How tall is Māris Verpakovskis?

Māris Verpakovskis's listed height is 173 cm (5'8"). He is taller than about 15% of men in Latvia.

Where 173 cm sits among men in Latvia

Taller than about 15% of men in Latvia born in 1979 (average 180.3 cm).

About Māris Verpakovskis

Māris Verpakovskis is a Latvian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He was born on 15 October 1979 in Liepāja, Latvia, and started his career at his hometown club, FK Liepājas Metalurgs, where he played from 1995 to 2001 and scored ten goals in 59 appearances.

In 2001 Verpakovskis joined another Latvian side, Skonto Riga, where he scored 41 goals in 77 appearances, a period regarded as the peak of his career. Those performances drew interest from several European clubs, and in late 2003 he signed for the Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv. He scored five goals in 11 appearances early on, including a UEFA Champions League goal against Trabzonspor and another against Real Madrid in a 2 to 2 draw. He played for the Latvia national team at UEFA Euro 2004 and is the only Latvian player to score at the finals of a major international tournament.

Verpakovskis has a listed height of 173 cm (5'8"). His career took him from Latvia to Ukraine and the Champions League, and his goal at Euro 2004 remains a record for Latvian football.

Frequently asked

How tall is Māris Verpakovskis in feet and inches? Māris Verpakovskis is 5'8" tall, which is 173 cm, 68.1 inches or 1.73 m.

Is Māris Verpakovskis tall for men in Latvia? At 173 cm he is taller than about 15% of men in Latvia born in 1979, whose average height is 180.3 cm.

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Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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