Federico Chiesa could join Erling Haaland and Ian Wright in a unique family feat at Anfield that Frank Lampard narrowly missed out on
Federico Chiesa could join an elite group of players when he makes his Liverpool debut this weekend.
The Italian He could make his first appearance for The Reds after signing on deadline day, as they welcome Nottingham Forest to Merseyside.
He will be hoping to get off to a perfect start under Arne's Slot And scoring in front of the Anfield crowd would give him exactly that.
It would also mean Chiesa would write his name into the history books as part of an exclusive club.
The striker would become the third player to follow in his father's footsteps and score a goal at the iconic stadium after Erling Haaland and Shaun Wright-Phillips.
Chiesa's father, Enrico, found the net for Italy while playing at Euro '96, sweeping in at the Anfield Road end to equalise against Czech Republic.
And that was a special moment for the Chiesa family, as they have A framed painting in his house of the goal that Enrico scored.
As Chiesa Jr.'s move to Liverpool was completed, he admitted he didn't even realise he was in his new club's home.
“I know this goal, I know it,” Chiesa said when shown the video. “He didn't tell me he scored this goal at Anfield.
“He didn’t tell me because normally when we talk about the Euros he doesn’t want to talk about it because I say I won it and he didn’t win it so…
“We have a picture of him celebrating after scoring that goal, but I honestly didn’t know it was at Anfield, so this is a great memory for my family, for my father, so I think he’s very happy that I’m joining Liverpool.”
Now, his son could follow in his footsteps and achieve an incredibly rare feat achieved by second-generation footballers.
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Wright-Phillips was the first to do so, as he scored for Manchester City far away in Liverpool in the 2003/04 season.
The winger scored to emulate his father, Ian Wrightwho found the net several times during his successful seven years at Arsenal.
Haaland then followed in his father Alf-Inge's footsteps by scoring at Anfield for Red Bull Salzburg in the Champions League in 2019.
Haaland Sr. scored against Liverpool for Leeds in 1997, and remains the only one of the two to achieve this while playing for an English club.
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Erling, who won the Golden Boot in each of his two Premier League seasons, is still hoping to score at Anfield for Manchester City.
In fact, it has even been the cause of one being discarded after… He was judged to have committed a fault in the build-up to a Phil Foden effort in a 1-0 defeat to Liverpool in October 2022.
Chiesa hopes to join this elite club by becoming the first player to emulate his father by scoring at Anfield as a Red and not against them.
Many players would have liked to follow in the family's footsteps, but it is a very difficult feat and some have come close to achieving it in the past.
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Frank Lampard and his Father Frank Sr.Both scored against Liverpool during their careers, but only one of them did so away from home.
The first, being one of the Premier League's all-time top scoring midfielders, Chelsea – As expected, it was him.
What is more fascinating than The Reds represented something of a ghost team for Lampard. during clashes in the top flight of English football.
The former Everton manager scored just four of his 177 Premier League goals against Liverpool, but all of them came at Anfield.
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The first three were penalties during his spells at West Ham and Chelsea in 1999, 2005 and 2007.
He finally scored from a late move during the Blues' 2–0 away win in May 2010 that all but secured the title that season.
Lampard Sr., who played as a left back, only scored 18 times for West Ham His entire career.
However, one of them came against Liverpool in a 2-2 draw in April 1974, but that was at Upton Park, not Merseyside.
The situation is similar for the Kluiverts, since The legendary patrician He scored at Anfield in Newcastle's 3-1 defeat in 2004.
His son Justin, who plays for BournemouthHe has only scored at the Vitality Stadium against the Reds and not in the first leg.
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Those couples were unable to join the club, but Chiesa has a chance this weekend.
And you can keep up with all the goals as they happen with Adrian Durham, Darren Bent and Troy Deeney on GameDay Live this Saturday.
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