Years Team Name Bryan Roy Height 1.78 m | Playing position Role Football player Date joined 1993 | |
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Full name Bryan Edward Steven Roy Date of birth (1970-02-12) 12 February 1970 (age 45) Spouse Nada van Nie (m. 1993–2008) Similar People Nada van Nie, Wim Jonk, Rene van Nie | ||
Goal! Bryan Roy. 04.02.1990. Ajax - FC Twente
Bryan Roy scores the 2-1 against Feyenoord in 1989
Bryan Edward Steven Roy (born 12 February 1970 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch football manager and a former professional player. He has managed various of Ajax' youth teams – formerly Ajax E1 and now Ajax B.
Contents
- Goal Bryan Roy 04021990 Ajax FC Twente
- Bryan Roy scores the 2 1 against Feyenoord in 1989
- Career
- International career
- Coaching career
- Personal life
- AFC Ajax
- References
Career
He started his professional playing career in Ajax in 1987, winning the UEFA Cup in 1992. In November 1992, Roy was traded to the Italian club Foggia and replaced as leftwinger by Marc Overmars. During his time there, he represented his country at the 1994 World Cup, scoring once as the Netherlands reached the quarter-finals. After the World Cup, he moved to England after Nottingham Forest paid their record fee of £2.9million for his services.
Roy's first season at the City Ground was a success, as he provided a strong partner for Stan Collymore. He helped the newly promoted side finish an impressive third in the Premiership and qualify for the UEFA Cup – the first time Forest had achieved European qualification in the post-Heysel era. Collymore was sold to Liverpool in the summer of 1995, although Forest did reach the UEFA Cup quarter-finals. His first-team opportunities were limited by injury and disappointing form in 1996–97, and Roy decided that he had seen enough of England.
After Forest's 1996–97 season ended in relegation from the Premiership, Roy moved to Germany in a £1.5million switch to Hertha BSC. In 2000, he returned to his homeland and turned out for NAC Breda, where he remained until hanging up his boots in 2002. Roy came out of retirement briefly in 2004 where he had a short stint at Workington AFC scoring twice in 9 appearances.
International career
Roy picked up 32 international caps for the Netherlands national football team, scoring nine goals. He played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups and the 1992 UEFA European Football Championships.
Coaching career
He worked as head coach by AFC Ajax of the E-Youth and began in summer 2010 as head coach of Jong Ajax.
Personal life
Roy was married to Television host and moderator Nada van Nie.