Wednesday 2 March 2016

PHOTOS: Top 10 active footballing twins you never knew.

Osportsgh brings to you some very famous footballing twins you never knew. Check photos below and wow your thoughts:


#1 Hamit Altintop (Galatasaray) and Halil Altintop (Augsburg)
Born on the 8th of December 1982 , the Altintop brothers have been active in the world of football and their country Turkey. They both played together at Schalke 04 in 2007.
  

Hamit and Halil played together at Schalke 04
#2 Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen) and Sven Bender (Borussia Dortmund)
The Bender brothers were born on the 27th of April 1989. Being instrumental figures in German football, They were part of the German under-19 side that won the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. Sven and Lars were named jointly as players of the tournament.
Sven Bender and Lars Bender

#3 Rafael da Silva (lyon) and Fabio da Silva (Cardiff city)
The Brazil internationals were born on 9th July 1990.  They began their careers with Fluminense before playing together again at  Manchester United in January 2007 having featured in the Brazil under 17.
Rafael and Fabio
#4 Pan Pierre Koulibaly (Saham club ,Oman ) and Paul Koulibaly(ENPPI Club, Egypt).
The Burkinabe internationals are one of the few African twins in world football. Born on the 24th of March 1986, they have gone a long way of making their country Burkina Faso proud.
Pieere Koulibaly and Paul Koulibaly

#5 Will Keane (Manchester United) and Michael Keane (Burnley)
 They were born on the 11th of January 1993 and started in the Manchester United since age 11. In Stockport, Greater Manchester, Keane and his twin brother Michael grew up in the suburb of Heaton Mersey and attended St Bede's College in south Manchester before joining the Academy.
Will and Michael Keane
#6 Dmitri Kombarov and Kirill Kombarov (Spartak Moscow)
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. They were born on the 22nd of January 1987.


#7 Marcus Olsson (Derby County) and Martin Olsson ( Norwich city)
They were born on 17th May 1988 and has been integral members of the Sweden national team since 2010.They once played together at Blackburn Rovers in 2012

Marcus and Martin Olsson

# 8 Philipp Degen ( FC Basel)  and David Degen (retired, last played for FC Basel)
Just a day after the Valentine's day in 1983, this twin footballing stars were born. Philip is usually a right back but can also play at left back or on the right wing whiles David played mostly as a right midfielder.They both played for FC Basel and the Switzerland senior national team.
Philip and Degen 

# 9 Jose Callejon (Napoli) and Juanmi Callejón (Club Bolívar in Bolivia)
The twins started their youth career with Real Madrid and left the club in 2008 without making an appearance for the first team. Jose then joined La Liga side Espanyol while Juanmi signed for Mallorca. They were born on 11th February 1987. 
The Callejon twins
#10 Vasili Berezutski and Aleksei Berezutski (CSKA Moscow)
Kombarov twins are another pair of twins from Russia. The brothers started their career with Dynamo Moscow and together left for Spartak Moscow in 2010. Dmitri plays on the left wing as a full back or as a winger while his brother plays in similar positions on the right side. They were born on the 20th of 1982.
Vasli and Aleksei has been vital for CSKA Moscow

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