Top 20 Most Celebrated Football Siblings include Andre and Jordan Ayew

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ANDREJORDAN Football's Best brothers: Andre and Jordan Ayew Named in Top 20 Most Celebrated Football Siblings ANDREJORDAN

Ghanaian Duo Andre Ayew and Jordan have been named in the Top 20 most celebrated football siblings. Both players are an integral part of the Black stars and were part of Ghana?s side that won silver at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations staged in Equatorial Guinea.

Both players are currently in blistering form for the respective clubs. Jordan has scored nine league goals for Lorient while Andre has seven for Olympique Marseille.

We start with a simple one. The Charlton brothers won the World Cup in the same side. That alone would be plenty, but then there are their individual achievements: Sir Bobby?s three league titles and a Ballon d?Or; Jack?s title win with Leeds in 1969 and impressive spell in charge of the Republic of Ireland.

Negative points for their fraught relationship in the last few years, but they top the rankings by some distance.

I think we all know just how cool S?crates was, but here?s a brief primer for those at the back: he was a cigarette-smoking, backheel-happy, democracy-campaigning, aphorism-spouting ACTUAL DOCTOR. As in: he had a degree in medicine.

His brother wasn?t quite as celebrated but is a bona fide legend at both S?o Paulo FC and Paris Saint-Germain. Plus he won the World Cup in 1994, 12 years after S?crates? side came up short.

In at three are the brave Baresi boys. Franco?s standing in the global game is hardly up for debate ? he managed the feat of finishing finishing first, second and third at World Cups and must be considered Italy?s best ever defender ? but older brother Giuseppe was no slouch either, racking up almost 400 appearances for Inter.

Football's Best brothers: Andre and Jordan Ayew Named in Top 20 Most Celebrated Football Siblings Brian and Michael Laudrup

The Laudrups were blessed with ludicrous ability and complemented each other beautifully. Michael was the central schemer, capable of splitting defences with a waft of that subtle right foot, while Brian was the twisting bewitcher on the wing.

Plus their collective hair game was never anything other than absolutely sensational.

For a whole generation of football fans, any mention of the Netherlands national team conjures images of the magnificent underachievers of the 1990s and early 2000s. And perhaps no players represent that generation better than the silky De Boer twins.

Bonus points for having played together at no fewer than five clubs, and for the fact that Frank was left-footed and Ronald preferred his right.

Phil Neville of Manchester United celebrates scoring their first goal with his brother Gary Neville during the FA Barclaycard Premiership match Football's Best brothers: Andre and Jordan Ayew Named in Top 20 Most Celebrated Football Siblings Phil Neville Gary Neville

Scoff all you want, but the Neville brothers deserve their place in the upper echelons of this list.  Gary may have faded badly in the years before his retirement but was a staple of Manchester United?s success during Sir Alex Ferguson?s reign, while the more versatile Phil was a better player than many gave him credit for.

Football's Best brothers: Andre and Jordan Ayew Named in Top 20 Most Celebrated Football Siblings Gabriel Diego Milito

The Argentine pair played for rival sides in their youth and presumably spent their formative years playing attack vs defence: Gabriel was a sturdy, clever centre-back while Diego?s career has seen him plunder goals in Italy and Spain. The latter is still going strong at 35 in his homeland.

Yaya Toure of Manchester City and Kolo Toure of Liverpool walk off the pitch Football's Best brothers: Andre and Jordan Ayew Named in Top 20 Most Celebrated Football Siblings Yaya Toure Kolo Toure

Yaya Toure of Manchester City and Kolo Toure of Liverpool walk off the pitch

One is football?s ultimate battering ram, capable of ripping through the best defences in the game. The other scores comical own goals and once pretended to be a car salesman to cover up an affair. What?s not to like?

Football's Best brothers: Andre and Jordan Ayew Named in Top 20 Most Celebrated Football Siblings Paulo Cannavaro and Fabio

One is a World-Cup-winning captain and perhaps the best defender of the modern era. The other is a jobbing Serie A stalwart, still going at 33.

Points deducted for that imbalance, but you imagine the assorted members of the Cannavaro clan are fairly proud of the family?s achievements.

Ronald Koeman, manager of Southampton and his assistant Erwin Koeman Football's Best brothers: Andre and Jordan Ayew Named in Top 20 Most Celebrated Football Siblings Ronald Koeman Erwin Koeman

Younger sibling Ronald enjoyed a superb career in the Netherlands at Barcelona, establishing himself as one of the great deep-lying ball players in Europe. Erwin didn?t quite hit the same heights but still clocked up 31 games for the national side. They now work together at Southampton.

Combo shows brothers Ghana's striker Kevin-Prince Boateng and Germany's defender Kevin-Prince Boateng Football's Best brothers: Andre and Jordan Ayew Named in Top 20 Most Celebrated Football Siblings Kevin Prince Boateng Kevin Prince Boateng

OK, they?re technically only half-brothers, but they make up for it by playing for different national teams: Jerome ? a flop at Manchester City a few years ago ? has matured into one of Germany?s stalwarts, while Kevin-Prince comes out of international retirement every time Ghana reach a big competition.

Rafael Da Silva (L) and Fabio Da Silva of Manchester United pose with the Allstar Trophy after the MLS Allstars match Football's Best brothers: Andre and Jordan Ayew Named in Top 20 Most Celebrated Football Siblings Rafael Da Silva L and Fabio Da Silva

Some of the shine may have come off with Fabio?s slow descent, but few sets of footballing siblings can match the sheer cuteness of these two. Just look at them! Lovely.

Football's Best brothers: Andre and Jordan Ayew Named in Top 20 Most Celebrated Football Siblings Rob Richard Witschge

Slightly odd-looking blonde brothers who came through the Ajax academy, the Witschge?s were basically prototype versions of the De Boers. Bonus points for playing exactly the same number of games (31) for the Oranje.

Sven Bender of Germany replaces Lars Bender during a substitution in International Friendly match between Netherlands and Germany Football's Best brothers: Andre and Jordan Ayew Named in Top 20 Most Celebrated Football Siblings Sven Bender Lars Bender

They?re twins. They?re identical. They play in the same position. More of this please, world.

The sons of World Cup winner Mazinho, these two could follow in the Boatengs? footsteps and play for different national teams: Thiago has already appeared for Spain, while Rafinha has represented Brazil at youth level.

Ghana's midfielder Andre Ayew lifts Ghana's forward Jordan Ayew as they cellebrate during the friendly match between Ghana and South Korea Football's Best brothers: Andre and Jordan Ayew Named in Top 20 Most Celebrated Football Siblings Andre Ayew Jordan Ayew

Mainstays in the Ghana side, the Ayew boys ? sons of Abedi Pele ? are already royalty in France, where Andre plays for Marseille and Jordan is shining at Lorient.

If SuperPippo was born offside, his brother Simone ? born three years earlier and blessed with the same bruised good looks ? was born under a bad sign; aside from one season with Piacenza, he never managed more than seven goals in a Serie A season.

Perhaps the best English defender of his generation and a respectable slogger. Like the Cannavaros, but taller. And without a World Cup medal.

Football's Best brothers: Andre and Jordan Ayew Named in Top 20 Most Celebrated Football Siblings Jonathan Giovani Dos Santos

Gio is one of those footballers it?s impossible not to like, all flicks, subtle touches and undeniable fragility. His brother is maturing nicely at Villarreal.

Aleksei Berezutskiy and Vasili Berezutskiy Football's Best brothers: Andre and Jordan Ayew Named in Top 20 Most Celebrated Football Siblings Aleksei Berezutskiy and Vasili Berezutskiy

They may look like henchmen in a Bond film (?You von?t get avay from us that easily, Mr Striker?) but these two have well over 100 Russia caps between them.

Credit: Mirror.com

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