What happened to Inter's Champions League winners of 2010?

The Brazilian goalkeeper kept six clean sheets during Inter's triumphant campaign, including one in the final against Bayern. Having previously served as a club ambassador, Julio Cesar is now a qualified agent and can also be found working as a pundit on Amazon Prime Video's coverage of the Champions League.

The best right-back in the world at the time, Maicon started all 13 of Inter's Champions League games in 2009-10 and was subsequently named UEFA's club defender of the year. The Brazilian only called time on his career in the summer of 2021, less than a fortnight before turning 40. In January, he was inducted into Inter's Hall of Fame.

Yet another brilliant Brazilian, Lucio was the tough-tackling, ball-playing leader of the Inter backline who won more tackles over the course of the campaign than any other player in the Champions League. The centre-back had just turned 32, but despite increasing injury issues, he continued playing for a further nine years before eventually deciding to hang up his boots in January 2020, after a short stint at Brasiliense.

An iconic figure among Inter fans, 'The Wall' spent nearly a decade at the club as a player, and formed a formidable centre-back partnership with Lucio. One of the most uncompromising defenders of the modern era, he is now part of Lionel Scaloni's backroom team and was recently seen picking up a yellow card during Argentina's World Cup quarter-final win over Netherlands - 20 years after his first booking at the tournament.

Truth be told, the Romanian had a rather rough evening in Madrid, given a torrid time by Arjen Robben, particularly during the first half, and he was replaced midway through the second. But Chivu played a key role in the treble-winning campaign, not least because of the left-back's useful versatility. He's now being touted as a future Inter coach having enjoyed impressive results at under-age level, most notably winning a league title last season with the club's Primavera (Under-19s).

Zanetti lifting the trophy at the Bernabeu at the age of 36 wasn't just celebrated by Inter or Argentina fans, it was also a joyous moment for neutrals, given we're talking about one of those rare, universally loved figures in football. As a player, he was the embodiment of class and quality, so it's hardly surprising that he's since gone on to become one of the game's most respected administrators as Inter's vice-president.

One of the main reasons why Inter were able to keep so many clean sheets in the knockout stage, with the Argentine doing an excellent job of protecting the back four by repeatedly winning the ball, and then using it sensibly. Cambiasso stayed at San Siro for another four years before retiring in 2017 after stints at Leicester City and Olympiacos. He has since established himself as one the main pundits on Sky Sport Italia.

Wesley Sneijder had the year of his career in 2010 and, let's be honest, it really should have ended with him being presented with the Ballon d'Or. He was an integral member of the Netherlands side that reached the final of the World Cup in South Africa and, before that, he inspired Inter's treble, racking up six assists in the Champions League alone.

He would never scale such heights again, of course, and he quit the game in 2019 after a short spell in Qatar, but Sneijder is another hero from Madrid who earned entry into Inter's Hall of Fame, two years ago, and recently popped up among the club's ultras during the Champions League semi-final second leg against AC Milan! The Dutchman has also dipped his toe into the world of punditry.

Inter's victory in Madrid meant back-to-back Champions League triumphs for the striker, who had been discarded by then Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola despite scoring in the previous season's final, against Manchester United. Eto'o - who made headlines for the wrong reasons by attacking a man outside a stadium while serving as an ambassador for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar - is currently the president of the Cameroonian Football Federation.

In his first season at San Siro after joining from Genoa, the Argentine attacker was named UEFA's Club Footballer of the Year after firing Inter to Champions League glory with six goals, two of which famously arrived in the final.

Milito, who also scored the winner in the 2010 Coppa Italia final as well as the goal that clinched the Scudetto, subsequently served as technical secretary at Racing Club, where he came through the youth-team ranks, while he has more recently been working as a pundit on Amazon Prime Video.

Though the Macedonian attacker only joined during the January transfer window and hardly proved prolific, his impressive work rate and versatility served Inter well during the second half of the 2009-10 season. Pandev only made his final international appearance in 2021, at the European Championship, before then quitting completely the following year after a season at Parma.

Impressively, the senior side belonging to the academy he set up over a decade ago, Akademija Pandev, is now playing top flight football in his homeland.

The multi-talented midfielder came on for Chivu in Madrid, having already been directly involved in nine goals in all competitions that season. The former Serbia international is now a coach and, after doing an excellent job at Red Star Belgrade, with whom he won three successive league titles, he returned to Italy to take charge of struggling Sampdoria. The Ligurians ended up being relegated, though, with a tearful Stankovic walking away at the end of what he called a "suicide mission" given the club's dire financial problems.

By not means a guaranteed starter for Mourinho's side, but the Ghanaian midfielder, who was subbed on in place of Pandev in Madrid, was an excellent squad player. Muntari eventually moved on to AC Milan and only retired last year, after a brief spell at Hearts of Oak in his homeland.

Only introduced in the dying seconds of injury time to give Milito a deserved standing ovation, the no-nonsense defender was the undoubted heart and soul of Mourinho's team. Indeed, he was later seen locked in a tearful embrace with the departing manager.

Materazzi later dipped his toe into coaching with Indian outfit Chennaiyin Football Club but is now more invested in other ventures, including a wine label, a shoe shop and a padel centre. He also debuted as a pundit on DAZN's coverage of the Milan derby earlier this season, but he was in the stands for the two side's most recent meeting - alongside former team-mate Sneijder.

It's sometimes forgotten that the former Italy international was one of the great goalkeepers of his generation, perhaps because Gigi Buffon often hogged most of the headlines. Toldo didn't get off the bench in what proved his final game as a professional, but he bowed out as a bona fide Inter legend, after nearly a decade of stellar service.

He remains involved with the club, looking after a side of former players who play friendlies and promote the Nerazzurri all across the world.

Another fantastic servant, the uncompromising Colombian centre-half spent 14 years at Inter, 12 as a player, and then a further two as team manager. Cordoba didn't feature in the final but did make a couple of appearances during the tournament. He is now on the board at Serie B side Venezia.

Another unused sub in the final but made history just a few months earlier by becoming the first Kenyan to ever play in the Champions League. The former defensive midfielder got involved in politics in his homeland shortly after retiring in 2019.

There's no denying that the defining image of Super Mario's 2009-10 Champions League campaign was him throwing his shirt on the ground in front of Inter fans after the semi-final win over Barcelona at San Siro - something he still deeply regrets. But the then-teenager did make a big contribution to their treble campaign, with 11 goals and eight assists.

Balotelli has obviously since had one of the more colourful careers in football history, but it has pretty much been one disappointment after another in recent years, and he is now plying his trade in Switzerland, with Sion.

Cruelly denied the chance to play in the final after being the victim of Sergio Busquets' shameful play-acting in the semi-final second leg at Camp Nou. Motta left Inter for Paris Saint-Germain in 2012 and spent six seasons at Parc des Princes before eventually embarking upon a career in coaching within the club's youth sector.

He's now being linked with a number of top clubs, including PSG, Inter and Napoli, thanks to a reputation-enhancing season at Bologna.

The mastermind behind Inter's treble success, Mourinho outwitted Guardiola in the semi-finals before getting the better of former boss Louis van Gaal in the tournament decider. The Special One has yet to win another Champions League, but he did lift the Europa Conference League with Roma last season.

Despite also leading the Giallorossi to the final of this year's Europa League, his future at the club is very much in doubt at the time of writing. Indeed, one of the most controversial characters in football might be bound for Paris...