Which soccer player has the most children? Top 10 hero fathers

The world follows not only the professional successes of athletes, but also their personal ones. This is the way a person works: if he or she is inspired by someone else’s achievements, he or she wants to be like the idol in everything. Or at least try to do it. Our today’s heroes can be looked up to in everything – both in career and in personal life. However, it is not so easy to do it… They are very successful in all directions.

Artyom Dzyuba

The former captain of the Russian national soccer team is a father three times. His wife Kristina gave him sons: Nikita, Maxim and Alexander. On the day when his youngest heir was born, Dzyuba made a poker in the gate “Tambov”. By the way, this allowed him to become the top scorer at the end of the season-2020/2021. He scored 20 goals. His eldest son is engaged in soccer, and the middle one in hockey.

Artyom Dzyuba with his family

Lionel Messi

The exemplary soccer player and family man is a father of three sons. In 2012, he and his childhood friend Antonella Rocuzzo had their firstborn son Thiago. In honor of the joyous event, the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner made a tattoo on his leg with the child’s name and the image of his hands. Three years later, the second son – Mateo – was born. In 2018, the family became a large family – a third boy, Ciro, was born. They always support the player in the stands in full.

Lionel Messi and his sons

Sergei Ignashevich

The defender of CSKA and the Russian national team, and now the coach of Kaliningrad Baltika met his wife Natalia Pakueva during an interview. The girl worked as a correspondent on the NTV-Plus TV channel. The lovers quickly got engaged. Two sons were born in the family – Sergei and Timofey. Ignashevich also has children from the first barrack: Roman and Dmitry. The younger ones followed in the footsteps of their father. They are engaged in the CSKA academy. In total, Ignashevich has four children.

Sergei Ignashevich with his wife and sons

Igor Denisov

Despite the fact that the midfielder hides his personal life from the public, it is known that he met his wife in a store. The former player of Zenit, Lokomotiv and the Russian national soccer team together with his wife Victoria raises four children: Victoria, Igor, Ivan and Daniil. The sportsman dreams that one of his sons will follow in his footsteps.

Igor Denisov

David Beckham

The English soccer player has a reputation of an exemplary family man. The player fell in love with the lead singer of the Spice Girls Victoria when he saw her on TV. Then he confidently declared that he would marry her. And so it happened. The couple registered their relationship in 1999. Four children were born in this marriage . David and Victoria bring up sons Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and daughter Harper. Three of them are Manchester United fans. Only the middle son Romeo is a fan of Arsenal London. By the way, it was he who followed in the footsteps of his star father. He plays for Brentford.

David Beckham with his family

Michael Owen

The former England player is married to childhood friend Louise Bonsall. They met as teenagers at school. They’ve been together ever since. The couple was able to carry their love through the years. The family had four children: girls Gemma Rose, Emily May and Jessica, boy James Michael.

Raul Gonzalez

The legend of Real Madrid is not only an exemplary footballer, but also a family man. In his marriage to Spanish model Mamen Sanz he had five children: sons Jorge, Hugo, twins Mateo and Hector, daughter Maria. An interesting fact is that the forward gave his older children the names of legendary Real Madrid players. We are talking about Jorge Valdano and Hugo Sanchez.

Raul Gonzalez with his family

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo has five children. Three of them were born from a surrogate mother, Cristiano Ronaldo Junior and twins Matthew and Eva. In 2017, the Portuguese striker’s fiancée Georgina Rodrigues gave him a fourth child – daughter Alana-Martina. In 2021, the girl was pregnant with twins. However, during labor, the boy was born weak and soon died, while the girl managed to survive. She was given the name Bella Emeralda.

Cristiano Ronaldo with his family

Sergei Semak

The 2008 European Championship bronze medalist and head coach of Zenit is an example not only on the pitch, but also in life. Semak is raising eight children. He has a son Ilya from his first marriage. His second wife Anna gave him five children: Semyon, Ivan, Savva, Varvara and Ilaria. Also Semak’s wife has a child from his first marriage – a daughter Maya. She, by the way, recently gave birth to her firstborn. Sergei and Anna became grandparents. Also in 2016, the couple adopted a girl with disabilities Tatiana.

Sergei Semak with his family

Roberto Carlos

The Brazilian defender has been married twice. In total, he has nine heirs. From the first wife Aleshandra were born Roberta and Giovana. The couple also adopted a boy. He was given the name Roberto Carlos Júnior. After the divorce, the footballer met with different girls. As a result, he got four more heirs: Edward, Rebeca, Christopher and Luca. The player’s second wife, Brazilian model Mariana Lucon, gave the athlete two daughters: Manuela and Marina.

Roberto Carlos with his daughter