Royston Drenthe

**Royston Ricky Drenthe** (born 8 April 1987) is a Dutch former professional footballer. Although primarily a left winger, he also played as a left-back.

## Career statistics

_As of 6 May 2022_

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Feyenoord|2005–06|Eredivisie|3|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|4|0|
|2006–07|Eredivisie|26|0|1|0|4|0|2|0|33|0|||
|rowspan="4"|Real Madrid|2007–08|La Liga|18|2|3|0|4|0|1|1|26|3|
|2008–09|La Liga|20|0|2|0|5|0|1|0|28|0|||
|2009–10|La Liga|8|0|1|0|2|1|—|11|1||||
|Hércules (loan)|2010–11|La Liga|17|4|2|0|—|—|19|4||||
|Everton (loan)|2011–12|Premier League|21|3|4|1|—|2|0|27|4|||
|Alania|2012–13|Russian Premier League|6|3|0|0|—|—|6|3||||
|Reading|2013–14|Championship|23|2|1|0|—|0|0|24|2|||
|Sheffield Wednesday (loan)|2014–15|Championship|15|1|0|0|—|0|0|15|1|||
|Kayseri Erciyesspor|2014–15|Süper Lig|11|3|—|—|—|11|3|||||
|Baniyas|2015–16|UAE Pro League|18|0|3|0|—|—|21|0||||
|Sparta Rotterdam|2018–19|Eerste Divisie|32|5|0|0|—|0|0|32|5|||
|rowspan="3"|Kozakken Boys|2019–20|Tweede Divisie|9|3|1|0|—|—|10|3|||
|2020–21|Tweede Divisie|1|0|0|0|—|—|1|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|Racing Murcia|2020–21|Tercera División|15|8|—|—|2|1|17|9|||
|2021–22|Tercera División RFEF|13|1|—|—|—|13|1||||||
|Real Murcia|2021–22|Segunda División RFEF|8|0|—|—|—|8|0|||||

## Honours

**Real Madrid**
- La Liga: 2007–08
- Supercopa de España: 2008; runner-up: 2007

**Netherlands U21**
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2007

**Individual**
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship Golden Player: 2007

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Royston Drenthe
- **image**: Royston Drenthe - Hèrcules.jpg
- **caption**: Drenthe with Hércules CF, Hércules in 2011
- **fullname**: Royston Ricky Drenthe
- **birth place**: Rotterdam, Netherlands
- **height**: 1.67 m
- **position**: Midfielder#Winger, Left winger, Defender (association football)#Full-back, left-back
- **youthyears1**: 1992–2000
- **youthclubs1**: SC Neptunus
- **youthyears2**: 2000–2003
- **youthclubs2**: Feyenoord
- **youthyears3**: 2003–2005
- **youthclubs3**: Excelsior Rotterdam, Excelsior
- **years1**: 2005–2007
- **clubs1**: Feyenoord
- **caps1**: 29
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2007–2012
- **clubs2**: Real Madrid C.F., Real Madrid
- **caps2**: 46
- **goals2**: 2
- **years3**: 2010–2011
- **clubs3**: → Hércules CF, Hércules (loan)
- **caps3**: 17
- **goals3**: 4
- **years4**: 2011–2012
- **clubs4**: → Everton F.C., Everton (loan)
- **caps4**: 21
- **goals4**: 3
- **years5**: 2012–2013
- **clubs5**: FC Alania Vladikavkaz, Alania Vladikavkaz
- **caps5**: 6
- **goals5**: 3
- **years6**: 2013–2015
- **clubs6**: Reading F.C., Reading
- **caps6**: 23
- **goals6**: 2
- **years7**: 2014–2015
- **clubs7**: → Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday (loan)
- **caps7**: 15
- **goals7**: 1
- **years8**: 2015
- **clubs8**: Kayseri Erciyesspor
- **caps8**: 11
- **goals8**: 3
- **years9**: 2015–2016
- **clubs9**: Baniyas Club, Baniyas
- **caps9**: 18
- **goals9**: 0
- **years10**: 2018–2019
- **clubs10**: Sparta Rotterdam
- **caps10**: 32
- **goals10**: 5
- **years11**: 2019–2021
- **clubs11**: Kozakken Boys
- **caps11**: 9
- **goals11**: 3
- **years12**: 2021–2022
- **clubs12**: Racing Murcia FC, Racing Murcia
- **caps12**: 28
- **goals12**: 9
- **years13**: 2022
- **clubs13**: → Real Murcia (loan)
- **caps13**: 9
- **goals13**: 0
- **years14**: 2022
- **clubs14**: Racing Mérida City
- **caps14**: 15
- **goals14**: 3
- **years15**: 2023
- **clubs15**: Kozakken Boys
- **caps15**: 5
- **goals15**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 284
- **totalgoals**: 38
- **nationalyears1**: 2005
- **nationalteam1**: Netherlands U18
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2005–2006
- **nationalteam2**: Netherlands national under-19 football team, Netherlands U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 6
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2006–2008
- **nationalteam3**: Netherlands national under-21 football team, Netherlands U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 17
- **nationalgoals3**: 4
- **nationalyears4**: 2008
- **nationalteam4**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands B
- **nationalcaps4**: 1
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 2010
- **nationalteam5**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands
- **nationalcaps5**: 1
- **nationalgoals5**: 0