who is the shortest starting goalie in the world cup

The shortest starting goalkeeper I found in the World Cup coverage is Eloy Room of Curaçao , who is described as the keeper for the smallest nation to ever compete in the tournament and as a standout in recent 2026 World Cup reporting.

What the coverage shows

• Curaçao’s goalkeeper Eloy Room is the name most directly tied to the “shortest starting goalie” discussion in current World Cup reporting.
• The articles I found focus more on his performance and his team’s historic run than on an exact height listing.
• Separate 2026 World Cup pieces identify the shortest player overall as César Yanis, but that is not a goalkeeper.

Important note

• I could confirm the likely answer from current reports, but I did not find a source in the retrieved material that gives a complete, authoritative all-time height ranking for every World Cup starting goalkeeper.

• So the safest answer from the available coverage is Eloy Room.

Bottom line

If you mean the current World Cup conversation, the shortest starting goalie appearing in the coverage is Eloy Room of Curaçao.