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Where UEFA now ranks Celtic’s Daizen Maeda and Nicolas Kuhn’s top speed, one is quicker than Kylian Mbappe
The international break is just getting started and already many Celtic supporters are looking forward to the domestic actions starting.
The race for the Scottish Premiership is heating up nicely as is Celtic’s Champions League campaign after the Bhoys smashed RB Leipzig 3-1 at Celtic Park.
Brendan Rodgers’ team sits nicely, unbeaten, at the top of the Scottish Premiership table with 31 points from 34 with Aberdeen just behind on goal difference.
With seven points garnered in the Champions League, Celtic are going great guns to get out of the group stage this season.
Rodgers’ players are performing superbly in UEFA’s flagship tournament and equipping themselves well against Europe’s elite.
Especially Daizen Maeda and Nicolas Kuhn. Both Celtic players are widely regarded as the quickest in Lennoxtown but where do they rank amongst European football’s multi-million pounds worth of talented players?
Celtic heroes Daizen Maeda and Nicolas Kuhn rank in UEFA’s Top 20 fastest players
Every Celtic fan knows just how quick Kuhn and Maeda are. They have seen it with their own eyes, but compared to players like Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior, which of the Celtic pair is faster in UEFA’s stats table?
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Kuhn is the second-fastest player in the Champions League with a top speed of 35.9km per hour. PSG’s Hakimi is the only player quicker at 36.5km p/h.
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The German winger is pacier than Kylian Mbappe (4th with 35.7km p/h) and RB Leipzig’s Luis Openda (9th at 35.5km p/h).
Here is where both Kuhn and Maeda place amongst Europe’s fastest players:
Player Minutes played Matches Top speed (km p/h) Team
1. Achraf
Hakimi 360 4 36.5 PSG
=2. Nicolas Kuhn 289 4 35.9 Celtic
=2. Chemsdine
Talbi 69 3 35.9 Club Brugge
=4. Kylian Mbappe 302 4 35.7 Real Madrid
5. Ibrahim
Osman 165 3 35.6 Feyenoord
=5. Alphonso
Davies 360 4 35.6 Bayern Munich
=5. Rafael Leao 317 4 35.6 AC Milan
=5. Pedro Henrique 360 4 35.6 Shakhtar Donetsk
9. Lois Openda 351 4 35.5 RB Leipzig
=9. Josha
Vagnoman 243 3 35.5 Vfb Stuttgart
=9. Vinicius Junior 360 4 35.5 Real Madrid
12. Matheus Nunez 270 3 35.4 Man City
=12. Daizen Maeda 344 4 35.4 Celtic
=12. Jeremie Frimpong 397 4 35.4 Bayer Leverkusen
=12. Nuno Mendes 360 4 35.4 PSG
UEFA.com
Where Arne Engels and Alistair Johnston rank in UEFA’s top speed table
Celtic have other players ranking fairly highly in UEFA’s list of Europe’s fastest stars. So here are the remaining Hoops heroes and how they rank for pace:
Alistair Johnston: 36th – 34.6 km p/h
Kyogo Furuhashi: 73rd – 34km p/h
Alex Valle: Ranked 100+ – 33.3km p/h
Auston Trusty: Ranked 100+ – 33.2km p/h
James Forrest: Ranked 100+ – 33.1km p/h
Adam Idah: Ranked 100+ – 33km p/h
Hyunjun Yang: Ranked 100+ – 32.9km p/h
Liam Scales: Ranked 200+ – 32.1 km p/h
Arne Engels@ Ranked 300+ – 31.9km p/h
Cameron Carter-Vickers: Ranked 300+ – 31.9km p/h
Paulo Bernardo: Ranked 400+ – 30.9km p/h
Luis Palma: Ranked 500+ – 30.8km p/h
Greg Taylor: Ranked 500+ – 30.6km p/h
Reo Hatate: Ranked 500+ – 30.6km p/h
Callum McGregor: Ranked 500+ – 29.7km p/h
Luke McCowan: Ranked 600+ – 38.4km p/h
Kasper Schmeichel: 22.9km p/h
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