Andrea Cambiaso and Esteban Cambiasso have very similar names, but are the two related?
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Juventus wideman Andrea Cambiaso has recently become an Italy international, but his name is likely to conjure up memories of a certain Argentine midfielder.
The 24-year-old first appeared in the Azzurri senior side as recently as March this year, in their friendly against Venezuela, and has gone on to travel with Luciano Spalletti's side to Germany to compete in Euro 2024.
He has featured sparsely so far in the tournament, but commentators reading out his second name will no doubt direct the audience's thoughts to a certain Esteban Cambiasso; someone who is no stranger to the international scene. So, is Andrea Cambiaso related to the former Inter Milan man?
Are Andrea Cambiaso and Esteban Cambiasso related?
Esteban Cambiasso during the 2006 World Cup (Image credit: Alamy)
The short answer is no, Andrea Cambiaso and Esteban Cambiasso are not related.
The difference in nationality is one nod to that fact, but the real giveaway - for the eagle-eyed among us - is the spelling of the pair's surnames, with the Italian using just one 's' and his Argentinian almost-namesake using two.
Esteban does have a former footballer in the family. His brother, Nicolas, had a brief spell at Real Madrid B before forging a career in his native Argentina, but the Italian Andrea is not part of the family.
