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Where are Kylian Mbappe's Monaco team-mates from 2017's fairy-tale Champions League run now?

Monaco have a strange relationship with the Champions League. Far from perennial qualifiers, they have still enjoyed plenty of memorable runs through Europe's premier club competition, most notably when they reached the final in 2004 before losing out to Jose Mourinho's Porto. They have also made it to the semi-finals on three occasions since the tournament rebranded in the early 1990s, but none of their continental campaigns have captured the imagination quite like their journey to the final four in 2017.

Led by manager Leonardo Jardim, Monaco bewitched fans around the globe with their high-octane style of football, as a number of previously little-known players became household names almost overnight, leading to inevitable transfer interest from the world's richest clubs. Though they eventually missed out on the final, losing to Juventus in the semis, Monaco - who also won Ligue 1 at Paris Saint-Germain's expense - were the talk of the European game after knocking out Pep Guardiola's Manchester City and Thomas Tuchel's Borussia Dortmund.

Of course, the star of that team was then-teenager Kylian Mbappe, who emerged as a fully-formed attacking superstar and set about tearing defences apart with his blistering pace and unerring finishing ability. He scored six goals in nine Champions League appearances that season before joining PSG at the end of the campaign, with the French superstar's exit the first domino to fall in what would be a dramatic fall from grace for Les Monegasques.

Monaco would fail to win any of their subsequent 12 matches in the Champions League over the course of the next two seasons before enduring a six-year absence from the competition proper until securing a place in the 2024-25 league phase, where they are in a strong position to qualify for the knockout rounds ahead of their penultimate game against Aston Villa on Tuesday.

Mbappe, meanwhile, has gone from strength to strength, and while he is still waiting to lift his first European Cup as he begins to round into form after a shaky start for new club Real Madrid, many of his team-mates from that memorable Monaco side of 2017 have not enjoyed the same levels of success. But where are they now? GOAL has everything you need to know:

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    Danijel Subasic

    Veteran goalkeeper Subasic surpassed 200 appearances for Monaco over the course of the 2016-17 campaign, during which he was voted Ligue 1 Goalkeeper of the Year. He did, however, only keep one clean sheet during the club's Champions League run, though that was in part due to the front-foot style Jardim opted to play in front of him.

    Subasic remained Monaco's No.1 through the following season and starred for Croatia during their run to the 2018 World Cup final, but that proved to be the beginning of the end of the shot-stopper's career at the highest level. He began to pick up injuries through the 2018-19 campaign and eventually fell out of favour, which led to him departing the Stade Louis II in the summer of 2020.

    Subasic spent a year out of the game before re-joining former club Hajduk Split, where he served as a back-up for two seasons prior to announcing his retirement in 2023. He is now working as the goalkeeping coach for the Croatia national team.

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    Djibril Sidibe

    Sidibe had arrived at Monaco as a €15 million signing from Lille in the summer of 2016 and soon began to catch the eye as a marauding right-back who was capable of creating chances with regularity. His form both in Ligue 1 and the Champions League led to interest from Arsenal, while he also forced his way into the France national team.

    The defender was part of Didier Deschamps' squad as they triumphed at the 2018 World Cup, but his form for Monaco began to slide, and he eventually departed in the summer of 2019 on loan to Everton. Sidibe struggled to establish himself in the Premier League, however, and the Toffees did not take up the option to buy him on a permanent basis.

    After six years at Stade Louis II, Sidibe was released by Monaco in the summer of 2022 and joined AEK Athens on a free transfer. Over the course of two campaigns, he struggled to hold down a regular starting role, and left the club last summer. Now 32, he is back in Ligue 1 having joined Toulouse ahead of the 2024-25 campaign.

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    Jemerson

    One of the less heralded members of Monaco's 2016-17 squad, centre-back Jemerson made a number of key contributions over the course of the campaign having arrived in January 2016 from Atletico Mineiro, and the principality club even rejected an offer from Roma for the Brazilian at the end of his first full campaign in Europe.

    However, that was as good as it got for Jemerson, who made his Brazil debut off the back of Monaco's Champions League run, as he soon began to fall down the pecking order over the seasons that followed and eventually had his contract terminated in November 2020. He has since spent time with Corinthians, Metz, back at Atletico Mineiro and is now plying his trade for Gremio in his homeland.

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    Andrea Raggi

    At 32, Raggi was one of Monaco's veteran leaders during their memorable European run. Previously a journeyman in Italian football, he found a home at Stade Louis II having joined the club while they were in the second division in 2012, and while he was rarely a starter in Ligue 1 for the eventual champions in 2016-17, he was named in the line up on 12 occasions in Europe over the course of the campaign.

    Raggi remained a rotational option until he was released by 2019, with that proving to be his final act in the professional game as he failed to find another club before announcing his retirement.

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    Kamil Glik

    Glik earned cult status during what was his debut campaign at Monaco after joining from Torino in an €11m deal in the summer of 2016. The no-nonsense defender was always willing to put his body on the line for the cause while he also popped up with the odd important goal at the other end.

    A veteran of over 100 caps for Poland, Glik would go on to make 167 appearances for Monaco over the course of four seasons before he left to join newly-promoted Serie A side Benevento. He is now back in his homeland having joined Cracovia in 2023.

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    Benjamin Mendy

    Mendy only spent one season at Monaco, as the swashbuckling left-back shone having arrived from Marseille before Manchester City made him the most expensive defender of all time when they paid £52m to bring him to the Etihad Stadium after he caught Guardiola's eye during Monaco's last-16 win over the English side.

    The 2018 World Cup winner showed flashes of why City paid that fee during his first four seasons in Manchester as he won three Premier League titles, though his impact was limited by a series of serious knee injuries. He was then suspended by the club in August 2021 after he was arrested on four counts of rape and one of sexual assault. He was further charged with four more rapes and one attempted rape, but was acquitted of all charges following a series of trials in 2023.

    City subsequently released the defender, after which he joined Lorient, though he could not help them avoid relegation from Ligue 1. He is yet to make an appearance in the second division this season.

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    Fabinho

    Having previously been regarded as a right-back of some potential, Fabinho's switch into central midfield took his game to new heights in 2016-17 as he caught the eye of a number of Europe's biggest clubs, most notably Manchester United. His penalty-taking expertise also helped him return 12 goals in all competitions over the course of the campaign.

    He remained at Stade Louis II for a further season before joining Liverpool in a deal worth an initial £39m in the summer of 2018. The Brazil international did make a slow start to life at Anfield, but gradually developed into one of the most important figures in Jurgen Klopp's side during a five-year stay on Merseyside.

    The man dubbed 'The Lighthouse' won the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup during his time with the Reds, but after suffering a severe drop in form during the 2022-23 campaign, he was sold to Saudi Pro League side Al-Ittihad for £40m, where has been a regular starter ever since.

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    Joao Moutinho

    Moutinho had joined Monaco from Porto as part of a joint-deal that also saw James Rodriguez make the same switch, but while the Colombian playmaker was long gone by 2016-17 having joined Real Madrid two years earlier, the Portugal midfielder was still at the heart of Jardim's side as he knitted a lot of Les Monegasques play together with quiet class.

    Having made 219 appearances for the club since arriving in 2013, Moutinho was sold to Wolves five years later in a cut-price deal that would prove to be one of the bargain buys of recent Premier League seasons. Alongside compatriot Ruben Neves, the veteran pulled the strings for four seasons at Molineux before returning to his homeland to join Braga, where he continues to be a starter at the age of 38.

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    Tiemoue Bakayoko

    Aside from Mbappe, there arguably wasn't another Monaco player whose breakout was more dramatic over the course of 2016-17 than Bakayoko's. The all-action midfielder had struggled to nail down a role in his first two seasons at Stade Louis II, but in the blink of an eye became one of Europe's most energetic figures as he contributed at both ends of the pitch for Jardim's side.

    His performances convinced Chelsea to sign him in the summer of 2017 for £40m, but his first season at Stamford Bridge could barely have gone worse as he became a magnet for criticism as he struggled to find a suitable position under Antonio Conte. Remarkably, that turned out to be Bakayoko's only season of Premier League football as he spent the remaining four years of his Chelsea contract out on loan at AC Milan (twice), Monaco and Napoli.

    The France international became a free agent in 2023 having made just 43 appearances for the Blues and joined Lorient, though he couldn't keep them from relegation to Ligue 2. He subsequently joined Greek side PAOK in August, but he has struggled to hold down a regular place in the line up.

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    Bernardo Silva

    Given Mbappe is still waiting for his first Champions League title, there is an argument to say that Bernardo Silva has been the most successful member of the 2016-17 Monaco squad in terms of their club achievements since departing Stade Louis II. The Portuguese's return of 11 goals and 12 assists over the course of that campaign convinced Man City to spend £43.5m to bring him to the Etihad, and Bernardo hasn't looked back since.

    The midfielder is closing in on 400 appearances for City, with whom he has won six Premier League titles, six domestic cups and the Champions League having established himself as one of the slickest operators in European football. City have had to work hard to keep hold of the 30-year-old amid interest from Barcelona and PSG, but have reaped the benefits of having one of his generation's top performers at their disposal.

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    Thomas Lemar

    Despite Bernardo's presence in the team, it was Lemar who emerged as Monaco's creator-in-chief over the course of their successful 2016-17 campaign, as he provided 17 assists to go with his 14 goals, and it was no surprise when a bidding war began to sign him at the end of the season. Arsenal and Liverpool both had offers rejected over the course of the summer, before a move to the Emirates Stadium fell through on the final day of the transfer window when Alexis Sanchez's switch to Manchester City collapsed.

    Lemar remained at Monaco for a further campaign before Atletico Madrid agreed to €70m to take him to Spain, and while the midfielder arrived as a World Cup winner having joined Mbappe and Sidibe in the victorious France squad in Russia, he has thus far failed to live up to that billing at the Metropolitano.

    Diego Simeone has struggled to get a consistent tune out of Lemar despite playing him in a series of roles both out wide and centrally, while injuries are now threatening to totally ruin his career at the age of 29, with the midfielder having made just six appearances for Atleti since the start of last season.

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    Radamel Falcao

    Having emerged as one of the best strikers in the game at Porto and Atletico Madrid, Falcao's €60m switch to Monaco looked set to go down as one of the game's biggest 'what ifs' as an ACL injury suffered midway through his debut season at Stade Louis II was followed by underwhelming loan spells at Manchester United and Chelsea. It seemed, then, that 'El Tigre's' time at the top was at an end once 2016-17 rolled around, only for him to bag 30 goals in all competitions for Europe's most exciting side over the course of the campaign.

    The Colombian legend followed up that season with 21 and 16-goal campaigns before leaving for Galatasaray on a free in 2019. Falcao scored at almost a rate of a goal-every-other-game during his two seasons in Turkey before he returned to Spain and newly-promoted Rayo Vallecano. Now 38, he can be found back in his homeland leading the line for Millonarios.

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    Valere Germain

    Monaco's longest-serving player at the time, the 2016-17 season proved to be Germain's last at a club with whom he had tasted both relegation and promotion since emerging from the academy in 2010. He went out on a high, too, scoring 15 goals across all competitions.

    However, that would prove to be his last great goal-scoring season in Europe, as Germain managed just 31 goals across four season after joining Marseille, and just seven in almost 70 appearances for Montpellier thereafter. Now 34, he is in his second full season with Australian side Macarthur FC.

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    Leonardo Jardim

    Unsurprisingly, Jardim was handed a new three-year contract after guiding Monaco through such a successful season. However, things began to turn sour, and in October 2018 he was sacked following a horrendous start to the season, only to then be reappointed three months later after Thierry Henry's disastrous reign had left the club facing a shock relegation.

    Jardim managed to steer Monaco to safety, but was sacked once more in December 2019, and has since spent the past four years coaching in the Middle East, having taken charge of Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia, Shabab Al Ahli in the UAE and Qatari outfit Al-Rayyan. He is currently back in the UAE having taken over as Al Ain manager in November, and he will lead them into this summer's Club World Cup.