I Built A Club For ONLY Sons Of Pros

[@AndiiRL]

Martin Ødegaard and Alexander Sørloth could've made this team. Hans Erik Ødegaard had 121 top flight games in Norway (250 professional), while Gøran Sørloth won five league titles with Rosenborg, short spell at B. Mönchengladbach before featuring in the 1994 World Cup among 54 other caps for the national team.

[@ZealandonYT]

Odegaard is definitely the biggest miss on this team

[@alexandremarques8550]

Maybe Maldini

[@alvarotoledano7041]

​@@ZealandonYTAnd what about his partner in the midfield, Mikel Merino? Another candidate for the team :)

[@optimhuz]

Zealandism would have been a fine goalie if not for that ACL tear

[@optimhuz]

oops wrong guy

[@Mutahar-in5kc]

@@optimhuz haha FNG

[@happxiety]

niran would've been pissed

[@NooboEdits]

One year wonder

[@tomfurstyfield]

Kevin Mac Allister also got left at home over Christmas once

[@nilswettlin2012]

I'm surprised you didn't add Leroy Sané, his father Souleyman has (Among others) over a hundred appearances for Sc Freiburg and SG Wattenschied in the Bundesliga, as well as 55 caps for Sénégal

[@ChesterRGC]

-Forgot Sergio Busquets! He's still at Inter Miami, son of Carles Busquets, former Barça GK. -Pepe Reina (still playing lol) son of Miguel Reina, ex-Barça GK. -Chicharito Hernández, son of.. Chícharo Hernández, Mexico international. -Santi Giménez (Feyenoord) son of Christian Giménez, ex-Boca. -Ianis Hagi, son of Gica Hagi. -Rafinha Alcántara, I've seen Thiago on the list, but his brother should be too. -Saúl Ñíguez, son of "Boria", who played a few pro games. -Mikel Merino, son of Angel Merino, 245 Laliga caps. -Also Nico Paz, Gudjohnsen's many sons, Maldini's son, Zidane's many sons and Joao Mendes son of Ronaldinho for youth team

[@DontAttme]

Shane, Justin and Q(?) Kluivert are all Patrick Kluiverts sons and grandchildrenbof a Surinamese legendary striker also.

[@jonathansmith6387]

@@DontAttme liam delap son of rory delap of course.

[@ChesterRGC]

@@DontAttme 9:20 but Justin Kluivert was in the bench already, you can see the list at x0.25 speed. Also Liam Delap, yeah

[@DontAttme]

@@ChesterRGC i noticed after that Justin was included haha

[@johannkraut1224]

Theo Hernandez as well

[@dan-stefanbuzincu556]

Gutted that Ianis Hagi is not there :(

[@danderson8463]

zea hates the bears

[@xQuinny13xFTW]

Lewis Ferguson as well. Derek wasn't a big player but still played a decent amount of games for the Jambos and rangers

[@nikopandetta456]

Also Maldini

[@edi0157]

Maybe on the bench, he s not better than Weah, Mac Allister or Chiesa lol

[@eFDy]

Leroy Sané should definitly be in that team. His father has over 170 Bundesliga games(+ 150 2.Bundesliga) and 55 games for Senegal.

[@fairphoneuser9009]

And he also was the top scorer of the Austrian Bundesliga!

[@seanfitz70]

11:23 that's very much the wrong Andy Gray lmao

[@aldontaskwhy]

You beat me to the punch by 30 seconds. But I had hesitated and double-checked 😂

[@VillaFanDan92]

Yeah that Andy Gray would have been in his late 40s if playing for Scotland in 2003 lmao

[@fishbelter260]

That cracked me up. Can remember when my hair was like that in 2003

[@Tondap]

Came here to say the same thing.

[@ZealandonYT]

Dunno what you're talking about that's definitely and early-2000s hairstyle

[@marcellsamu153]

You missed a bit of lore for Pál Dárdai. He has been on and off the manager for Herta in the last ~10 years, also having been the coach for Hungary at time same time for a period. Márton also has 2 brothers, one of whom plays for Wolfsburg, while the other also play for Herta.

[@CommanderRion]

I was about to say, the Dárdai case is probably the biggest Nepotism FC case here by far, not only is there a connection to his father through the same club, but also his brother.

[@laszloschmel47]

And there was a little period at Hertha when Pál was the coach of all of his 3! sons and they also made apperances during that period XD

[@Olly4507]

@@laszloschmel47 I was at a game where all 3 were on the pitch at the same time

[@aldontaskwhy]

11:24 That's a picture of the wrong Andy Grey! 😂 He's also a Scottish international and pundit, so I understand the confusion.

[@bossman5141]

That confused me, i was thinking theres no way Archie Grey is that Andy's son.

[@ashley_bell]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@SwanRonsonDonnyJepp]

I thought I was going insane. Glad you noticed too 😂

[@nottinghamrocks3838]

Yeah I had assumed I was just wrong 🤣

[@jakestinchcombe6746]

Marton Dardai actually has 2 brothers who are also pro footballers. One of them is also at Hertha while the older brother is at Wolfsburg. Had all 3 of them on my Hertha team that dethroned Bayern

[@Fate134]

lol same

[@frozenx1337]

Almost, Bence is the youngest of them and is the one who plays at Wolfsburg:)

[@CzechDissOut98]

I hate them all and I instantly sold them. Because some of these sons were in Hertha just because of the father being coach.

[@stephenfalkner4213]

Did we miss Liam Delap, son of Rory Delap or did he not make the grade?

[@Whostolemyhandle]

Sergio Conceição has 5 sons. 4 of them are Professional Players. The 5th one also plays football, however, he is only 9 years old. One of them could be an option for that RB position. Also, no Daniel Maldini? That would be the best option for this video, since Maldini grandfather (Cesare) played Milan, and father (Paolo) also played for Milan, making Daniel Maldini the 3rd Maldini to have played for Milan.

[@idzan-private]

Yeah, Maldini family missing is really bad option here, as their footballing history is long.

[@GeTakeo]

One of Sergio Conceiçao sons is in Juve , name Francisco Conceiçao.

[@Whostolemyhandle]

@@GeTakeo Zealand included Francisco in the video

[@GeTakeo]

@@Whostolemyhandle I guess i should have watched the whole thing.

[@SteveAustin-zv1nn]

Roy Keane very much DIDN'T end Haaland's career with that tackle. Where did you get that from? Come on Zealand!

[@kagani6202]

Sure bud.

[@SteveAustin-zv1nn]

@@kagani6202 If you think that then you know nothing about football. It's so easy to Google.

[@i.blomen]

@@kagani6202 he played for multiple years after

[@thomasbannerhaimes]

@@kagani6202 Tbf he's right. Haaland wasn't subbed off after Keane's tackle, and didn't retire for a while after. When he retired it was due to injuries to his left leg, not caused by Keane who hit his right leg.

[@TriumphantStranger]

btw yeah, Netherlands has a ton of Sons of Pros, Van Persie, Van der Vaart, Van Bommel, Reiziger has like 38 sons, all "socceroos", etc etc

[@lanspectre3417]

Van Hooijdonk

[@BrandmanGren]

Wiliot Swedberg of Celta Vigo would have been a nice entry since BOTH his parents played for the swedish national team. His father (Hans Eskilsson), with 8 caps, won the swedish Allsvenskan once and his mother Malin Swedberg played for sweden 78 times, won a bronze medal in World Cup 91, won allsvenskan three times and was named swedens best footballer 1996. She has after her career been a pundit for swedish television.

[@g21g28]

timothy weah making the xi but not marcus thuram is a crime

[@Mythriak_]

yeah, specially since Thuram can play as LW and Chiesa can play RW

[@cklambo]

American bias

[@tops2934]

Kvara's father was a footballer, even played for national team of Azerbaijan

[@lucariokidondemand]

10:35 TOOOR FÜR DIE FORTUNAAA!!! TOOOR!!! *Die Toten Hosen intensifies*

[@dukesfilm]

Onni Valakari could've scraped the bench here. He's a Finnish player on loan at AIK, and his father, Simo Valakari played in the prem with Derby County with 32 caps for Finland, now managing SPL side St. Johnstone.

[@PirateDrive]

Surprised that Z resisted the urge to talk about Claudio Reyna's paegent mom attempts at nepotism during the World Cup.

[@dimosthenisgiouvanoglou7498]

Is that zealand on the right at 4:40 ?

[@theqaz1828]

I hope the Maldini dynasty got a mention

[@chinaman1]

If you just want to add bodies to the squad, you can check out the Ahmad brothers, who are the sons of Fandi Ahmad of Singapore. Probably the greatest Singaporean player ever, he scored in a uefa Cup match against Inter Milan while playing for FC groningen. But unfortunately due to Singapore's mandatory military service, he gave up his European dreams and went back to Singapore and played mainly in Malaysia and Singapore. His 3 sons irfan, ikhsan and ihlan are all pretty good, though I think ilhan is now playing in Europe at 2nd or 3rd tier.

[@mynameisnobody5295]

"Following the release of Keane's autobiography in 2002, Haaland and Manchester City stated that they were considering taking legal action against Keane. However, it emerged that Haaland had stated on his website that he had been playing with the injury to his left knee for a few months, that his left leg did not receive a knock in the game (Keane kicked his right thigh), and that Keane did not cause his long term injury." Source "Haaland admission could wreck case" Evening Standard. 19 August 2002." Though the tackle from Keane was one of the worse tackles that was intentional.

[@Wickerrman]

George Hirst, currently plays for Ipswich, son of David Hirst, who was an absolute beast at Sheffield Wednesday and a very underrated striker who Alex Ferguson tried to sign for years.

[@EgXP]

Just in case anyone cares @11:00 - these are called patronymic surnames.

[@ramach.624]

wait until zealand know about marcos alonso grandfather name

[@A22337]

Or his driving skills!

[@AdThe1st]

Correction: Haaland actually retired from an unrelated injury

[@ptangptang6515]

Can't help thinking of the Slovak international footballer, Vladimir Weiss. His father, also called Vladimir Weiss, gained 31 international caps, and is the first manager to lead Slovakia to a World Cup finals. His grandfather, ALSO named Vladimir Weiss (1939-2018), also represented Czechoslovakia.

[@pheonixblue9434]

Zealandism would make a rant video on so much nepotism

[@Derek-qu8qi]

Andy Gray was 48 in 2003. He retired in 1990. Even Scotland weren’t that desperate for players. Top notch research work.

[@falagarius]

I've been watching this video for 1 3741600th of a decade. Single-handedly my most watched video of the last 15 minutes.

[@hakon8220]

Patrick Berg is an amazing inclusion because not only was his father Ørjan a Norwegian International, but also his uncle Runar Berg and his grandfather Harald "Dutte" Berg.

[@yura50597]

Nepotism Fc? Do you mean Dynamo Kyiv? Kristian Bilovar is the DK centre back who is the son in law of the owner of the club. Viacheslav Surkis is the u-19 goalkeeper who is the nephew of the current owner of the club, and son of the previous owner of the club. Oleksiy Husev is the son of DK legend Oleg Husev, he is currently out on loan playing for UPL side Zoria Luhansk. Roman Salenko the son of Oleg Salenko recently made his debut for Dynamo Kyiv senior side. Oleg Salenko is known for scoring 5 goals at the 1994 world cup vs Cameroon for a country that doesn't deserve the dignity of being named.

[@ivoluijendijk5529]

Love seeing Daley Blind on your team and had you done this experiment a few years back, he'd be a great player. The fact that he still is one of the best options is increadible... Time for some players to produce new defenders dangit!

[@vonhaven785]

missing out Brennan Johnson, luka romero, Tyrese Campbell, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Liam Delap, Thiago, Marcel Sabitzer, Niklas Hedl, Kvaratskhelia, lucas and theo hernandez, Robin Koch, Sane, Tijjani Reijnders, Xavi Simons, Szczęsny, Jose Fonte, Ethan Ampadu, Hagi, Rodrigo, Busquets, Mikel Merino, Fran Pérez, Saúl Ñíguez, Bertrand Traoré, Assan Ouédraogo, Elanga, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Renato Veiga, Samuel Bamba, Aubameyang, Birindelli, Ayew brothers, Diego Moreira, Matchoi Djalo, Noa Lang, Origi, Mamadou Sarr, Lewis Ferguson, Angus Gunn, Martin Baturina, Nemanja Gudelj, Sergej and vanja Milinković-Savić, Mile Svilar, Jesús Ferreira, Shaq Moore

[@A22337]

Yeah many other footballers are sons of former footballers, good observation!

[@lelesucks]

Shaq Moore 💀

[@robertmilchis5955]

things this video made me want: 1. a podcast episode where Roy Keane and Erling Haaland talk to each other. 2. Zealand to sing "Murica, fuck yeah"

[@CloudReacherGaming]

I loved using the ZIDANE brothers in my Maidstone save - fringe worthy players for a top premier league save, but always performed perfectly for me. One of them always scores rockets from way out 🚀 ⚽️

[@ViteK-33]

Kevin Mac Allister (McAllister) from home alone? 3:18

[@lazaron1]

He is named after him. Alexis mentioned it in a recent interview/podcast with Gary Lineker.

[@adamsalt5629]

Zealand, It would take some work but could you find the best version of the dads in previous football manager / championship manager games and edit them into FM24, then pitch them against there sons across a full league season? Would make for a competitive watch!

[@macario8836]

This! Fairly sure chaos would be on the menu with these!

[@fannartful]

10:48 The last name is a patronym rather than a surname. It's called a patronymic naming convention.

[@SeanFranks-w2s]

Next you should do an actual nepotism XI, i.e. find as many sons of superstars you can and put them on the team, based only on how good their dad was (for example Zidane's sons, Ronaldinho's son, Romeo Beckham etc.).

[@Norhod]

As a substitute you could have put Lukaku. His father, Roger Lukaku, has played for Zaïre.

[@Anders-B]

Disappointed not to see Jude Bellingham, Rodyrgo, Warren Zaire-Emery, Daniel Maldini, Lucas and Theo Hernandez and Giorgi Mamardashvili there. Some of them have Dads whose professional credentials are tenuous, but I enjoyed my research and stand by it!

[@chinaman1]

Manager should be Darren Ferguson.

[@itellyouwhy6957]

Or Nigel Clough

[@vonhaven785]

Lampard

[@Mobius-501]

Yo, the disrespect towards Paco Gento. "What wikipedia describes as a legendary Real Madrid player." That man is a legend of the sport itself. That man won the UCL - or rather its predecessor format - six times. Till this very summer, when Carvajal, Kroos, Modric and Nacho caught up , he was the only six times European club champion. He won the Spanish league 12 friggin times. Played for the Spanish National Team 43 times. Btw. regading Marcos Llorentes lineage: His grandfather on his mothers side is former Real Madrid Player Ramón Grosso, yet another European chamipn (1966 as Gentos teammate) and seven times Spanish champion. Also, regarding Marcos Alonso, his grandfather - also names Marcos Alons although known as Marquitos - also won the European cup and the Spanish league five times each, as Gentos teammate.

[@donjezza]

Socceroos is the name of the Australian mens football team

[@spacepegasus376]

Shocked Brennan Johnson didn't make the bench

[@eddiebottom37]

Cos he is rubbish.

[@jester4133]

Dardai was the coach of Hertha last season. And for some reasons his four sons all played regulary for Hertha when he was coach. Talk about neoptism :D

[@lyylski]

Should have included all the Dardai siblings as well. Bence Dardai is like my go-to squad player to sign for a lower midtable side.

[@JamesThompson-c5u]

Mikel merino deserves to be in this team 😢

[@HappyCodingZX]

"I used to be a footballer like you. Then I took a Keano in the knee." - Alf Inge Haaland

[@RabbiJochanan]

Can't believe you missed out on Sørloth and to a lesser degree Ødegaard. Sørloth senior was a big Star for the Norway team that qualified for USA 94

[@aronaranyossy]

Fun fact: Márton Dárdai has two brothers, Pál and Bence Dárdai. Bence is tought to be the best of the three, already a starter for Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.

[@stealexx]

You really should have talked more about the dardai family. Pal dardai was Hertha Berlin's manager last year and he was coaching his three sons Marton, Palko and Bence there. That's pure nepotism!

[@mzmvag]

So you forgot about Maldini?

[@tremoxo]

4:45 Quagmire 😆😆😆

[@tabletbrothers3477]

It's a long road to March.

[@Hasorane]

Shoutout to Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen, Iceland's best ever player, who was subbed on for his dad in the national team

[@M1eXcel]

Would love to see if it was possible to go through retro databases and have a game between team fathers and team sons

[@g.g.baxter4868]

Jude and Jobe Bellinghams dad was a very well known footballer. Only made it to the 7th tier tho so don't know if that disqualified him though. Random football Knowledge, Mark was a Southend United fan, as am I. The first football match Jude watched, was a Southend Game. Ooh what could have been

[@frozenx1337]

I feel like no one outside England's lower leagues knew Mark Bellingham

[@cass2239]

Isn't he only well known since Jude started picking up hype? Pretty sure he was never pro either.

[@EmilKirilov]

KEVIN MacAllister! Really :D

[@CaswellLoo]

Could've maybe put Heung Min Son, his father played in Korea.

[@stonywings5888]

Let's go, my boy Berg making the cut🤠

[@Robi2009]

3:19 - I hope they don't leave him home alone ;>

[@johannkraut1224]

Theo Hernandez and his brother are sons of Jean-Francois Hernandez who played over a 100 times for Toulouse, Sochaux and Marseille. Would definitely upgrade the defense.

[@ddrazina]

Interesting fact: Lilian Thuram played 142 times for France scoring his only 2 goals in the 1998 WC semi final against debutant Croatia, which France won 2:1

[@SongofIceandTea]

I signed Gudjohnson on my first FM i forgot what year that was, and his son on FM23, i didn't even know they're relatives, time flies.... with rocket 😂

[@Margot_est_douce.]

Such an educational video. Your humble approach makes it relatable.

[@1994jbg]

Even if he is old and WAY past his prime, no Sergio Busquets mention is wild also, as someone pointed out, Mikel Merino not making even the bench is surprising

[@maxlvl01]

6:28 You should dive into the reason surrounding that why Mitchell Weiser never played for Köln, which was cause of an attempt at proper nepotism

[@lnorbi2391]

You forgot Attila Szalai, Roland Sallai and Dominik Szoboszlai from the list. But you get a sticker for Márton Dárdai.

[@twilliamspro]

You cant Dance over Kevin McAllister in December without a home alone joke

[@Dapper_Jack]

khvicha kvaratskhelia is the goat and his dad was a pro

[@bornheimulmenbar4469]

We need Robin Koch as CD with his legendary Father Harry Koch from Kaiserslautern

[@czynx3196]

You called up the other two Mac Allister's, I'm glad you didn't leave Kevin home alone....

[@keithverse005]

Ianis Hagi deserved a spot in the squad

[@hanwenyap]

A person whose car got hit: Are you blind? Daley: Yes, I'm Blind. And its pronounced blee-nd

[@SmearyImpala517]

You should make a rival team of players with deadbeat dads

[@cyanlama2163]

I have to mention that Pal Dardai has 3 sons and he let all of them play in the first team of Hertha. Thats Blind level

[@mnmn-pe8od]

You could've put the hernandez brothers into the starting xi improve the defense. Their father played professional football

[@nathski22]

Not a son of but Tommy Doyle is the grandson of Mike Doyle, on his dad’s side, and Glyn Pardoe on his mother’s side. Both former captains of Manchester City during our, previous, most successful period.

[@hungotuan4431]

Marcus Thuram and Haaland not together is a crime 😂

[@JamesHussain82]

That tackle didn't prematurely end his career.

[@lukasriedler315]

on that national team note: please try this team at a world cup simulation

[@zbiuyt3196]

So sad that Luka Zahovič, the son of Zlatko Zahovič (the best ever goalscorer for the slovenian national team) isnt on the list :( also zlazko iz loved by both porto and benfica fans having played for both teams

[@yeahbee8237]

Zlatko was a baller!

[@TomLievense]

Former national coach Bert van Marwijk is Ruben van Bommel’s granddag. 😊

[@federicomarquez8754]

Genuinely surprised Federico Redondo didn't make the cut

[@Halcryder]

Can’t believe the legendary Alex Bruce didn’t make the team.

[@ronnieplonk]

No mention of Ian Wright, Bradley and Shaun Wright-Phillips? Oh the infamy...

[@meowwww9275]

All retired, no?

[@tonyguyan9559]

Wrong picture of Andy Gray by the way. That was Andy Gray former Everton player you showed. His dad is Andy Gray former player of Leeds United and is English born. Frank Gray is Andy Gray’s dad (the Leeds one) & grandad of Archie and that’s how both qualified to play for Scotland.

[@cosmotheumbreontrainer]

10:07 use to be coached by his dad! Zealandism would have done more research and make sure that mistake wasn't made

[@peterdue7676]

Not knowing who 6 times champions league winner (more than anyone else until 2024 when 4 other madridistas joined taht list) paco gento is, is wild

[@andreaslindblom4063]

What about Eric Smith? St Paulis best player the last two years. His dad played 10ish seasons for Halmstad in the swedish top flight

[@i.blomen]

Should've just done this with the real Nepotism FC (Hertha Berlin) considering all 3 of the managers sons are on the team.

[@tillicumbeach638]

Kevin Mccallister 🤣🤣

[@rorytompkins86]

I can’t believe you didn’t include Shaqueel Van Persie

[@TriumphantStranger]

that Arsenal lovers would love next to José Reyes López, may his dad RIP

[@ianmurphy9955]

Yugoslavia 'dropping out' is an understatement

[@matthealey187]

The Roy Keane tackle did not end AIH career its a myth - man played plenty of games after that tackle