The Doppelganger XI: Footballers and their famous look-a-likes

“Oh My God! There’s my brother from another mother!”It is said that there are at least 6 people on the planet who resemble you and footballers aren’t any different. So here’s a list of doppelgangers and their footballers. Or is it the other way around?Here’s how a bunch of serial doppelgangers would look if brought into one football team. I’m going with the 3-5-2 formation with two defensive midfielders and 3 attacking midfielders along with the usual 7 substitutes and a manager.Here is the Doppelganger XI: Footballers and their famous look-a-likes.

#1 Goalkeeper - Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur, or simply known as 2pac, is one of the most respected and influential rappers of all time. Ivory Coast goalkeeper Boubacar Barry seems to be a living replica of this rapping genius who’s one of the best-selling artists of all time.

It should be worth mentioning that Barry has even eaten grass from the pitch during a match if you’re searching for the inner genius in Barry as well.

#2 Left Centre Back - Red Skull

Seems like a pretty apt choice, right? Vicious and ruthless.

Portuguese defender Pepe and Red Skull might as well have been real brothers if it wasn’t for the fact that the latter is a comic book villain who also happens to be a mass murderer. Our beloved Pepe ain’t that bad.

#3 Centre Back - Ansel Elgort

Heartthrob #1 across the world, Augustus Waters a.k.a. Ansel Elgort finds himself as centre-back on this list. Paris Saint-Germain captain Thiago Silva looks like his elder Maori warrior brother.

When it comes to bodily structure, Ansel is no match for Silva. But well, this is a team of lookalikes so, we can pardon him on that account.

#4 Right Centre Back - Dan Bilzerian

Dan Bilzerian, one of Instagram’s most popular celebrities, known for his lavish lifestyle of booze, cars, gambling and women, is a somewhat beefier version of Real Madrid right back Daniel Carvajal.

What really makes them look like twins are their beards, which are cut to perfection.

#5 Left Defensive Midfielder - Chuck Norris

Don’t you dare mess with this dude. On one side you have a magician for footballer and, on the other hand, you have the most badass actor in Hollywood with movies that-are-utterly-crazy-and-completely-illogical-and-don’t-make-any-sense.

For your information, you don’t mess with Andrea Pirlo either.

#6 Right Defensive Midfielder - Khal Drogo

Looking badass never got any better. Sandro may not be the most skillful defensive midfielders out there, but he certainly gets the job done with his no-nonsense attitude and rough tackling.

Khal Drogo, of Game of Thrones, is an epitome of savagery.

#7 Left Midfielder - Macklemore

Wut wut wut wut …The peripatetic Welsh winger Craig Bellamy, who made his swashbuckling runs throughout England playing for a whopping 10 clubs throughout his career, resembles American rapper Macklemore from the ‘Thrift Shop’ fame.

#8 Right Midfielder - Gollum

Gollum is one of the most popular and somewhat loved characters from JRR Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. And former Atletico Madrid forward Adrian Lopez looks like the human version of Mr. My Precious.

#9 Central Attacking Midfielder - Pharrell Williams

The Get Lucky and Blurred Lines singer and Napoli midfielder Jonathan De Guzman are almost carbon copies of each other. Literally, they just cannot be distinguished.

Pharrell, you Happy?

#10 Left Striker - Edge

Andy Carroll has been the butt of jokes ever since his much-publicized and ridiculed move to Liverpool. But Edge seems to be his ‘bro from another mo’.

Who’s laughing now?

#11 Right Striker - Kailash Kher

Okay, this one had me in splits. The Indian folk singer looks like a chubbier version of prolific Chelsea striker Diego Costa.

And they look the same despite the fact that Costa is 25 and Kher is in his early 40s. BURN!

#12 Substitutes

Any football team needs able substitutes and this team is up to the mark in this aspect too with mesmerizing dopplegangers.

Guillermo Ochoa – Josh Radnor

David Alaba – Tyler, The Creator

Neven Subotic – Tom Hiddleston

Marouane Fellaini – Aditya Roy Kapoor

Wesley Sneijder – Akshaye Khanna

Dimitar Berbatov – Andy Garcia

Demba Ba – Tyrese Gibson

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#13 Manager - Ben Stiller

Every team needs a manager to guide you when you are in need and raise your spirits when in despair. And who’s better than eternal funnyman Ben Stiller?

Ever-young Stiller seems to be the mirror image of talented striker-turned-manager Gianfranco Zola.