Royston Ricky Drenthe (born 8 April 1987) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Real Madrid.
Drenthe started his professional career mainly playing as a left back, although he has been used mainly as a left winger at Real Madrid.
At Feyenoord, Drenthe came into the D2 team. He played mainly as a left winger during his junior years. As a C player he was invited to join the B squad on a trip to Switzerland. Drenthe misbehaved during the tri...
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Royston Ricky Drenthe (born 8 April 1987) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Real Madrid.
Drenthe started his professional career mainly playing as a left back, although he has been used mainly as a left winger at Real Madrid.
At Feyenoord, Drenthe came into the D2 team. He played mainly as a left winger during his junior years. As a C player he was invited to join the B squad on a trip to Switzerland. Drenthe misbehaved during the trip and the trainer, Marcel Bout, wanted him to leave the club as a result. Due to technical director Rob Baan, Drenthe was able to stay and he was only temporarily suspended by the club. After his suspension he continued to play in the C-team before moving to the B-team, where he again had Bout as his coach.
Bout hardly used Drenthe in his line-up. Later, at the end of the season he 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....
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