Harry Kane lines up against the son of British music royalty as he scores in Bayern Munich's friendly win over Austrian side WSG Tirol... but can you guess who teenager's father is?

Harry Kane lines up against the son of British music royalty as he scores in Bayern Munich's friendly win over Austrian side WSG Tirol... but can you guess who teenager's father is?
By: dailymail Posted On: August 15, 2024 View: 163

  • The teenager was brought on for the final four minutes of Bayern's 3-0 victory 
  • He signed with WSG Tirol - who did not know his father was a rockstar - last year 
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The son of a famous British rocker featured against Bayern Munich in a friendly after being brought on as a substitute by Austrian side WSG Tirol.

The 19-year-old played the final four minutes of Bayern's 3-0 victory at Sportpark Unterhaching on Tuesday night and pitted himself against several superstars.

Harry Kane had opened the scoring after just three minutes while summer signing Joao Palhinha and Gabriel Vidovic also found the net in the second half. 

Brought on to help his team salvage something from the game, he was unable to help his team hit back against all odds.

The English teen signed a contract with WSG Tirol last summer but unwittingly, the club did not know that his father is the legendary frontman.

The son of British music royalty lined up to face Bayern Munich's superstars on Tuesday
Harry Kane scored just three minutes into the game as Bayern ran out 3-0 winners

He is Matthew Collins, and his dad is the icon Phil Collins. His 73-year-old dad has five children with Matthew the youngest of them. 

Collins Jnr played for Hannover's U19s earlier in his career but after the German club released him, he went on to impress on trial in Austria. 

WSG Tirol play in the top-flight but Collins has often turned out for their reserve team, named WSG Tirol Juniors, who compete in the fourth division.

Revealing his shock at the player's lineage, coach Manuel Ludwiger said: 'We Google the players we take on trial to find out about their past careers.

'It was only then that we found out Matthew is Phil Collins' son.

'We haven't signed him as a publicity stunt. It is purely down to his footballing ability.'

Matthew Collins, 19, played against Bayern Munich in a friendly for WSG Tirol
Genesis frontman Collins (pictured in 2019) has five children with Matthew the youngest
Matthew (left) poses with his mother Orianna Cevey, dad Phil and brother Nicholas in Florida in 2018

Phil Collins isn't Matthew's only superstar relative, however. His half sister Lily has made it big as an actress, most notably in the lead role in Emily in Paris.

Several years ago, rock great Phil opened up on his son's passion for sport.

'Matt loves music, but loves his football even more,' Collins said. 'He is certain he'll turn professional. 'The other day he said, "Another five years and I'll be gone".

'He also looks at everything, Bundesliga, French league, everything.'

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