Roy Makaay

Roy Makaay

Personal information
Full name	Rudolphus Antonius Makaay
Date of birth	9 March 1975 (1975-03-09) (age 36)
Place of birth	Wijchen, Netherlands
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Striker (retired)
Club information
Current club	Feyenoord U-13 (coach)
Youth career
	SC Woezik
	DIOSA
	Blauw-Wit
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1993–1997	Vitesse	109	(42)
1997–1999	Tenerife	72	(21)
1999–2003	Deportivo La Coruña	133	(79)
2003–2007	Bayern Munich[1]	129	(78)
2007–2010	Feyenoord	83	(36)
Total		526	(256)
National team
1996–2005	Netherlands	43	(6)
2008	Netherlands Olympic	3	(2)
Teams managed
2010–2011	Feyenoord U-13 (Assistant Coach)
2011-	Feyenoord U-13
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Rudolphus "Roy" Antonius Makaay (born 9 March 1975 in Wijchen, Gelderland) is a retired Dutch footballer. While playing for Bayern Munich he picked up the nickname Das Phantom (the Phantom), for his ability to score out of nowhere.

Career

Makaay was the European Golden Boot winner for the 2002–03 season for being the top scorer in Europe. He was first recognized as a talented striker while playing for Vitesse in the mid 1990s and honed his skills at the Spanish First Division with Tenerife and later with Deportivo La Coruña where he scored 22 goals in 36 appearances in 1999–00, his most prolific season. His international caps for the Dutch national team have been limited due to players such as Patrick Kluivert, Dennis Bergkamp and Ruud van Nistelrooy. Makaay did, however, play for his country at Euro 2000 and Euro 2004. In the latter tournament, he scored against Latvia in the first round. He played 31 times for the Dutch U-21 national team which equals a record with Arnold Bruggink.

His first encounter with Bayern Munich came during the UEFA Champions League 2002–03 season when he scored a hat-trick at the Olympiastadion in Munich, in Deportivo's 3–2 win over the Bavarians. The Bayern bosses kept a close eye on him throughout the whole season and finally beat off stiff challenges from Manchester United and Chelsea to get their man. A then club record fee of €18.75 million was paid to Deportivo La Coruña for the Dutch goal machine. He scored 78 Bundesliga and 17 UEFA Champions League goals during his four seasons at Bayern.

On 21 August 2006, Roy Makaay scored Bayern Munich's 3,000th Bundesliga goal. On 31 March 2007, he scored his 100th Bayern Munich goal in the game against FC Schalke 04. It was his 75th Bundesliga goal and 100th competitive goal since joining Bayern Munich in 2003.

On 7 March 2007 Makaay scored the quickest goal in Champions League history, finding the net after just 10.12 seconds to help Bayern overturn a first-leg deficit and put Real Madrid out of the competition.^[2]

Makaay returned to the Netherlands for the 2007–08 season, when Feyenoord signed him to a 3-year deal worth €5 million in June 2007. Makaay's decision to leave was influenced by Bayern Munich's decision to sign forwards Luca Toni and Miroslav Klose.^[3]

Makaay hung up his boots at the end of season 2009–2010, scoring a hat-trick in his last match against Heerenveen.

Career statistics

^[4]

Club	League	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vitesse	Eredivisie	1993–94	10	1					10	1
		1994–95	34	11					34	11
		1995–96	31	11			-		31	11
		1996–97	34	19	5	3	-		39	22
		Total	109	42					114	45
Tenerife	La Liga	1997–98	36	7			-		36	7
		1998–99	36	14			-		36	14
		Total	72	21			-		72	21
Deportivo La Coruña	La Liga	1999–00	36	22	2	1	3	3	41	26
		2000–01	29	16	0	0	6	1	35	17
		2001–02	30	12	2	1	9	1	41	14
		2002–03	38	29	5	1	11	9	54	39
		Total	133	79	9	3	29	14	171	96
Bayern Munich	Bundesliga	2003–04	32	23	4	2	8	6	44	31
		2004–05	33	22	5	5	8	7	46	34
		2005–06	31	17	5	0	8	2	44	19
		2006–07	33	16	3	0	8	2	44	18
		Total	129	78	17	7	32	17	178	102
Feyenoord	Eredivisie	2007–08	28	13	5	7	-		33	20
		2008–09	31	16	3	4	6	0	39	20
		2009–10	24	7	4	3	0	0	28	10
		Total	83	36	8	12	6	0	101	50
Career total			526	256	42	26	67	31	636	314

^[5]

Record for the national team of the Netherlands:

Year:	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	Total
Matches:	1	1	0	0	7	6	5	6	4	1	31
Goals:	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	4

Coaching career

After his retirement he was named as the assistant coach of the U-13 team of his last club Feyenoord under head coach Gerard Rutjes.^[6]

Honours

Club

Deportivo La Coruña

• La Liga: 1999-00
• Copa del Rey: 2001–02
• Supercopa de España: 2000, 2002

Bayern Munich

• Bundesliga: 2004–05, 2005–06
• DFB-Pokal: 2004–05, 2005–06
• DFB-Ligapokal: 2004

Feyenoord

• KNVB Cup: 2007–08

Individual

• La Liga Top Scorer: 2003
• European Golden Boot: 2003

References

1. ^ "MAKAAY". footballdatabase.com. http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=674&b=true&pn=Roy_Rudolphus_Anton_Makaay. Retrieved 20 April 2008. 
2. ^ "The fastest goal in the UEFA Champions League". ECA. http://www.ecaeurope.com/Default.aspx?id=1111316. Retrieved 04 May 2011. 
3. ^ "Feyenoord signs Netherlands striker Roy Makaay from Bayern Munich on three-year deal". International Herald Tribune. 28 June 2007. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/28/sports/EU-SPT-SOC-Feyenoord-Makaay.php. Retrieved 4 January 2008. 
4. ^ "Roy Makaay" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler.htm?dbid=15681&typeofpage=84137. Retrieved 21 May 2010. 
5. ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=4743
6. ^ "Roy Makaay gaat Feyenoord Academy versterken" (in Dutch). Feyenoord. 21 May 2010. http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/S1/10010000036543-999-10010000000003.aspx. Retrieved 21 May 2010. 

External links

• Official site (Dutch) (German)
• Roy Makaay – FIFA competition record
• Makaay's stats at VI.nl (Dutch)
• FootballDatabase provides Roy Makaay's profile and stats
• Roy Makaay profile and stats at Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)

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Name	Makaay, Roy
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Date of birth	9 March 1975
Place of birth	Wijchen, Netherlands
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