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 (eg., 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.

Albania edit

AlbaniaEskil Aage soerensen

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Brazil Michael Ernst BrøggerBrazil Morten Byriel Pedersen

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Denmark edit

Allan Byriel Pedersen - Morten byriel Pedersen (son)

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Notes edit

  1. ^ Klimowicz brothers are Polish Argentines, Javier played for Ecuador since last year
  2. ^ Jorge Trézéguet is an Argentinian player of French ethnicity. David was born in France, but grew up in Argentina.
  3. ^ José Alves "Zague" was a Brazilian player who played in Mexico where his son was born and raised.
  4. ^ Gerardo dos Santos was a Brazilian player who played in Mexico where his son was born and raised.
  5. ^ Milene Domingueswas capped by Brazil women national team.
  6. ^ Borislav's wife is Maria Petrova.
  7. ^ Kerr, Sr. was born in Scotland. Kerr, Jr was born in Canada, but moved to the US when his father played for NASL
  8. ^ Niko Kranjčar was born in Austria when his father was playing there
  9. ^ They were born in Germany of Croatian parents.
  10. ^ They are of Slovak origin
  11. ^ Eniola is an England women international, his brother is England U-19
  12. ^ The Bakers' father was English and mother Scottish. Gerry was born in the U.S. and Joe in England, but both were raised in Scotland. They both played for their nations of birth.
  13. ^ "Only instance of three footballing brothers playing for England". www.timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  14. ^ 1st brothers capped by England.
  15. ^ Carlo was born in Milan, where Samuel was playing for AC Milan
  16. ^ "Hoddle appoints brother at Wolves". BBC News. 2004-12-10. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
  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. ^ "First occasion when two brothers played for England in the same match". 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. ^ a b "Pit Your Wits 251". BBC Sport Online. 2004-01-12. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
  20. ^ Charles played goakeeper for Sheffield United.
  21. ^ Göran Enckelman was the Finnish player of the year in 1975.
  22. ^ Andre Frey was capped by France.
  23. ^ Georgios Samaras Sr., was a founder of South Melbourne FC.
  24. ^ Abédi Pelé changed his surname to Pele in honor of the great Brazilian
  25. ^ [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.
  26. ^ Paolo's son, Christian, is recently with the AC Milan youth team
  27. ^ Roberto Vieri played in Australia where his sons spent their childhood. Thus, Max ended up playing for Australia.
  28. ^ George, Jr. has not indicted which national team he will play for, but he has trained with the US Youth national team so he is listed under USA. Furthermore, the Liberia is listed as a soccer family based on his stint with the USA
  29. ^ Jordi's mother is Spanish so he could have played for Spain
  30. ^ 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 were under Poland because Klose Sr. played for Poland. Miroslav's mother represented Poland in handball.
  31. ^ "Boukhari joins new-look Nantes". UEFA.com. 2006-05-16.
  32. ^ Marshall was born in England to Scottish parents and raised in Edinburgh. Despite professing to Scottish identity, an agreement between the four Home FAs of the time ensured he could only represent England, the land of his birth. He played 3 times for the England U-23 side
  33. ^ All 5 brothers) played football
  34. ^ Cha Du-Ri was born in Germany when his father played there
  35. ^ Amador was a vice-president at FC Barcelona and he is not related to Santiago Bernabéu
  36. ^ They were born in Germany of Turkish parents.
  37. ^ Mario Viera played for Uruguay in the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship in Japan.
  38. ^ Casey, Matt and Chris all played in the NASL. Chris was a member of the 1972 U.S. Olympic soccer team and the 1972 NASL Rookie of the Year. Chris and Matt are better-known as NFL placekickers.
  39. ^ 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.
  40. ^ The only father-son members of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
  41. ^ Mark Chung is a Canadian-born Chinese American who came from Jamaica.
  42. ^ Ziadlie played in the NASL and was capped by Jamaica.
  43. ^ These are the first sisters to play together in national team game for any country.
  44. ^ Joe-Max Moore's wife is José Carlos Fernández's cousin.
  45. ^ Danielle Egan was capped by United States women's national soccer team.
  46. ^ Little played professionally for Washington Freedom.
  47. ^ The Wegerle brothers did not play for South Africa.
  48. ^ They are Croats. Zlatko Čajkovski played for Croatia.
  49. ^ They also played for Macedonia.