France squad: like Chefren and Marcus Thuram, they are brothers and called up to Chelsea

Two brothers wearing a French soccer jersey. This is not a common occurrence in history, but, nevertheless, not the first time in the era of Didier Deschamps, which began in August 2012 against Uruguay (0-0). Having brought Lucas and Theo Hernandez together with the Blues, the technician does it again by calling Chefren Thuram this Thursday in the Euro 2024 play-offs against the Netherlands and then Ireland.

The 22-year-old Nice midfielder is in a group of 23 where we also find his eldest, 25-year-old striker Markus from Mönchengladbach. These are the two sons of Lillian Thuram, the 1998 world champion along with … Deschamps. The presence of two children following the father is a unique case for the French team.

Hernandez and Revelli, the last to date before Thuram.

The Chroniques bleues website listed 26 brothers who had the good fortune of being called to A. The last one to have had that chance before Hernandez (associated four times)? Revellis. Hervé, the older brother, was a striker for the Greens, as was his younger brother Patrick. The two were able to play two games together, in 1973 and 1974, against Denmark (3:0) and Romania (1:0).

If the two Thurams save playing time together during the next international meetings, they will then become the third brothers to wear the cock tunic at the same time in the post-war era. The remaining three examples date back to time immemorial and already to the first ever “blue” match on May 1, 1904 against Belgium (3:3).

On that day, Charles and Georges Bilot were present together at the Stade du Vivier d’Oie, located in Uccle. Then there were Alexis and Pierre Mony, created against Italy (4-9), on January 18, 1920. Lucien Laurent, who died in 2005 at the age of 97, had the joy of sharing the choice with his brother Jean in 1932. against Italy (1-2).

It is interesting to mention the case of Victor and Julien Denis in 1908. They did not develop at the same time as Victor will replace Julien during the Netherlands-France (4-1) game. In 1949, Victor Denis confessed that Julien, who fell on the field of honor on August 15, 1914, faked the injury to allow him to fulfill his first and only choice. Along with Denis, other brothers were selected without playing with each other: André and Charles Renault (1908), Jean and Raymond Dubly (between 1908-1914), Paul and Felix Romano (between 1911 and 1913), Georges and Charles. Geronimi (1911–1914), Kurt and Fritz Keller (1934–1937), Paul and Pierre Sinibaldi (1946–1950).