7 Famous Father and Sons in Football

Like father like son is a popular saying, no wonder there are famous father and sons in football. It will excite you to see these football names that didn’t end in one generation.

Genetics make us realizes that genes can be transferred from parents to offspring. This can be seen in these football players that have their names chanted in football stadiums worldwide many years ago and still have their offspring keeping the family name in the same fashion.

Although many football legends would have loved to see their children play the beautiful game of football. Those that have their children playing the game count themselves lucky to have the family name been chanted in stadia.

Famous Father and Sons in Football

Here are some of the famous father and sons in football. They are listed below:

1. Cesare Maldini, Paolo Maldini and sons: This is one of the generational football talents you would see in the world. Italian Father, Cesare Maldini played as a defender for AC Milan and also managed the popular football team. Paolo Maldini continued from Cesare and became one of the best defenders the world has ever seen. He won several trophies with AC Milan and currently have sons Christian and Daniel in that path.
2. George Weah, Timothy Weah & George Weah Jnr: Legendary AC Milan forward and Ballon d’or winner, George Opong Weah is one of the best African footballers ever. The current President of Liberia have sons who are also continuing in his path. Timothy Weah who is the most famous of his two footballer sons plays for the United States National football team as well as French Ligue 1 side, Lille FC. His brother, George Weah Junior also play football professionally.
3. Zinedine Zidane, Enzo Zidane, Luca Zidane, and Theo Zidane: Algerian-born French midfielder, Zinedine Zizou Zidane is one of the greatest football players ever. The football magician who is now a tactician for Real Madrid FC has his sons playing the football game. Enzo, his eldest son plays for Almeria in Spain, Luca who plays a goalkeeper is currently on loan at RC Santander from Real Madrid while the youngest Theo plays for Real Madrid Castilla team.
4. Patrick Kluivert and Justin Kluivert: Patrick played for the Dutch National as well as other big clubs notably FC Barcelona and Newcastle United in the English Premier League. The veteran football forward now has his son, Justin Kluivert running down the wings for Italian team, AS Roma.
5. Abedi ‘Pele’ Ayew, Ibrahim Ayew, Andre Ayew, and Jordan Ayew: The Ayews are a household name in Ghana and Africa as a whole. Father, Abedi Ayew is considered as one of the best African footballers in history. The former African footballer of the year also have sons who have continued in his path. The three Ayew brothers (Ibrahim, Andre, and Jordan) have all featured for the Ghanaian national team in the FIFA world cup. Andre and Jordan currently play in England with Swansea City and Crystal Palace FC respectively.
6. Alf-Inge Haaland and Erling Haaland: Alf-Inge Haaland plied his trade in England with teams like Leeds United and Manchester City. The Norwegian defender while playing in England had son Erling Haaland is undoubtedly one of the best kids in football today. The rate at which Erling fires the ball into the net these days can be seen in his father who is known for making clearance from the box.
7. Claudio Reyna and Giovanni Reyna: Just like Alf-Inge who has played for Manchester City and have son plying his trade for the ‘Yellow and Black’ of Borussia Dortmund, there’s also American legend, Claudio Reyna whose son Giovanni is Erling’s teammate. Claudio Reyna captained the USA football team in the world cup and also have good times in Europe. His son, Giovanni has also continued in that path. The young lad set up a fine goal by Haaland against PSG in this season’s UEFA champions league.

These are some of the famous father and sons in football. You can let us know your favorite footballing family in the comment section. Thanks for reading this piece.