Bryan Roy

Bryan Roy was a Dutch footballer who represented his country at the 1994 World Cup, while he played as a centre forward for Foggia in Italy. After the World Cup, he moved to England after Nottingham Forest paid their record fee of £2.9million for his services. Roy's first season at the City Ground was a success, as he provided a strong partner for the lethal Stan Collymore. 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. But Collymore was sold to Liverpool in the summer of 1995 and Roy's new partner Andreas Silenzi was a disastrous purchase who undoubtedly harmed Roy's chances of another good season, 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'd seen enough of England.

After Forest's 1996-97 season ended in relegation from the Premiership, Roy moved to Germany in a £1.5million switch to Hertha Berlin. In 2000 he returned to his homeland and turned out for NAC Breda, where he remained until hanging up his boots in 2002. By that time he was a qualified football coach and now works in the famous Ajax youth team system.