However, there are other stars who came from wealthy homes and still made it big in the round leather game.
Here are nine players who came from privileged backgrounds and still made it big in the sport.
1. Hugo Loris
The World Cup winner's was named after one of the leaders of Romantic literary movement Victor Hugo who wrote The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
2. Patrick Bamford
His father is an investment banker, and his mum Marie, a successful lawyer.
Patrick enjoyed an upper-class lifestyle, taking daily tennis lessons before switching to football.
He is also a distant relative of Joseph Bamford, founder of JCB, he was privately-educated, attending the fee-paying Nottingham High School, and can play the violin to Grade 7.
The 25-year-old was a Chelsea academy graduate and also had spells with Middlesbrough but is plying his trade with Leeds in the Championship.
3. Mario Gotze
Gotze is born to a German Professor Jurgen Gotze at Dortmund University of Technology.
It has been suggested that his father's money and influence played a part his progression at Borussia Dortmund.
4. Andrea Pirlo
The ex-Juventus star's dad founded a steel company in Brescia in 1982.
Pirlo retains a stake in the family business, but is also a wine connoisseur and owns a vineyard near to where he grew up in the north of Italy.
5. Gianluca Vialli
The former Chelsea player and manager lives in castles with 60 rooms and has always been well off.
Vialli is the son of a self-made millionaire and grew up with his four siblings in the enormous and lavish Castello di Belgioioso in Cremona where he still holidays.
6. Will Hughes
The 23-year-old attended the super-posh Repton School in Derbyshire.
7. Robin Van Persie
Robin's dad, Bob, is a successful sculptor, while his mum, Jose Ras, is a painter and jewellery designer.
The 35-year-old was brought up by his father after his parents divorced.
8. Oliver Bierhoff
Bierhoff's dad Dr Rolf Bierhoff is an energy company chief, who instilled work ethic into the former Germany striker.
9. Gerard Pique
Pique is no stranger to prosperity, the Barcelona defender is also the founder of Kosmos, a growing sports and media investment group.
The 31-year-old Spain international, who is in a long-term relationship with Colombian singer Shakira, was born into a wealthy family in Catalonia.
The 31-year-old was born into a wealthy family in Catalonia, his dad, Joan, is a successful lawyer and businessman, while his mum, Montserrar, is the director of a hospital in Barcelona.
Pique's grandad, Amador Bernabeu, is a former director at the Nou Camp.
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