UEFA Champions League 2005-06 player's profile

Quick on the ground, strong in the air, and blessed with two good feet, Dutch international Roy Makaay has been a prolific goalscorer wherever he has played.

Club
Discovered by BV Vitesse, Makaay scored 42 league goals for the Arnhem club before joining Spanish side CD Tenerife in 1997 along with team-mate Ferdi Vierklau for a combined fee of €10m. Tenerife were relegated in 1998/99 but RC Deportivo La Coruña took Makaay straight back into the top division, and his 22 goals fired the Galicians to their first Spanish title in 1999/00. Injuries hampered his next two seasons before he struck gold in 2002/03 with 29 league goals, winning the ESM Golden Shoe. That persuaded FC Bayern München to pay a fee in excess of €17m for his services and his goalscoring prowess did not get lost in translation to the Bundesliga. He was in daunting form in 2004/05, scoring 22 league goals as Bayern claimed the first of two consecutive domestic doubles. He scored 17 in 2005/06, but it was not his best season as his place in the first team came under threat.

National team
Makaay made his international debut for the Netherlands in a 3-1 victory against Wales on 5 October 1996 but did not score his first goal until his 18th appearance. He played at UEFA EURO 2000™ and UEFA EURO 2004™ but a disappointing 2005/06 season at Bayern meant he missed out on a place in Marco van Basten's squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals.

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Makaay played 31 times for the Dutch Under-21 side, a record he shares with Arnold Bruggink.

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UEFA EURO 2004™ player's profile

Dutch international Roy Makaay has all the attributes of a top striker: quick on the ground, strong in the air, and blessed with two good feet. In 2002/03 he won the ESM Golden Shoe award for finishing as Europe's top marksman.

National team
Makaay made his international debut for the Netherlands in a 3-1 victory against Wales on 5 October 1996. He waited eight months for his second call, and scored his first goal on his 18th appearance. He played at UEFA EURO 2000™ and was part of the squad which missed out on the 2002 FIFA World Cup. In UEFA EURO 2004™ qualifying Patrick Kluivert and Ruud van Nistelrooij were ahead of Makaay in the reckoning, but he played four times. In Portugal Van Nistelrooij was the lone striker, but Makaay came off the bench three times, scoring against Latvia and playing in the quarter-final against Sweden and the semi-final defeat by the hosts.

Club
A protégé at SBV Vitesse, Makaay scored 42 goals in 109 Dutch league games for the Arnhem outfit.

1997: Makaay joined CD Tenerife along with team-mate Ferdi Vierklau for €10m. In 1998/99 he struck 14 times in 36 games, although the islanders were still relegated.

1999: Returned immediately to the Primera División by signing for RC Deportivo La Coruña. Makaay enjoyed a dream start to his Riazor career, his 22 goals firing the Galicians to their first Spanish title in 1999/00. The next two seasons yielded only eight more, though, as he struggled with injuries. However, Makaay revived sufficiently to score the goal against Real Madrid CF that helped secure Deportivo's place in the UEFA Champions League on the last day of the 2001/02 season. Makaay scored 29 league goals during the following campaign to claim the Golden Shoe as Depor finished third.

2003/04: In August he left the Riazor for FC Bayern München, signing a four-year deal for a fee in excess of €17m and was an instant success, scoring 23 times in 32 league games and six in eight Champions League matches.

Did you know?
Makaay played 31 times for the Dutch Under-21 side, a record he shares with Arnold Bruggink.

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