Fathers & Sons in the same NT match

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necronudist
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Postby necronudist » 16 Jun 2008, 22:32

How many times happened that fathers and sons played together in a national team match?

I can clearly remember that happened time ago in a Nordic European country, maybe Foroyar or Iceland...
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Luc
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Postby Luc » 16 Jun 2008, 23:05

Gudjohnson father and son played together a match for Iceland A
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Postby Bjorn » 16 Jun 2008, 23:06

Eidur Gudjohnsen http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.as ... ayerID=234 came on as a substitute for his international debut replacing his own father Arnor http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.as ... erID=20360 who played his last ever international match.
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necronudist
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Postby necronudist » 16 Jun 2008, 23:47

Thank you guys! It was the great Gudjohnsen.. I should have known!

If somebody knows other cases, please post! (also uncles-nephes it's ok)

It's an interesting trivia, I think.
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Postby silvermane » 17 Jun 2008, 08:56

I believe the Gudjohnsen family is the only one to achieve such a feat, at least in Europe.

More numerous should be the examples when the father was manager of the national team and the son played in it, for example Cesare and Paolo Maldini in the 1990s.
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Postby iauk » 17 Jun 2008, 14:26

Bjorn wrote:Eidur Gudjohnsen http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.as ... ayerID=234 came on as a substitute for his international debut replacing his own father Arnor http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.as ... erID=20360 who played his last ever international match.


The game was a friendly international against Estonia in Tallinn, Iceland won 3-0. Eidur Gudjohnsen replaced his father Arnor after 62 minutes. [url="www.freewebs.com/iauk"]IA-UK[/url]
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Postby necronudist » 17 Jun 2008, 15:01

Tallinn, 24/04/1996, friendly, 500 people.
Estonia - Iceland 0-3 (0-3)
6', 20', 30' Bjarki Gunnlaugsson (6, 20, 30).

Birkir Kristinsson (Kristján Finnbogason 69), Lárus Orri Sigurðsson, Ólafur Adolfsson, Guðni Bergsson [c] (Sigursteinn Gíslason 77), Rúnar Kristinsson, Ólafur Þórðarson, Eyjólfur Sverrisson, Sigurður Jónsson (Hlynur Stefánsson 77), Arnar Grétarsson, Bjarki Gunnlaugsson (Þórður Guðjónsson 46), Arnór Guðjohnsen (Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen 62). Logi Ólafsson.

Other cases? Is it so rare?
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Postby iauk » 17 Jun 2008, 16:03

i think Arnor may have broken his leg in this game, i will try to find out.
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Postby BSH » 17 Jun 2008, 18:03

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Postby necronudist » 17 Jun 2008, 18:13

From wikipedia:
Arnór and Eidur are the only father and son to play for their country during the same game. Arnór was 34 and Eidur was just 17 when it happened.
[...]
At 25 he
[Arnór] had been asked his biggest wish, to which he replied "to play international football alongside Eiður". However, shortly before a match in Reykjavik in which father and son were finally scheduled to appear alongside one another, young Eiður broke his ankle in an Under-18 tournament. He duly missed the next two seasons, in which time Arnór hung up his boots and bought a fishing rod.
[...]
[Arnór] Guðjohnsen played 73 games for the Icelandic national team and scored 14 goals, four of them in a game against Turkey. He played his last international in October 1997 against Liechtenstein.

If all this is true, they are the only father-son to achieve this "record". And it wasn't Arnor last match.
edit: checked with Icelandic records. Eidur and Arnor match was the #250, Arnor's last was the #266.
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