Many football legends in the world have succeeded in opening the field of brilliance and prominence to their children and helping them hone their talents to follow in their footsteps and lead a remarkable football career.
In recent years, the shares of several players have risen on international football fields, after they inherited talent and football qualities from their fathers to follow the path of fame and success.
In the 2024-2025 season, many children of football stars are performing amazingly, bringing to mind the career of their fathers, including Marcus Thuram, the star. Inter Milan Justin Kluivert, the English Bournemouth striker, Giovanni Simeone, the Napoli striker, and others.
The following report reviews the 10 most famous stars in European football today, whose fathers were major players in world football:
10 – Jordan Ayew (Leicester City)
Ghana’s national team star, Jordan Ayew, is considered one of his country’s most famous national team players and African football stars in the English Premier League, where he spent the bulk of his football career until his contract with Leicester City at the beginning of this season.
Jordan is the youngest son of the best player in the history of Ghana, Abedi Billy, who won the Golden Ball for the best African player in 1991, 1992 and 1993, and the European champion with Olympique de Marseille (1993). He is also the younger brother of Andre Ayew, who in turn is one of the stars of the Black Stars national team.
In 2015, Jordan moved to Aston Villa in the English Premier League and his star shone there, before he had other successful experiences with Swansea City, Crystal Palace and Leicester City. He played 109 matches with the Ghana national team in which he scored 29 goals.
9 – Federico Chiesa (Liverpool, England)
In the 1990s and the beginning of the current millennium, Enrico Chiesa was one of the stars of the Italian League, with the clubs Sampdoria, Parma and Fiorentina. He won two European club titles in 1990 and 1998, and also participated with the Italian national team in Euro 1996 and 2000.
Years after his retirement, Chiesa’s name appeared again as one of the most prominent stars of Fiorentina and the Italian League, before his followers discovered that behind this remarkable rise was a former player named Enrico, who is Federico Chiesa’s father.
In 2022, Chiesa moved to Juventus, and he also appeared with the Italian national team, which won the European Championship 2021 after defeating England in the final.
In return for his brilliance in the ranks of the “Old Lady” team, Chiesa, who was born in 1997 in the city of Genoa, moved to the ranks of Liverpool During last summer.
8 – Francesco Conceicao (Juventus, Italy)
The star of Portuguese striker Francisco Conceicao shone strongly during his team, Porto, winning the league last season, securing the player a contract with Italian Juventus last summer on loan.
Francesco is the son of the legend of the Italian national team of Portugal, Inter and Latso, Sergio Conceição, who was one of the stars of Portugal’s golden generation in Euro 1996 and 2000, led by Luís Figo.
In 2021-2022, Francisco won the Portuguese League title. He also participated in the 2024 European Nations Cup with his country and scored one goal. During the current season, he participated in 16 matches with Juventus and reached the final of the Italian Super Cup.
7 – Daniele Maldini (Monza, Italy)
Daniel Maldini, the son of the legend of AC Milan and the Italian national team, did not reach his father’s fame as one of the greatest players in the history of football, but he is moving steadily towards a remarkable journey like his father or grandfather Cesare.
After his start at Milan in 2020, Daniel, who plays as a striker, moved to Monza, which was newly promoted to the first division, and began to establish his feet in his new team.
Daniel was born in 2003, and after playing for Milan, his parent team, then Spezia and Empoli, he moved to Monza and received his first invitation to play for the Italian national team in October 2024.
6- Giovanni Simeone (Napoli, Italy)
Although the stardom of Argentine Diego Simeone appeared as a historic coach for Atletico Madrid, more than as a player in the ranks of Lazio, Inter Milan, and Atletico Madrid, the current coach still has a great place in the history of football with the clubs and the national team.
Simeone played at the highest level with Lazio, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid and Seville, before he carved out an amazing coaching career when he took over the reins of Atletico and turned it into a team that competes strongly with Real Madrid and Barcelona for titles, winning the league twice in addition to reaching the 2016 Champions League final.
In 2016, the name of Giovanni Simeone, the eldest son, appeared at a wonderful level in Italian Genoa before moving to Fiorentina in 2019 and then Napoli in 2022, where he won the Italian League title in his first season.
5- Timothy Weah (Juventus, Italy)
Timothy Weah, the son of African football legend and star of Milan and the Liberian national team, George Weah, is considered one of the prominent names this season in the Italian League with his team, Juventus.
After starting his career in New York, Weah, who was born in February 2000, moved to Saint-Germain, the team that embraced his father for years, then joined the French ranks of Lille in 2019, then Juventus in the 2023-2024 season.
During the current season, Weah Jr. participated in 14 matches with Juventus and scored 5 goals, noting that he defends the colors of the American national team and participated with them in the Qatar World Cup 2022.
George Weah, Timothy’s father, is the only African player to win the Ballon d’Or for the best player in the world in 1995. He was also one of the greatest players in Monaco, Saint-Germain and Milan, in addition to his remarkable career with the Liberian national team.
4 – Thiago and Rafinha Alcantara (Liverpool and Barcelona)
About 30 years ago, striker Mazinho contributed to leading the Brazilian national team to win the 1994 World Cup, in a generation that included the greatest samba stars such as Romario, Bebeto, Cafu and Dunga.
After nearly two decades, the stars of his two sons, Rafinha and Thiago, shone with Barcelona, before the two brothers went through other football experiences that took them to many major clubs in Europe.
Thiago (33 years old) became prominent with Barcelona, then Bayern Munich, then Liverpool, and made a remarkable football career during which he won many titles, most notably the Champions League with Bayern in 2020, which is the same title that his brother Rafinha (31 years old) won with Barcelona in 2015.
Internationally, Thiago defended the colors of the Spanish national team, while Rafinha carried the jersey of the Brazilian national team.
3- Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth, England)
Justin Kluivert’s star with his club, Bournemouth, shone amazingly during this season. The Dutch striker was able to inherit from his father, Patrick Kluivert, the legend of the Netherlands and FC Barcelona, football qualities that made him one of the Premier League’s top scorers.
The player, who carried the colors of Valencia, Roma and Ajax, has succeeded in scoring 10 goals so far. He also scored a hat-trick for Bournemouth against Newcastle last week (4-1), which is his second “hat-trick” this season after his achievement against Wolverhampton (3-0).
Justin, who was born in 1999, aspires to follow in the footsteps of his father, who was a big star with Ajax, then Milan, and then Barcelona, and won the 1995 Champions League with Ajax by scoring the final goal against Milan.
2- Kasper Schmeichel (Scottish Celtic)
Danish international goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel reached the peak of his career when he contributed to Leicester’s historic crowning of the English Premier League title for the first time in its history in 2016.
Casper, born in 1986, is the son of the legendary Peter Schmeichel, European champion with Denmark in 1992, and Manchester United goalkeeper during the golden era of the Red Devils.
Kasper Schmeichel is considered one of the most famous goalkeepers in the world and in his country. After a career with Leicester, he moved last season to Celtic in the Scottish Premier League, noting that he participated in 111 matches with his country’s national team.
1 – Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan)
Lilian Thuram, the former defender of the French national team, was one of the greatest legends of French football, having won the 1998 World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000.
In 2022, Marcus Thuram, his eldest son, was close to repeating his father’s achievement when he reached the final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and lost the title to Argentina.
Marcos (29 years old) is following his father’s path to carve a great football career, after he excelled during the past seasons in the ranks of Inter Milan and led them to be crowned Italian champions in 2024, and he also shined remarkably this season, noting that his younger brother Kervin (23 years old) plays in the squad. Juventus.
Marcos (27 years old) scored 13 goals during the current season in 21 matches with Inter in Serie A.
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