15 most famous brothers in football

“Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore.” The above is an old Hindu saying, and it rightly stands as having a brother grow up with you, you have someone to lean on, someone to count on, someone to tell on, or in this case, someone to play your first game with.There have been several brothers in the history of the game who have both made it large in their life, from winning a domestic league together to seeing their other half leave their club.In this slideshow, we take a look at football’s most popular brothers: 

#1 The Baresi brothers

Giuseppe Baresi and Franco Baresi

Nationality: Italian

Age: 57 and 55 respectively.   

Giuseppe Baresi, a former Inter Milan regular having played over 400 matches for the Nerazzurri, currently works as a technical assistant at the club, while his younger brother, Franco Baresi played for arch-rivals AC Milan, and was even named their Player of the Century back in 1999, and was further added by Pele in his list of 125 Greatest Living Footballers.

Both the brothers had trophy-laden careers with the two sharing six Serie A titles, three Champions League trophies and six UEFA Super Cups.