5 footballers who outshone their fathers

2) Eidur Gudjohnsen and Arnor Gudjohnsen

Eidur Gudjohnsen (R) with his father Arnor

Iceland was never famous for producing great footballers that thrived in Europe until Arnor Gudjohnsen moved to Belgian side Anderlecht in the 1980s. It wasn't exactly a special career but he did finish top scorer in the 1986/87 season.

It was his career with the Iceland national team that was his claim to fame. With 73 caps to his name, he scored 14 goals for the Strákarnir okkar before hanging up his boots. But not before we saw something truly special on the pitch.

On 24 April 1996, Iceland beat Estonia 3-0. It was a special game marked by a substitution. When 34-year-old Arnor's number went up, he came off and hugged his 17-year-old son Eidur who would replace him.

Their biggest regret was that they never shared the pitch together as Eidur broke his ankle in an U-18 match and he took time to recover, by which time Arnor's career was done.

But it was Eidur who would go on to have a far more fulfilling career. Not only would he go on to become Iceland's top goalscorer of all time (26 goals in 88 appearances) but he would win two consecutive league titles with Chelsea which rewarded him with a move to Barcelona.

He played a bit-part role in Barcelona's 2008/09 treble before moving on to a host of clubs such as Monaco, Tottenham Hotspur and Club Brugge before finishing his career with Molde.

In a career that saw him earn 656 caps, he scored 158 goals before he retired at the age of 39.