Roysten Drenthe

Royston Ricky Drenthe (born April 8, 1987) is a Netherlands football (soccer) who currently plays for Real Madrid.

Biography

Drenthe started Roysten Drenthe professional career mainly playing as a Defender_(football) Full_back.

Club career

Early career

At Feyenoord Rotterdam, Drenthe came into the D2 team. Roysten Drenthe played mainly as a left winger during Roysten Drenthe junior years. As a C player Roysten Drenthe was invited to join the B squad on a trip to Switzerland. Drenthe misbehaved during the trip and the trainer, Marcel Bout, wanted Roysten Drenthe to leave the club as a result. Due to technical director Rob Baan, Drenthe was able to stay and Roysten Drenthe was only temporarily suspended by the club. After Roysten Drenthe suspension Roysten Drenthe continued to play in the C-team before moving to the B-team, where Roysten Drenthe again had Bout as Roysten Drenthe coach.

Bout hardly used Drenthe in Roysten Drenthe line-up. Later, at the end of the season Roysten Drenthe was named as one of eleven players whose future at the club was questionable. Drenthe then decided to switch teams and moved to Feyenoord's feeder club Excelsior Rotterdam.

Excelsior

Drenthe improved during the two years Roysten Drenthe played at Excelsior Rotterdam. Coach Marco van Lochem wanted to try Roysten Drenthe as a left back, which turned out to be a success. Drenthe seemed to be a talent at this position and became a team regular. Roysten Drenthe impressed the Feyenoord coaches and was asked to join them again.

Feyenoord

In the 2005/06 season, Drenthe reached the A1 team of Feyenoord, managed by Roysten Drenthe former C-youth coach Henk Fräser. Fräser told Roysten Drenthe Roysten Drenthe had to fight for Roysten Drenthe position with Roysten Drenthe team mate Mohammed Hammouti. Since the Otten Cup, a youth tournament at PSV Eindhoven where Roysten Drenthe scored three goals against Ajax Amsterdam as a left winger, Roysten Drenthe became a first-team player and even became captain of the team. In the meantime, Roysten Drenthe also became a team regular in Feyenoord's second team.

Drenthe was offered a professional contract soon after. That same week Roysten Drenthe helped to win an away match versus Ajax' second team 5-1 and was asked to train with Feyenoord's first team. Roysten Drenthe continued to play for Feyenoord's youth and second team before manager Erwin Koeman brought Roysten Drenthe in Roysten Drenthe regular squad. Roysten Drenthe made Roysten Drenthe debut in the match against Vitesse in the Gelredome and finished the season with three matches played.

In the 2006-07 season, Feyenoord signed Belgian international player Philippe Léonard at Drenthe's position, the left back spot, while Pascal Bosschaart was also still part of the squad. Due to the injury of Léonard and the switch of Bosschaart to play for ADO Den Haag, Drenthe was awarded a chance, which Roysten Drenthe grabbed immediately. In a short time, Drenthe became a fans' favourite player, being one of the few positive highlights in again a disappointing season for the club.

After impressing at the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship by winning it and awarded as player of the tournament, Roysten Drenthe picked up attention from a number of clubs, including Chelsea F.C. and FC Barcelona.

Feyenoord Rotterdam didn't want to sell as Drenthe extended Roysten Drenthe running contract until 2011 in April 2007, but they eventually agreed to a €14 million bid by Real Madrid C.F., after Drenthe decided to take Roysten Drenthe club to court if they did not want to let Roysten Drenthe go.

Real Madrid

Drenthe was presented as a Real Madrid C.F. player on August 13, 2007 along with fellow Dutchman Wesley Sneijder in a double player presentation at the Santiago Bernabeu. Drenthe made Roysten Drenthe official Real Madrid debut starting as a central midfielder in the second leg of the Supercopa de España against Sevilla FC. Drenthe scored the equalizer, similar to a Clarence Seedorf long range strike, which was struck from 30-40 yards out, hit the crossbar and the ball crossed the line. However, Real Madrid eventually lost the match 5-3 as Sevilla clinched the cup.

Drenthe played fairly regularly for Real Madrid as left-back or left midfielder at the beginning of the season, but due to the sudden development of Brazilian left-back Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior, Drenthe's playing time has become limited. In the Dutch media, there were several reports of clashes between Drenthe and Real coach Bernd Schuster, after the German decided to keep Drenthe out of the squad for several matches, meaning that Drenthe had to sit in the stands instead of the bench. After being left out of the game against Valencia CF, Drenthe stormed angrily out of the training ground of Real.
But after making several appearances since, Roysten Drenthe was ready to serve Roysten Drenthe best for Real Madrid. During a match against Real Valladolid, Roysten Drenthe performed really well by providing an assist to Guti's goal and scoring Roysten Drenthe first league goal. Roysten Drenthe has been linked with a move to AS Roma, and to Quique Flores' Benfica, on loan.

Despite rumours of Drenthe leaving the club on loan, Roysten Drenthe has featured in 15 of Real Madrid C.F. first 18 games of the 2008/2009 season, starting the last three games and giving creditable performances despite the clubs inconsistent form and major injury problems. Although recently the Dutch ace has been suffering from anxiety since Roysten Drenthe was booed by Roysten Drenthe own supporters during Real's 1-0 win at home to Deportivo La Coruna and has not featured since, although former manager Juande Ramos gave Drenthe Roysten Drenthe support and insisted Roysten Drenthe would help the young winger

The Real Madrid coach has since revealed that Drenthe asked not to be picked for the three games after the Deportivo fixture.

Drenthe did feature in the club's recent match against Malaga, coming on as a substitute and played a quiet but error-free role during injury time.

International career

After the 2006-07 season, Drenthe was called up by Netherlands national under-21 football team coach, Foppe de Haan, to be part of Roysten Drenthe squad for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, which was held in the Netherlands. Drenthe was one of the most important players in the second consecutive title of the competition for the Netherlands national under-21 football team, being chosen by UEFA as player of the tournament.

Musical career

Royston has also recorded a Rapping song with Roysten Drenthe friend, Liverpool F.C Winger Ryan Babel. Their Song with U-Niq is called Tak Takie.