All over the world, there are millions of young children who want to follow in their parents’ footsteps when they grow up, and it seems in football there is no difference.
Some players, such as Kasper Schmeichel or Daley Blind, have done well to manage the pressure their family name brings, as the former helped his Leicester City side win the Premier League in 2016.

As a youngster, the Danish goalkeeper was videoed playing football in the halls of Old Trafford with another famous son, Tom Ince, who has also gone on to play in the Premier League.

But across Europe, there is a new batch of players, fathered by some of football’s greatest, who are trying to make their name in the sport while juggling the pressure of their father’s success.

While some are performing better than others, all still have a long way to go in their careers.

Here are 12 footballers currently playing in Europe, looking to follow in the footsteps of their fathers.

Justin Kluivert

Club: AS Roma

Father: Patrick Kluivert

One of Roma’s most exciting young players, Justin Kluivert has been tipped to follow in the footsteps of his father Patrick, despite being just 20.

Having made his first-team debut in 2017, the Dutchman played 56 times for Ajax in all competitions, scoring 13 goals.

The 20-year-old’s form earned him a place in the Netherlands squad last year where he went on to earn his first cap against Portugal, and in turn, making the Kluiverts the first teenager father-son debutants in Netherlands’ history.

Kluivert made a move to Italian giants A.S. Roma during the 2018 summer transfer window for £15.16m.
A former Ajax and Barcelona striker, Patrick Kluivert is widely regarded as a football icon in the Netherlands and around the world, scoring 199 club career goals, while winning titles in Spain and the Netherlands, including the Champions League with Ajax in 1995.

Marcus Thuram

Club: Guingamp

Father: Lilian Thuram
Son of Lilian Thuram, Marcus is currently playing in Ligue 2 with Guingamp as a striker, having suffered relegation from the French top-flight last season.

Joining from Sochaux in 2017, the 21-year-old scored nine times in the league last term in 32 appearances, though his efforts were not enough to keep Guingamp in Ligue 1.

A French legend, Lilian Thuram retired as the most-capped player in the history of the France national team with 142 appearances between 1994 and 2008, winning the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championships.

The defender spent a large part of his club career playing in Italy with Parma – where his son Marcus was born – and then Juventus.

Isaac Drogba

Club: Guingamp

Father: Didier Drogba

Another famous footballer’s son playing for Guingamp, Isaac Drogba joined the French side in 2018 after leaving the Chelsea academy.

Joining the Ligue 1 side’s academy, Isaac is following in the footsteps of father Didier Drogba who played 50 times for Guingamp before moving on to Marseille, and then Chelsea.

Hailed as one of the best strikers of modern football, Drogba won the majority of his trophies over two spells with Chelsea, including four Premier League titles, four FA Cups, three League Cups and also the Champions League – which saw him score a late equaliser and the winning penalty against Bayern Munich in the final.

Enzo Fernandez

Club: Rayo Majadahonda (on loan from FC Lausanne-Sport)

Father: Zinedine Zidane

One of four sons of Zinedine Zidane, all of whom have followed their father into football, Enzo Fernandez is currently trying to make a name for himself away from Real Madrid – where his career started.

Signed by Swiss club FC Lausanne-Sport from Alaves in January 2018, Enzo spent the season on loan with CF Rayo Majadahonda.

The other three of Zidane’s sons – Luca, Theo and Elyaz – are currently playing for Real Madrid at various levels, with Luca bucking the trend and playing in goal.
However good the quartet turn out to be, they will have a hard time living up to the Zidane name, with Zinedine widely regarded as one of the best footballers ever to grace the game.

Giovanni Simeone

Club: Fiorentina

Father: Diego Simeone
A frequent starter for Fiorentina, striker Giovanni Simeone is showing the potential to be a top-flight European striker.

Scoring 14 goals in 40 appearances over the 2017-18 campaign, the 23-year-old wasn’t quite able to replicate that form last season but has previously been linked with a move to join Atletico Madrid, where his father Diego Simeone is the manager.
“My son has everything to play under me, but I will never sign him,” Diego said in September 2018.

“Unfortunately, I’m never going to sign him for my team, I never want to totally rule the possibility out on one hand but it would be very difficult to have a son in the locker room.

“It would be difficult for him, for me, for the relationship…and besides, right now he is doing great, maybe one day I’m not at Atletico, maybe he can come.”

Devante Cole

Club: Wigan Athletic

Father: Andy Cole
Once a member of Manchester City’s academy, Devante Cole spent last season with League One side Burton Albion, on loan from Wigan Athletic.

Like father Andy Cole, Devante is a centre-forward, scoring 10 league goals for previous Fleetwood, which subsequently earned him his move to Wigan.


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Kasper Schmeichel
Club: Leicester City
Father: Peter Schmeichel

The most remarkable of them all till date is Kasper schmeichel.


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