From the Inzaghis [Filippo and Simone] to the Ferdinands [Rio and Anton] to the Toures [Yaya and Kolo], the world of football, particularly Europe, have been blessed with the presence of some of the finest football brothers. We have put together a list of some brothers [in no order of preference] who are still active and making names for themselves in the round leather game.

1. EDEN HAZARD AND THORGAN HAZARD Eden Hazard began his senior career with Ligue 1 club Lille, where he won the League and Cup double and was named the Ligue 1 Player of the Year in the 2010/2011 season. He signed for Chelsea in June 2012 and had a successful 7-year spell, one that saw him win the Premier League twice, the FA Cup and League Cup both once and the UEFA Europa League twice. He joined Real Madrid in 2019 in a transfer worth up to 150 million euros. Thorgan on the other hand started his professional career at Lens in Ligue 1 and like his older brother Eden, he moved to Chelsea in 2012 where he never played a competitive match before he was loaned to Zulte Waregem for two years. He joined Borussia Monchengladbach in 2014 and made over 100 appearances before moving to Borussia Dortmund in 2019. Both Eden and Thorgan were part of the Belgium team that finished 3rd at the FIFA World Cup in Russia in 2018.

2. CHRISTIAN BENTEKE AND JONATHAN BENTEKE Christian and Jonathan Benteke became the first Belgian brothers to play in the Premier League on the 10th of September 2016 when Jonathan came on as a late substitute for his brother Christian in Crystal Palace’s 2-1 win at Middleborough. While Jonathan was released by the club at the end of the 2016/2017 season, Christian finished as the club top scorer with 15 league goals and is still a Crystal Palace player till date.

3. ROMELU LUKAKU AND JORDAN LUKAKU The older and more popular of the two, Romelu Lukaku, currently plays for Italian side, Inter Milan. He began his professional career at Belgian Pro League club Anderlecht in 2009 and moved to English side Chelsea two years later. He sparingly featured for Chelsea in his first season which led to loan spells at West Bromwich Albion and Everton, and after a successful one at the latter, he was signed on a permanent deal worth a club record fee of 28 million euros in 2014. He was named in the 2016/2017 PFA Team of the Year and later signed for Manchester United [in 2017] before making a move to Inter Milan two years later. His younger brother Jordan Lukaku started his professional career at R.S.C. Anderlecht before moving to Oostende in 2013. He was signed by S.S. Lazio for 4 million euros in 2016 and was part of the Belgium squad at the UEFA Euro tournament in 2016. He currently plays for Royal Antwerp F.C in Belgium.

4. ANDRE AYEW AND JORDAN AYEW Born to a three-time African Footballer of the Year and FIFA 100 member, Abedi Pele Ayew, Andre and Jordan Ayew both started their professional careers in Marseille in 2007 and 2009 respectively. They were both part of the Ghana team that finished as runner-up at the 2015 African Cup of nations tournament in Equatorial Guinea. After playing together at Marseille, they got to play together again after Andre completed a deadline day return to former club Swansea City in January 2018. Both Andre and Jordan have been through thick and thin together, including the controversy of being left out of the Ghana international team for a time because the manager was jealous of their father Abedi Pele.

5. JEROME BOATENG AND KELVIN-PRINCE BOATENG Jerome Boateng, the younger of the two, started his career at Hertha BSC before he moved to Hamburger SV and after a season in England with Manchester City, he moved back to Germany and joined Bayern Munich in 2011. He has since won domestic and European honours with Bayern Munich, notably the continental treble in the 2012/2013 and 2019/2020 seasons. He also won the World Cup with Germany in 2014. His paternal half-brother, Kelvin-Prince Boateng, on the other hand also started his career at Hertha BSC after coming through the youth system. He has since gone on to play for a number of clubs which includes Tottenham Hotspur, Borussia Dortmund, Porthsmouth, A.C. Milan, Schalke 04, Las Palmas, Eintract Frankfurt, Sassuolo, Barcelona, Fiorentina and Besiktas. He currently plays for Italian Seria B club, Monza. Just like Jerome, Kelvin-Prince represented his native country Germany at youth level before opting to switch his allegiance to Ghana in May 2010.

6. RAFINHA AND THIAGO ALCANTARA Just like the Ayew brothers, Rafinha and Thiago Alcantara are also children of a former footballer, Mazinho, who won the FIFA World Cup with Brazil in 1994. Currently playing for Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool respectively, Rafinha and Thiago both started their professional careers at Barcelona. They both left Barcelona in 2013; Thiago signing for Bayern Munich and Rafinha joining Celta Vigo on loan, and while Thiago remained with Bayern Munich for seven years before signing for Liverpool, Rafinha made subsequent loan moves to Inter Milan and back to Celta Vigo before moving permanently to Paris Saint-Germain. Interestingly, they both play for different countries, with Rafinha opting to play for his motherland Brazil and Thiago choosing to pitch his tent with Spain.

7. GIANLUIGI DONNARUMMA AND ANTONIO DONNARUMMA Antonio started his senior career with A.C. Milan, seven years before his brother Gianluigi, and failed to feature in a single match in his four-year stay which led to loan spells at Piacenza and Gubbio before moving permanently to Genoa

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