Roy Makaay

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Personal information
Roy Makaay
Full name	Roy Rudolphus Antonius Makaay
Date of birth	March 9, 1975
Place of birth	Wijchen, The Netherlands
Height	1.88 m
Nickname	Das Phantom
Position	Striker
Club information
Current club	FC Bayern Munich
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1995-1997 1997-1999 1999-2003 2003-	Vitesse Arnhem CD Tenerife Deportivo la Coruña Bayern Munich	65 (30) 72 (21) 137 (79) 109 (70)
National team**
1996-2005	Netherlands	42 (6)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 November 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 18:31, 15 May 2006 (UTC).

Roy Rudolphus Anton Makaay (born March 9, 1975 in Wijchen, Netherlands) is a Dutch international footballer who is a striker for the Netherlands and Bayern Munich. His nickname is Das Phantom (the Phantom), for his ability to score out of nowhere.

[edit] Career

Makaay was the European Golden Boot winner for the 2002-03 season for being the top scorer in Europe. He was first recognised as a talented striker while playing for Vitesse Arnhem in the mid 1990s and honed his skills at the Spanish First Division with Tenerife and later with Deportivo de La Coruña where he scored 22 goals in 36 appearances in his most prolific 1999-00 season. His international caps for the Dutch national team has been limited due to previous players like Patrick Kluivert, Dennis Bergkamp and Ruud van Nistelrooy who scored far more goals for the national team and who played for more internationally renowned clubs. 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.

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 against the Bavarian giants. The Bayern bosses then kept a close eye on him through out the whole season and finally beat off stiff challenges from Manchester United and Chelsea to get their man. A club record fee of $20 million was paid to Deportivo La Coruña. He has since scored 63 and 13 Bundesliga and UEFA Champions League goals in his first two seasons at Bayern and the German giants still expect him to carry the goal scoring burden.

[edit] Trivia

On August 21, 2006, Roy Makaay scored Bayern Munich's 3,000th Bundesliga goal.
Roy Makaay used to have a Malteser Lion.
His favourite player is Bastian Schweinsteiger saying he is "young and very talented".
He played 31 times for the U-21 national team for the Netherlands which equals a record with Arnold Bruggink.

[edit] External links

FC Bayern Munich - Current Squad
1 Kahn \| 2 Sagnol \| 3 Lúcio \| 5 Van Buyten \| 6 Demichelis \| 7 Scholl \| 8 Karimi \| 10 Makaay \| 11 Podolski \| 14 Pizarro \| 17 van Bommel \| 18 Görlitz \| 19 dos Santos \| 20 Salihamidžić \| 21 Lahm \| 22 Rensing \| 23 Hargreaves \| 24 Santa Cruz \| 25 Ismaël \| 26 Deisler \| 29 Dreher \| 30 Lell \| 31 Schweinsteiger \| 36 Fürstner \| 37 Saba \| 39 Ottl \| Coach: Magath