ok..good points by jdb and jai. i do think 6 '1 is well above average for a top flight football player..especially an attacking player, but I do agree that 5'7 and 5'8 should not be short for football. And there is a biiiig difference between 5'8 and 6'1. At the same time, if you do like me and call Kaka, you including a large list including fellas like Fernando Torres and Cristiano Ronaldo etc....big fellas no doubt, but when we talk among friends about 'big men' in football is really men like Skurhavy, Luca Toni etc..we talking about.
So maybe we should keep it to men who over 6ft 2, and/or who rely a lot on their power and size to do what they do. So even though Adriano not visibly taller than Kaka..he definitely have a big man finish and a big man element to his game...
So I will stick with Zlatan then.
edit...oh gad man 'gruntled. Wham...you couldn't find no lifesize image of de man or wha
oh and dat soldier look like de Brazilian president Lula..i tink he kinda short