5 successful footballers whose fathers were football legends

#4 Peter Schmeichel and Kasper Schmeichel

No one could have predicted that the boy on the right would ever win a Premier League title with Leicester

It is not often that you see a father-son goal-keeper pairing making a list like this. Actually, come to think of it: we NEVER see such a thing, unless it is the case of the Schmeichel father-son pairing.

Peter Schmeichel is a proper legend in every possible way. He not only had an illustrious career with Manchester United but also won the Euro 1992 with Denmark. It was Denmark’s only ever international trophy and Schmeichel played a big hand in helping them acquire it. He is also their most capped player of all time with 129 appearances to his name.

He also won a treble with Manchester United in 1999 and finished his club career with nine league trophies and a Champions League.

His son, Kasper, might not have reached the levels that his dad did, but his hand in Leicester’s miracle Premiership win was a huge one, which puts him on the stepping stone to greatness.