.39 – Republic of Ireland (11 players 30 or over)
28.83 – Russia (9 players 30 or over)
28.70 – Czech Republic (11 players 30 or over)
28.43 – Slovakia (11 players 30 or over)
28.43 – Italy (9 players 30 or over)

• Most teenage players

Breel Embolo, one of Switzerland's three teenagers©Getty Images

3 – Switzerland
1 – Portugal, Ukraine, France, Poland, Turkey, Croatia, England

• Most players 35 or over
  

3 – Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland
2 – Hungary, Italy, Romania, Spain, Ukraine
1 – Albania, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Iceland, Poland, Portugal, Russia

HEIGHTS/WEIGHTS

• Tallest players

2.03m – Costel Pantimillion (Romania, GK)
2.01m – Fraser Forster (England, GK)
2.01m – Lovre Kalinić (Croatia, GK)
2.00m – Andreas Isaksson (Sweden, GK)

• Shortest players

Lorenzo Insigne, the shortest player in France©Getty Images

1.63m – Lorenzo Insigne (Italy, FW)
1.65m – Jamie Ward (Northern Ireland, MF)
1.67m – Pedro Rodríguez (Spain, FW)

• Average heights
  

1.86m – Sweden
1.85m – Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland
1.84m – Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine
1.83m – England, Italy, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Russia
1.82m – Albania, France, Romania
1.81m – Portugal, Turkey, Wales
1.80m – Spain

• Average weights

Germany bring bulk to the finals©Getty Images

80.30kg – Germany
80.17kg – Sweden
79.70kg – Switzerland
79.43kg – Hungary
79.17kg – Austria
78.87kg – Croatia
78.52kg – Iceland
78.35kg – Czech Republic
77.78kg – Belgium
77.74kg – Poland
77.70kg – Republic of Ireland
77.70kg – Slovakia
77.48kg – Russia
77.00kg – Italy
76.91kg – France
76.78kg – Northern Ireland
76.09kg – Romania
75.70kg – Wales
75.65kg – Albania
75.61kg – Portugal
75.35kg – Ukraine
75.17kg – England
74.35kg – Spain
74.30kg – Turkey