 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Ni akoko 200506 o gba goolu mẹsan ninu awọn ere liigi 22 o si gba goolu mẹjọ ninu awọn ifarahan ife ẹyẹ 22. O ṣe iranlọwọ fun Steve McClarens Boro lati ṣẹgun Xanthi Greece, Grasshopper Club Zürich Switzerland, Dnipro Ukraine, Litex Bulgaria, VfB Stuttgart Germany, A.S. Roma Italy, FC Basel Switzerland ati Steaua București Romania ni ọna si awọn : Ìkẹyìn ìdíje ife ẹyẹ UEFA. Ni ipari, Middlesbrough ti ṣẹgun 4 si 0 nipasẹ ẹgbẹ agbabọọlu Ilu Sipeeni Sevilla ni Philips Stadion. Ìkẹyìn ife naa jẹ ifarahan ikẹhin ti Hasselbaink fun ẹgbẹ naa, bi oludari tuntun Gareth Southgate ṣe pinnu lati tu u silẹ ni Oṣu Keje ọdun 2006. 