Bah, it's sad how a club can produce all these great players and linger in complete mediocrity. Someone made a list of players still active who used to play for Monaco.
Goalkeeper
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Stephane PORATO (Xerez-Spain)
(ok, admittedly this is a weak point. what can I do, Barthez is retired.)
Defenders
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MAICON (Inter Milan)
Rafael MARQUEZ (Barcelona)
Sebastien SQUILLACI (Lyon)
Patrice EVRA (Manchester United)
Midfielders
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Yaya TOURE (Barcelona)
John Arne RIISE (AS Roma)
Marcelo GALLARDO (River Plate)
Ludovic GIULY (Paris Saint-Germain)
Forwards
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David TREZEGUET (Juventus)
Thierry HENRY (Barcelona)
Manager: Arsene WENGER (Arsenal)
bench: Christian Panucci (AS Roma), Gael Givet (Blackburn), Hugo
Ibarra (Boca Juniors), Jerome Rothen (PSG), Jeremy Menez (AS Roma),
Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal), Marco Di Vaio (Bologna)
Of course Riise is a horrible eyesore and not all these players were "brought up" by the club in the sense that when they arrived at Monaco it was their biggest club yet. But for many it was -
Maicon (now commonly mentioned as the best right back in the world),
Evra (similar standing at left back quite recently),
Marquez (well a nobody at Barcelona in terms of talent but still they kept him all this time),
Toure (starter for Barcelona),
Giuly (strictly speaking his greatest achievements were at Monaco tho he played for bigger clubs),
Trez,
Henry,
Adebayor (not a genius but still in the top strikers in the league),
Rothen (completely wasted his career after Monaco).
There's one name missing that really hurts me though: Nonda :angry2: