International football's band of brothers: Part - 1

The Altintop twins – Halil and Hamit

Turk Hamit Altintop has been one of the most versatile midfielders in the game in the past 15 years or so. He has even played at right back sometimes. His thundering missiles from long distance have been a feature of his play right through his playing time at Schalke, Bayern Munich and Galatasaray. He has turned out 79 times for Turkey with 7 goals in them. He won 2 Bundesliga titles and 2 German cups in his time with Bayern.

Little is it known, that Hamit has a twin brother Halil, born 10 minutes after him, who plays as either a centre forward or winger. Halil too has played for most of his career in the Bundesliga with Kaiserslautern, Frankfurt and Schalke. He currently is with Trabzonspor in Turkey. He has 38 international caps with 8 goals to show.