Saint-Denis (AFP)
Marcus Thuram, son of Lilian, entered Wednesday against Finland in the small circle of French internationals from father to son, a rarity in history also experienced in other selections.
- Thuram, seventh in the list -
More than twelve years after his last appearance in Blue, the record holder of selections for the French team Lilian Thuram (142 caps between 1994 and 2008) sees his son Marcus take up the family torch during a friendly match Wednesday night against Finland at the Stade of France.
The current Mönchengladbach striker and the 1998 world champion are thus walking in the footsteps of six previous dynasties among the Blues.
- Roger (18 caps) then Patrice Rio (17 caps): the ex-FC Rouen striker and the ex-defender of Nantes both wore the blue jersey in the World Cup, the father in 1934 and the son in 1978.
- René (1 select) then Jean Gallice (7 select): of the two Bordeaux players, the son Jean is the one with the most selections, all between 1974 and 1976. As a trainer, the former striker of the Girondins has led the France Under-19 team to the European title in 2005, with Hugo Lloris in goal.
- Guy (2 sel.) Then Didier Sénac (3 sel.): The first wore the tricolor jersey at the beginning of the 1970s as defender of RC Paris, the second succeeded him as defender of RC Lens in the following decade.
The latter was also crowned at the 1984 Olympics with the Blues.
- René (1 sel.) Then Pierre Pleimelding (1 sel.): The ex-defender of Toulouse and the former striker of Lille played only one friendly meeting each, in 1953 and in 1978 respectively.
- Julien (1 sel.) Then Yannick Stopyra (33 sel.): If the father only played a friendly in 1960, the son, also attacker, donned the tricolor tunic about thirty times in the 1980s. in particular the semi-final of the World Cup-1986 with the "magic square" (Platini, Giresse, Fernandez, Tigana).
- Jean (48 caps) then Youri Djorkaeff (82 caps): the father and son Djorkaeff accumulate 130 selections between them, each having marked the history of the Blues in their own way.
Defender of Lyon, Marseille and Paris, Jean wore the captain's armband 24 times from 1969. As for Youri, attacking midfielder of Monaco, Paris, Milan and Kaiserslautern, he won the World Cup in 1998 and then the Euro in 2000.
- Abroad, Maldini or Gudjohnsen -
Outside France, the Maldini family holds the Palme d'Or with its three successive internationals: grandfather Cesare (14 sel. Between 1960 and 1963), who later became coach of the Italian team, father Paolo (126 caps between 1986 and 2002) then son Daniel, current 19-year-old AC Milan striker who has a handful of selections in the youth categories.
Currently titular in the Danish cage, Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester) took over from his father Peter, iconic Manchester United goalkeeper who accumulated 129 caps mainly in the 1990s. The father has a trophy cabinet much more filled with in particular Euro-1992 and the 1999 Champions League.
With Iceland, Eidur Gudjohnsen literally succeeded his father Arnór (73 caps) on April 24, 1996 by replacing him in a friendly match against Estonia for the first of his 88 capes.
After having made the happiness of OM and Ghana (73 sel.) In the 1990s, Abedi Pelé saw his sons André and Jordan Ayew wear the Olympian jersey and that of the "Blacks Stars".
André (Swansea / English 2nd division) is the current captain of Jordan (Crystal Palace) in the Ghanaian selection.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the current Arsenal striker, wears the captain's armband with the selection of Gabon (51 sel.) Which his father Pierre (80 sel.) Also attended in the 1990s mainly.
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