Like father, like son
Many sons have followed in the footsteps of their fathers in the Bundesliga. Some have been successful, others less so. It takes more than a famous name on the back of the jersey to be successful in the top flight.
Leroy Sané
The 21-year-old winger moved from Schalke to Manchester City in the 2016 summer transfer window. During his time in the Bundesliga, Sané made 47 appearances and scored 11 goals. His two brothers are also footballers. His older brother Kim, 22, plays for Wattenscheid, who play in Germany's fourth tier. Sidi, 14, plays in Schalke's youth system. His father is his biggest influence though...
Souleyman Sané
There's little question where Leroy got his talent from. His father, Souleyman Sané, has scored more goals in the Bundesliga for Wattenscheid than any other player. He made 174 Bundesliga appearances for Wattenscheid and Nuremberg, scoring 51 goals and assisting 23 others.
Mitchell Weiser
The winger started his career at Cologne and became the youngest player to appear for the club in the Bundesliga. In the 2012 summer transfer window, he moved to Bayern Munich where he was part of teams that won the Bundesliga and the German Cup - things his father failed to achieve in his career. Mitchell currently plays for Hertha Berlin.
Patrick Weiser
Mitchell's father failed to win any titles during his time in the top flight. He played for Cologne from 1991-97. After a short spell at Stade Rennes, he returned to Gemany in 1999 and would spend six years at Wolfsburg. He scored six goals in his 270 Bundesliga appearances. Since 2016 he has been a coach in Leverkusen's youth system.
Philipp Max
Philipp Max currently plays for Augsburg, having made his Bundesliga debut for Schalke in the local derby against Dortmund in the spring of 2014. Philipp was called up to the Germany team for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where he scored for Germany in their 4-0 quarterfinal win over Portugal.
Martin Max
Martin Max began his professional career at Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he was part of the team that won the German Cup in 1995. From there he moved to Schalke, where he was part of the "Eurofighters" team that won the UEFA Cup in 1997. He joined 1860 Munich in 1999, and later he became the Bundesliga's top scorer in 2000 and 2002. He scored 126 goals in his 396 Bundesliga appearances.
Gianluca Gaudino
Gianluca came up through Bayern Munich's youth system and made his Bundesliga debut in a match against Wolfsburg in 2014. He was part of the Bayern team that won the 2015 and 2016 Bundesliga titles, meaning he already has one more than his father. The 20-year-old is currently on loan at St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Maurizio Gaudino
Maurizio played for several teams in the Bundesliga, including Waldhof Mannheim, Stuttgart, Eintracht Frankfurt and Bochum (pictured above). He was part of the Stuttgart team that won the 1992 Bundesliga championship. He scored 48 goals in 294 Bundesliga games. He was part of the Germany team at the 1994 World Cup in the United States, but did not see any playing time.
Leonardo Bittencourt
Leonardo (left) currently plays for Cologne, but he began his Bundeliga career with Borussia Dortmund in 2012, making his debut in the local derby against Schalke. After leaving Dortmund and spending two years at Hannover, he moved to Cologne in 2016.
Franklin Bittencourt
These days, Leonardo's father serves cocktails in his restaurant in Cottbus, where he ended his career. The Rio de Janeiro native left the club he grew up at, Fluminense, in 1992, to pursue a professional career in Germany, where he played for VfB Leipzig and Energie Cottbus. He scored six goals in 61 Bundesliga matches.
Palko Dardai
Football is also a family affair in the Dardai household. Palko has followed in the footsteps of not only his father, but his his grandfather as well. He came up through the youth system at Hertha Berlin, where father Pal was a player and is now the head coach. Pal has called Palko up to Bundesliga squad, but he has yet to make an appearance.
Pal Dardai
Father Pal Dardai has been at Hertha for almost two decades. His 287 games in the Bundesliga are more than any other player for the club. He has been head coach of the Bundesliga club since 2015, and prior to that he was head coach of the Hungarian national team. His father, also named Pal, played both in the Hungarian first division and the old Yugoslavian league.
Benjamin Hübner
The 27-year-old defender helped Ingolstadt gain promotion in 2015, later moving to Hoffenheim. His two brothers are also soccer players - Florian, 26, is at second-division side Hannover, while Christopher, 30, plays for SV Wiesbaden in Germany's fifth tier.
Bruno Hübner
Their father, currently the sporting director at Eintracht Frankfurt, Bruno Hübner (left) played for Kaiserslautern, making 76 appearances between 1981 and 1986. He also made eight appearances for the then-Bundesliga club in the UEFA Cup and three in the German Cup.
Daniel Baier
Daniel Baier, 32, now plays for Augsburg, but came up through the 1860 Munich academy before moving to Wolfsburg. His 200 Bundesliga appearances are many more than his father managed.
Jürgen Baier
Jürgen Baier only made 31 appearances in Germany's top flight. He spent the bulk of his career in the second division, where he played 329 games for Darmstadt and Kickers Offenbach, amongst others.. His greatest achievement was helping Hannover to promotion to the Bundesliga in the 1985-86 season.
Philipp Bargfrede
The 28-year-old midfielder (in green) has scored more goals in Germany's top flight than his father. Philipp has found the back of the net four times in his 146 matches for Werder Bremen and has been called up to Germany's under-21 team on four occasions.
Hans-Jürgen Bargfrede
Hans-Jürgen Bargfrede (right) played 213 games for St. Pauli, including 15 in the Bundesliga. The midfielder's lone goal in the top flight came in a 2-2 tie against Hannover in October, 1988. After he hung up the boots, he also worked as a coach at St. Pauli's under-17 team before becoming a head coach of a fifth-division side.
Roman Neustädter
The former Schalke player is now at Fenerbahce in Turkey. He played for Borussia Mönchengladbach from 2009 to 2012, before moving to the Royal Blues. He scored eight goals in his 181 Bundesliga appearances. The defender also made two appearances in friendly matches for Germany, before he acquired Russian citizenship in 2016.
Peter Neustädter
His father, Peter, made 257 appearances for Mainz and Chemnitz in the second division. Prior to that, he played 16 matches for Karlsruhe, who were then in the Bundesliga. He later went on to become head coach of Mainz's second team and later Koblenz. He is now sporting director at Kairat Almaty in Kazakhstan.