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Top 6 active twins in football

We have seen many brothers play for different clubs in Europe be it the Neville brothers or the Cruyff brothers. Similarly, there are many twin brothers who have played for several major European clubs, take for example the de Boer twins who played for Barcelona.Here, we take a look at six pair of twin brothers who are currently active in football. 

#6 Vasili Berezutski and Aleksei Berezutski

The twins are both defenders who currently play for CSKA Moscow having started their career with Torpedo-ZIL. Vasili joined CSKA in 2002, while Aleksei joined them in 2001 and had played for Chernomorets in between.

Aleksei had scored the first goal for CSKA in the final of the 2005 UEFA Cup final against Sporting as they came from behind to win the game.

Internationally they have both represented Russia consistently throughout their playing career and Vasili was named the team captain for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in the absence of Roman Shirokov. 

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