Roy Makaay

Makaay is the kind of striker I quietly admire most: no theatrics, just a lethal instinct in front of goal. Winning the 2003 European Golden Shoe means he outscored everyone on the continent that season, and he did it the hard way, finishing with either foot and dominating in the air at 188 cm. Coming from a small Dutch town and earning his stripes at Deportivo and Bayern, he embodies the unglamorous professionalism I respect. That he turned to coaching afterward tells me he wanted to pass on the craft of finishing rather than just bask in his goals.

Name (English)

Roy Makaay

Name (Japanese)

ロイ・マカーイ

Reading

ろい・まかーい

Born

March 9, 1975 (age 51)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rabbit

Origin

Wijchen, Gelderland, Netherlands

Height

188 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Awards & achievements

• 2003 European Golden Shoe

• Official sitehttp://www.roymakaay.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/roymakaayofficial/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy%20Makaay
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152725

Tags

• Gelderland
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-18

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.