5 successful footballers whose fathers were football legends

#5 Miguel Angel and Xabi Alonso

Xabi Alonso has surpassed his father in every possible way

On this list, Miguel Angel, aka ‘Periko’, has to be the proudest dad ever. As a player himself, he won the La Liga three times, twice with Real Sociedad and once with Barcelona. Daddy Alonso also represented Spain 20 times.

And that’s where it ends for him.

For son Alonso, however, those numbers are too petty. With three Champions League and League titles under his belt, Xabi has engraved his name in the walls of eternity.

But that’s not all. For Spain, he won the World Cup and the Euros twice, making him one of the most successful players the sport has ever witnessed. He also has a mammoth 114 caps for Spain, making him the 6^th most capped player of the nation.