It’s not a surprise when a son opts to follow in his father’s footsteps and chooses the same profession. Like any other career, football did not remain immune to this phenomenon. After all, there are examples when as many as one family’s three generations play football, like the Alonsos (Marcos Imaz, Marcos Peña, and Marcos Mendoza) or the Maldinis (Cesare, Paolo, and Daniel). At the EURO 2024, there are six players whose fathers have also worn their country’s jerseys at the European Championships.Romania’s Ianis Hagi is a son of Barcelona and Romania legend Gheorghe Hagi, who represented the Eastern European country at the EURO 2000. Hagi Jr. is a Galatasaray player, and he debuted in the continental tournaments in his national team’s victory over Ukraine 3-0, entering the game in the 62nd minute. So far, he’s played 36 international games and scored five goals.Father-son representing the same country at EURO:🇳🇱 Netherlands : Danny Blind (father) – Daley Blind (son).🇮🇹 Italy : Enrico Chiesa (father) – Federico Chiesa (son).🇵🇹 Portugal : Sérgio Conceição (father) – Francisco Conceição (son).🇷🇴 Romania : Gheorghe Hagi (father) -… pic.twitter.com/QOElAps0dt— Don Jaytrix (@AlambaJugu) June 19, 2024 Francisco Conceição has already shown his full potential and couldn’t imagine a better way to debut at major tournaments. Namely, he scored a late winner in the 92nd minute for Portugal against the Czech Republic. His father, Sérgio, represented Portugal 56 times and participated in EURO 2000. He even scored a hat-trick in the group stage clash against Germany, which Portugal won 3-0, eventually reaching the semi-final. Moreover, Sérgio has been Francisco’s coach at Porto last season.Daley Blind, 34, is the oldest player in the Netherlands EURO 2024 squad. He’s played 107 matches for Oranje and has been an international since 2013. His father, Danny, took part in two EUROs – 1992, when the Netherlands reached the semi-finals, and 1996, when he was the team’s captain. Despite Daley’s long international career, this will be only his second EURO participation (after the previous tournament), since the Netherlands failed to qualify in 2016.The best scorer of EURO 2024? So far, Mr Own GoalFederico Chiesa is one of the best Italian players of the younger generation. This is his second EURO since he was part of the team that won the title four years ago. In that sense, he has already surpassed his father, Enrico, who was selected to play at the EURO 1996 in England. Enrico played for numerous Italian sides and was a quality striker, but Federico is already way ahead, and Chiesa Sr. is undoubtedly proud of his boy.Inter Milan’s forward Marcus Thuram is one of the most famous names among the “sons”. Just like Federico Chiesa, he also participated in the previous edition of the continental tournament, but he’ll have to work much more to surpass his father, Lilian. Namely, Lilian was part of the French squad in three EUROs (2000, 2004, and 2008), winning the European crown in 2000. Apart from that, he won the 1998 World Cup and scored his only two goals for Les Blues against Croatia in a semi-final win 2-1.##NAJAVA_MECA_8173413##Finally, given that we have a defender, a few midfielders and a forward, we need a goalkeeper. Who else than an offshoot of the renowned goalkeeping family – the Schmeichels? Man United legend and a Champions League winner, Peter, was a vital part of the Danish squad, which caused one of the biggest ever surprises in European football, winning the EURO 1992. On the other hand, his son Kasper wasn’t so lucky when it came to the national team, but he will forever be remembered for the unbelievable campaign and a Premier League title with Leicester in 2016. As for his international record, the EURO 2024 is his third (after 2012 and 2020), and the Dane’s best result was the quarter-final four years ago.
