13 Facts About Roy Makaay

Rudolphus Antonius "Roy" Makaay was born on 9 March 1975 and is a Dutch professional football coach and former footballer.

Roy Makaay began his career at Vitesse and Tenerife before moving to Deportivo de La Coruna in 1999 and helping the side to their first La Liga title in his first season there.

Roy Makaay won the Copa del Rey in 2002 and the following season was given the European Golden Boot for a 29-goal haul.

Roy Makaay competed with the Dutch side at two UEFA European Championships and the 2008 Olympics.

Roy Makaay was first recognized as a talented striker while playing for Vitesse in the mid-1990s and honed his skills in the Spanish First Division with Tenerife and later with Deportivo La Coruna.

In July 1999, Roy Makaay was signed by Deportivo La Coruna from Tenerife for a transfer fee of Pts 10 million.

Roy Makaay 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 7 March 2007, Roy 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 at the round of sixteen.

Madrid kicked off but Roberto Carlos failed to control the backpass, allowing Bayern's Hasan Salihamidzic to steal the ball and feed it to Roy Makaay who tapped it past goalkeeper Iker Casillas.

Roy Makaay scored 15 times for the Dutch U-21 national team, which was a record shared with Arnold Bruggink, before Klaas-Jan Huntelaar eclipsed their tally in 2006.

Roy Makaay was capped for his country at Euro 2000 and Euro 2004.

In 2008, Roy Makaay was chosen as one of three overage players to represent the Netherlands at the Olympics, where he captained the side to a quarter-final defeat to eventual champions Argentina.