Monday, June 15, 2020

DID YOU KNOW THESE FOOTBALLERS WERE RELATED.

 Over the years  there have been a few brothers to play football, like the Neville's , Charlton's, De Boers, Larrup's , Insaghi's .
 So here are some  you may not know were related as well.
1) Lionel Messi and Bojan  Kirkic , are distant cousins as Messi 's great grandfather was from Catulonya .
2)  Jay  Jay Okacha  and Alex Iwobi, Alex is Jay  Jay   Okacha nephew.
3) Jerome Boateng and Prince Boateng  are brothers.
4 Daniel Sturridge  is the nephew of Simon Sturridge and Dean Sturridge.
 5) Didier Drogba  and Oliver Teileby  are brothers Didier Drogba dropped the surname after he entered football.
6) Mark Viduka and Luka Modric are distant   cousins as Mark Viduka's  father moved to Australia in the 1960's.
 7) Philippe Coutinho  and jujinho  who played for Liverpool and Middlesbrough  are distant cosins.Bth were good Jujinho  held the record for the most goals scored by a Brazilian in England ,and only Philippe Coutinho  broke it later.

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