A row of 8 son of football legends whose careers are not as great as their father’s will be reviewed by SportReviews in this article.
Football is the most popular sport worldwide. Football has even become opium for its activists. Therefore, it is not uncommon for retired footballers to decide to stay involved in the world of football by becoming a coach.
Not only that, there are many footballers who lead their son to follow in his footsteps as a soccer player. However, the son of world football players do not always have a flashy career like their father. There are many son of world-class soccer players whose careers are classified as mediocre or even bad. Who are they? Here, SportReviews summarizes 8 son of legendary footballers whose careers are not as great as their father’s.
- Joe Van Der Sar
Edwin Van Der Sar was Manchester United’s mainstay goalkeeper from 2005 to 2011. Throughout his career, Edwin Van Der Sar has won 26 trophies and recorded 1311 minutes without conceding a goal in 2008-2009.
However, it seems that Edwin’s talent has not inherited to his son, Joe Van Der Sar. Even though he was a graduate of the Manchester United academy, Joe had to play for the Dutch League club before finally playing in the United States with the Pittsburgh Panthers.
2. Maxim Gullitt
Maxim Gullit is the son of former AC Milan, Sampdoria and Chelsea player Ruud Gullit and his wife Stella Cruyff who is the daughter of Johan Cruyff. Even though he has descendants of very popular football players from his father and grandfather who are very popular, Maxim is not as flashy as his parents. Maxim started his career at the Al Akmar academy and then moved to SC Chamber.
- Andri Lucas Gudjohnsen
Eidur Gudjohnsen is a former player who played for big European clubs such as Chelsea and Barcelona. The son, Andri Lucas, then continued his father by playing football by joining the Barcelona academy before finally moving to Espanyol. Currently, 19-year-old Andri Lucas is part of Real Madrid Castilla’s second tier team.
- The Zidane Brothers
Everyone certainly knows the figure of Zinedine Zidane. Not only successful as a player, this bald-headed man is also successful as a coach. Zidane’s talent was then passed on to all of his son. But unfortunately, none of Zidane’s four son have been able to come close to Zidane’s achievements in the world of football.
- Maurizio Pochettino
The world football public is certainly no stranger to the figure of coach Mauricio Pochettino. Pochettino’s football talent then decreased to his son, namely Maurizio Pochettino who played for Tottenham in 2019-2020. But now Maurizio has moved to Watford on a free transfer.
- Justin Kluivert
Patrick Kluivert is a former Barcelona player from 1998 to 2004 and achieved a lot of success. Unfortunately, his achievements did not inherited with his son, namely Justin Kluivert. Justin started his career at Jong Ajax, and then continued to senior Ajax and AS Roma. After that, Justin spent more time on loan at RB Leipzig and Nice.
- Giovanni Simeone
Diego Simeone is a successful figure in the world of football both as a player and coach. However, that success did not inherited to his son, Giovanni Simeone. Unlike his father, who worked in Spain, Giovanni prefers a career in the Italian League by strengthening mediocre clubs such as Cagliari, Genoa and Hellas Verona.
That has improved recently as Simeone moved to Napoli in the summer of 2022. However, he still couldn’t become a starter due to his competitive defeat by Victor Osimhen.
8. Daniel Maldini
Everyone is certainly familiar with Paolo Maldini, former AC Milan captain. Paolo Maldini’s talent then passed on to his son, Daniel Maldini, who also chose to defend AC Milan.
Unlike his father, who occupied the back line, Daniel chose to be on the front lines as a second striker. Making his debut against Hellas Verona in the 2019-2020 season, Daniel Maldini has only made 18 appearances so far.
