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Playername | Royston Drenthe |
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Fullname | Royston Ricky Drenthe |
Dateofbirth | April 08, 1987 |
Cityofbirth | Rotterdam |
Countryofbirth | Netherlands |
Height | |
Currentclub | Real Madrid |
Position | Midfielder / Defender |
Youthyears1 | 1992–2000 | youthclubs1 = Neptunus |
Youthyears2 | 2000–2003 | youthclubs2 = Feyenoord |
Youthyears3 | 2003–2005 | youthclubs3 = Excelsior |
Years1 | 2005–2007 | clubs1 = Feyenoord | caps1 = 29 | goals1 = 0 |
Years2 | 2007– | clubs2 = Real Madrid | caps2 = 46 | goals2 = 2 |
Years3 | 2010–2011 | clubs3 = → Hércules (loan) | caps3 = 17 | goals3 = 4 |
Nationalyears1 | 2006–2007 | nationalteam1 = Netherlands U21 | nationalcaps1 = 24 | nationalgoals1 = 7 |
Nationalyears2 | 2008 | nationalteam2 = Netherlands B | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0 |
Nationalyears3 | 2010– | nationalteam3 = Netherlands | nationalcaps3 = 1 | nationalgoals3 = 0 |
Pcupdate | 21 May 2011 |
Ntupdate | 17 November 2010 |
Mainly a midfielder, and regarded as one of football's fastest players, he can also operate as a defender, always on the left side of the pitch.
Bout hardly used Drenthe in his subsequent line-ups, and, at the end of the season, the 16-year old was named as one of eleven players whose future at the club was questionable. He eventually moved to Feyenoord feeder club SBV Excelsior.
Drenthe improved during the two years he played at Excelsior, with coach Marco van Lochem successfully playing him as left back. After impressing his former side's coaching staff, he was asked to rejoin the club, and accepted .
In the same week where he helped to a 5–1 win at Ajax with the second team, Drenthe was offered a professional contract at Feyenoord. Manager Erwin Koeman handed him his Eredivisie debut, against Vitesse at the Gelredome and the player finished the season with three matches.
In 2006–07, Feyenoord signed veteran Belgian Philippe Léonard, while Pascal Bosschaart was also still part of the squad. After the former suffered an injury and the latter was transferred to ADO Den Haag, Drenthe became first-choice as Feyenoord finished seventh in the league.
After winning at the European Under-21 Championship with the Netherlands, and following transfer speculation in the press, Feyenoord agreed to a €14 million bid by Real Madrid, after Drenthe decided to take his club to court if they did not want to let him go.
Drenthe played regularly for Real Madrid in his debut season, in both left-wing positions, but began appearing less after the development of Brazilian Marcelo, being inclusively dropped from the list of 18 by manager Bernd Schuster in several games: after being left out for the match against Valencia CF, he stormed out of the training ground. He finished the campaign with 18 league appearances (plus four in the season's UEFA Champions League), scoring his first league goal against Real Valladolid, in a 7–0 home routing on 10 February 2008.
Despite rumours of him leaving the club on loan, Drenthe featured in 15 of Real Madrid's first 18 games of the 2008–09 season. However, he also suffered from anxiety issues after being booed by the club's supporters during a 1–0 home win against Deportivo de La Coruña and did not feature for the club for a period, although manager Juande Ramos offered the player his support and insisted he would help him. The manager later revealed that the player asked not to be picked for the three games after the Deportivo fixture.
On 31 August 2010, after having appeared rarely in his third season, Drenthe was loaned to Hércules CF in a season-long move. He made his debut on 11 September, in a 2–0 away win against FC Barcelona. He scored his first goal for the club on 14 November, netting from a free kick against Real Sociedad, in a 2–1 home victory. His performances with the Alicante team were subsequently praised by the Spanish press. However, the player would soon fall out of favour with the club's board of directors and coaching staff after arriving one week after the winter break ended, citing a "loss of confidence in Hércules management", rather than what was previously perceived as "a protest over unpaid wages".
On 3 April 2011, in his second game after his suspension, Drenthe scored twice to help Hércules to its first away win since September, 3–1 against Real Sociedad.
He was one of the most important players in the second consecutive title of the competition for the Jong Oranje, being chosen by UEFA as player of the tournament. The following year, he represented the nation at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
On 14 November 2010, Drenthe was selected for the first time for the Dutch senior team, as coach Bert van Marwijk picked him as a late replacement for injured Urby Emanuelson. Three days later, he made his debut, coming on as a second half substitute in the 1–0 friendly win with Turkey.
He dated Spanish Playboy model Malena Gracia.
Drenthe recorded a rap song with his friend U-Niq, called "Tak Takie".
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