Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel is a son of the famous Peter Schmeichel, who occupied the same position in the national team twenty years ago. This dynastic permanence is extremely rare at the highest level of football. 

This is an unwritten rule of team sports, which is almost always true. The number of family dynasties is inversely proportional to the number of people who practice the sport. Frequent at the highest level in relatively confidential disciplines, dynasties are rare in football, the most popular sport in the world. The presence of Kasper Schmeichel in Denmark's goal, in the same position as his father Peter who defended it for a long time, is therefore a curiosity.

There is nothing exceptional when sons do the same sport as their dads, but the value is not hereditary in a sport where places are very expensive. The fact of being named Zidane has certainly helped to find a training center (Madrid) to his four sons, but they are very far from their father's illustrious fate. The eldest Enzo, 23, pursues a humble career at Lauzanne, Switzerland, and Lucas, 20, is happy to be a Real reserve team goalkeeper.

Father-son couples rare at the highest level

From the generation of France's 1998 world champions, only Lilian Thuram can hope to see one of his sons, the eldest Marcus or more likely the promising junior Khephren, wear the blue jersey one day. This consecration happened in the life of Jean Djorkaeff, international in the 1960s, whose son Yuri was crowned world champion twenty years ago. Yuri's son Oan, who plays for the reserve Nantes team, proves that father-son couples are rare at the highest level. So the career of Thibault Giresse can not be compared to that of his father Alain. Same thing with the Puels, with Claude having greatly overshadowed his son Gregory.

Source: La-Croix