So who clocked the fastest speed at the Euro 2016?
#1 Kingsley Coman (France) – 33 km/h
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Kingsley Coman is currently one of the brightest prospects in European football at the moment. The French prodigy has been in the limelight recently due to his dazzling performances for Bayern Munich earlier this season, for whom he scored six goals and gave as many as 11 assists.
The 20-year-old, after making a substitute appearance in the opening match against Romania, started the next two matches against Albania and Switzerland. He clocked the fastest speed of the tournament against Switzerland on June 19.
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Incidentally, this is not the first time that Coman has topped a ‘fastest players’ list. In the Bundesliga, the winger clocked a speed of 35.06 km/h against Hamburg and was named the fastest player for the Bundesliga 2015-16 season.
Stats from uefa.com, updated till before the first round-of-16 match between Poland and Switzerland.
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