Middlesbrough may be struggling for form in the Championship at the moment, but that hasn't always been the case.

The Teessiders have rubbed shoulders with the best clubs in the countries in years gone by, and more than that, they've come out on top on their fair share of occasions.

You only have to go back 10 or 15  years to come across some of football's biggest names who have worn the famous red jersey

But while plenty have worn it with distinction over a number of years, others have merely represented Middlesbrough for a matter of weeks or months.

While some of those players have already been forgotten, we've taken a look at five Middlesbrough players who you may just have forgotten.

He'd enjoyed an illustrious career with Blackburn Rovers and Aston Villa before he made the move to Middlesbrough in the summer of 2003.

Unfortunately, his spell at the Riverside was a bit of a disaster.

Wright really struggled for Steve McClaren's side as a number of high profile errors in his first two games meant that he was swiftly ousted from the first team fold and moved on.

Signed by Gareth Southgate in 2009, Sean St Ledger was tipped to be a real success at the Riverside Stadium.

However his time with the club went drastically downhill when Southgate was replaced by Gordon Strachan as manager.

St Ledger never looked like he wanted to be with the Teessiders, and he returned to Preston after just three months as the proposed deal to sign him permanently was scrapped.

A Brazilian international who played for some of the worlds' top clubs as well as winning the World Cup in 1994, few could believe that Middlesbrough had signed a player of such quality.

A friend of Juninho, it seemed like another deal that would be regarded as a real coup for the Teessiders.

Unfortunately a lack of form and a real lack of fitness meant that Branco played just nine games for Middlesbrough before being allowed to leave for nothing.

A player who came through the Middlesbrough academy system, most people forget that he started his career in Teesside.

Brunt struggled to break into the first team and was allowed to leave for a new challenge with Sheffield Wednesday.

What followed was over 500 career appearances and 65 caps for Northern Ireland, suggesting that perhaps the Teessiders were wrong to write off the winger at such an early stage.

The striker had enjoyed quite a career with Cambridge United and Reading where he established himself as a proven goalscorer in the Premier League.

However when things didn't work out with Stoke City he was sent on loan to Middlesbrough on a two-month deal.

Kitson scored a few goals in his time at the Riverside, but that wasn't enough to convince the Teessiders to gamble on a permanent move.