List of association football families of note

List of football (soccer) families of note. The countries are listed according to the national teams of the senior family member if the other family member played for a different country. If the senior members of the given member did not play international football, the family will be listed according to nationality (e.g., the Trézéguets).

Families included on the list must have
  1. at least, one member of the family is capped by a national team on the senior level or an important person in the game of football (e.g., notable coaches, referees, club chairmen, etc.)
  2. a second member must be a professional player or capped by a national team on the U-17 level or above.

Contents

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burundi

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Canada

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

Czechoslovakia

Czech Republic

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Denmark

East Germany

Egypt

El Salvador

England

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia

Faroe Islands

Finland

France

Gabon

Gambia

Greece

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Guadeloupe

Guinea

Guyana

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Republic of Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kosovo

Kyrgyzstan

Lebanon

Liberia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malaysia

Mali

Malta

Mexico

Montenegro

Morocco

Namibia

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

New Zealand

Nigeria

Northern Cyprus

Northern Ireland

Norway

Panama

Paraguay

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Scotland

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

South Korea

Soviet Union

Spain

Sweden

Suriname

Switzerland

Tajikistan

Trinidad & Tobago

Togo

Tunisia

Turks & Caicos Islands

Turkey

Turkmenistan

UAE

Ukraine

Uruguay

USA

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Yugoslavia

Wales

Zaire

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Notes

  1. ^ Klimowicz brothers are Polish Argentines, Javier has played for Ecuador since last year
  2. ^ He and his girlfriend (Diego Maradona's daughter Giannina) are expecting a baby.
  3. ^ Jorge Trezeguet is an Argentinian player of French ethnicity. David was born in France, but grew up in Argentina.
  4. ^ José Alves "Zague" was a Brazilian player who played in Mexico where his son was born and raised.
  5. ^ Gerardo dos Santos was a Brazilian player who played in Mexico where his son was born and raised.
  6. ^ Milene Domingues was capped by Brazil women national team.
  7. ^ Borislav's wife is Maria Petrova.
  8. ^ Kerr, Sr. was born in Scotland. Kerr, Jr was born in Canada, but moved to the US when his father played in the NASL.
  9. ^ The best-known member of this family is basketball superstar Steve Nash, Martin's older brother. Steve is a minority investor in the current Major League Soccer version of the Vancouver Whitecaps.
  10. ^ They were born in Germany of Croatian parents.
  11. ^ They are of Slovak origin.
  12. ^ Eniola is an England women international; her brother is a Nigeria full international who was capped by England at youth levels.
  13. ^ The only trio of brothers to have played for England.
  14. ^ Hold the record for most league appearances by two brothers at the same club.
  15. ^ First brothers capped by England.
  16. ^ Carlo was born in Milan, where Samuel was playing for AC Milan.
  17. ^ Hubert Pearson was picked to play for England against France in 1923, but missed the match through injury and was never selected again. Harold Pearson was capped by England.
  18. ^ The first two brothers to play for England in the same match (6 March 1875). This can be verified by scrolling through the team lists for the first few England matches. Although John Charles Clegg played in the first match and his brother William Clegg was in the second, they did not play together. William Rawson and Herbert Rawson played together in match 4. The history of the Wanderers says that Hubert Heron and his brother Francis Heron (or Frank) were the first brothers to play together but that was not until match 5 in 1876.
  19. ^ Charles played goalkeeper for Sheffield United.
  20. ^ Georgios Samaras Sr. was a founder of South Melbourne FC.
  21. ^ Abédi Pelé changed his surname to Pelé in honour of the great Brazilian.
  22. ^ A bureaucratic error led to the Kingson family incorrectly being recorded as Kingston. While Richard has reverted to the correct name, Laryea continues to use Kingston.
  23. ^ The only father-and-son pair known to have played in the same international match (24 April 1996 against Estonia), although they were not on the field at the same time; Eidur came in as a second-half substitute for his father. Note that unlike most Icelanders, the Guðjohnsens have an inherited family name.
  24. ^ These brothers played for Dutch East Indies in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
  25. ^ Paolo's son, Christian, is recently with the AC Milan youth team.
  26. ^ Roberto Vieri played in Australia, where his sons spent their childhood.
  27. ^ Martí played for Spain in the 1934 FIFA World Cup. His son played for Mexico in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.
  28. ^ The Kloses were German Poles. Josef Klose played for Poland under the name Józef Kloze, but he switched back to his original German surname when they moved to Germany. They are listed under Poland because Klose Sr. played for Poland. Miroslav's mother represented Poland in handball.
  29. ^ Marshall was born in England to Scottish parents and raised in Edinburgh. Despite professing to Scottish identity, an agreement between the four associations of the Home Nations ensured he could only represent England, the land of his birth. He played three times for the England under-23 side.
  30. ^ a b They were born in Germany of Turkish parents.

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  152. ^ Gerry was born in New York to a Scottish mother and English father. The family moved to Liverpool whenhe was one. His younger brother, Joe, was born in Liverpool. When their father was killed in World War II, the Bakers moved to Lanarkshire, Scotland where they grew up. However, as a result of being born in Liverpool (Joe) and New York (Gerry), they were only eligible to represent England and the United States respectively.
  153. ^ Jim and George Brown are the only father-son members of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
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  155. ^ Mark Chung is a Canadian-born Chinese American who came from Jamaica.
  156. ^ Ziadlie played in the NASL and was capped by Jamaica.
  157. ^ These are the first sisters to play together in national team game for any country.
  158. ^ Joe-Max Moore's wife is José Carlos Fernández's cousin.
  159. ^ Victor Nogueira was never capped by any country in the standard 11-a-side game, but was capped in futsal by the USA.
  160. ^ Danielle Egan was capped by United States women's national soccer team.
  161. ^ Little played professionally for Washington Freedom.
  162. ^ The Wegerle brothers did not play for South Africa.
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  164. ^ They also played for Macedonia.
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