Rank 26, WorldCupStory Club Index 17,321
Monaco World Cup XI Dream Team
| Monaco | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | Country | WCups | Games | Mins | Goals | Capt | |
| GK | Fabien Barthez | France | 1 | 7 | 683 | 0 | 0 |
| RB | Manuel Amoros | France | 2 | 12 | 1170 | 1 | 0 |
| CB | Rafael Marquez | Mexico | 1 | 4 | 358 | 0 | 4 |
| CB | Raymond Kaelbel | France | 1 | 6 | 540 | 0 | 0 |
| LB | Marcel Artelesa | France | 1 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 3 |
| MF | Enzo Scifo | Belgium | 1 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Bernard Genghini | France | 1 | 1 | 120 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | John Collins | Scotland | 1 | 3 | 270 | 1 | 0 |
| ST | David Trézéguet | France | 1 | 6 | 341 | 1 | 0 |
| ST | Jürgen Klinsmann | Germany | 1 | 5 | 445 | 5 | 0 |
| ST | Thierry Henry | France | 1 | 6 | 367 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | 56 | 4834 | 12 | 8 |
AS Monaco is the top performing club for France in World Cup history, beating Juventus into second place. Despite this, there is a strong international flavour to the Monaco dream team, with representation from Mexico, Belgium, Scotland and Germany.
Clowning goalkeeper, Fabien Barthez, won his World Cup winners’ medla with Monaco, providing a solid platform for this dream team. Manuel Amoros leads the team in World Cup minutes played from the talented French sides of the 1980s and is partnered at left back by Marcel Artelesa, skipper from 1966.
At centre back is Raymond Kaelbel from the 1958 tournament and Mexico’s Rafael Marquez from 2002 during his pre-Barcelona days.
It’s red-booted Enzo Schifo putting a word in for Belgium in the midfield, supported by Bernard Genghini and rare Scotland success, John Collins.
But the strength of this dream team lies up front, with the trio of David Trezeguet, Thierry Henry and Jurgen Klinsmann, who is one of only 12 players in World Cup history to score at least 10 goals.
To be honest, the team looks a bit underdone in midfield but would be capable of causing a surprise or two through the brilliance of its front line.
