Bryan Roy

Bryan Roy

Bryan Roy
Personal information
Full name	Bryan Edward Steven Roy
Date of birth	(1970-02-12) 12 February 1970 (age 51)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
	Blauw Wit
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1992	Ajax	126	(17)
1992–1994	Foggia	50	(15)
1994–1997	Nottingham Forest	85	(24)
1997–2000	Hertha BSC	50	(3)
2001	NAC	14	(2)
2004	Workington	9	(2)
Total		334	(63)
National team
1989–1995	Netherlands	32	(9)
Teams managed
2001–2010	Ajax E1
2010–2015	Ajax B
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Bryan Edward Steven Roy (born 12 February 1970) is a Dutch football manager and a former professional player.

As a player he was a winger and notably played for Ajax, Nottingham Forest and Hertha BSC. His spell at Forest culminated in three Premier League seasons with his debut year resulting in a 3rd place finish and qualification for the following seasons UEFA Cup. He also played professionally for Foggia and later coming out of retirement with a brief spell at English Non-League side Workington. He was capped 32 times by the Netherlands, scoring 9 goals.

Following the end of his playing career Roy moved into coaching and was appointed head coach of Ajax's youth teams – formerly Ajax E1. He was later appointed to a similar position with the Ajax B team in 2010, a position he remained in until 2015.

Club career[]

Born in Amsterdam, Roy 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 £2.5million for his services.^[1]

Roy's first season at the City Ground was a success, as he provided a strong partner for Stan Collymore.^[2] 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.^[3][4][5]

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.

Vink, Roy and Lindenbergh for "Ajax Legend" in HK7 soccer 2012

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 of the AFC Ajax E-Youth before becoming head coach of Jong Ajax in the summer of 2010.^{[citation needed]}

Honours[]

Ajax

• UEFA Cup: 1992

References[]

External links[]

• Bryan Roy at Wereld van Oranje (in Dutch)