International football's band of brothers: Part - 1

The Inzaghis – Filippo and Simone

‘Pippo’ Inzaghi, the master poacher who represented two of Italy’s biggest clubs – Juventus and AC Milan. He turned out for Italy 57 times, netting 25 goals. At Juve, he formed a formidable attacking partnership with Alessandro Del Piero and Zinedine Zidane, scoring 57 goals for the Bianconeri in 4 seasons. The arrival of David Trezeguet instigated his move to rivals Milan where he became a club legend. He retired after playing 11 seasons with Milan post the 2011-12 season, making 202 appearances and scoring 73 goals. ‘Pippo’ won 3 Serie A titles (2 with Milan, 1 with Juve) and 2 Champions League crowns (both with Milan). He was part of the gold medal winning Italy U-21team in 1994 as well as the World Cup winning senior team in 2006.

One of the most prolific goal-scorers of all time, he is 5^th overall in Italy, with 313 goals. He is also the second all-time most prolific goal scorer in European club competitions with 70 goals, only beaten by Raúl’s 77 goals, and happens to hold the record for most hat-tricks in Serie A (10), and the Champions League (3, jointly with Michael Owen, Lionel Messi, and Mario Gómez). Filippo is currently the head coach of Milan’s Under-17 team.

The lesser known Inzaghi, Simone played 11 seasons with Lazio during the first decade of the 21^st century. He, too, was a striker and scored 28 times for the Eagles. He was restricted to just 3 international caps though and did not win any major titles.