Robin van Persie

Robin van Persie
Van Persie with Fenerbahçe in 2016
Personal information
Full name Robin van Persie
Date of birth (1983-08-06) 6 August 1983 (age 43)
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1988–1999 Excelsior
1999–2001 Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Feyenoord 61 (14)
2004–2012 Arsenal 194 (96)
2012–2015 Manchester United 86 (48)
2015–2018 Fenerbahçe 57 (25)
2018–2019 Feyenoord 37 (21)
Total 435 (204)
International career
2000 Netherlands U17 6 (0)
2001 Netherlands U19 6 (0)
2002–2005 Netherlands U21 12 (1)
2005–2017 Netherlands 102 (50)
Managerial career
2020– Feyenoord (assistant)
2021–2023 Feyenoord U16 (co-head coach)
2023– Feyenoord U18/U19 (co-head coach)
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Men's football
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up2010 South Africa
Third place2014 Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robin van Persie (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɔbɪɱ vɑm ˈpɛrsi]  ( listen); born 6 August 1983) is a Dutch football coach and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He moved from Arsenal F.C. to Manchester United in the summer of 2012 and later, he moved to Turkish club Fenerbahce SK in the summer of 2015. He played for the Netherlands national team.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Feyenoord 2001–02 Eredivisie 10000—70—170
2002–03 Eredivisie 23837—20—2815
2003–04 Eredivisie 28620—30—336
Total 611457—120—7821
Arsenal 2004–05 Premier League 265533161104110
2005–06 Premier League 245204472103811
2006–07 Premier League 2211100082—3113
2007–08 Premier League 157001072—239
2008–09 Premier League 28116400105—4420
2009–10 Premier League 169000041—2010
2010–11 Premier League 2518213132—3322
2011–12 Premier League 3830220085—4837
Total 194961810116532020278132
Manchester United 2012–13 Premier League 3826410063—4830
2013–14 Premier League 2112000064122818
2014–15 Premier League 27102000——2910
Total 864861001271210558
Fenerbahçe 2015–16 Süper Lig 311655—121—4822
2016–17 Süper Lig 24944—71—3514
2017–18 Süper Lig 2000—20—40
Total 57259900212—|8736
Feyenoord 2017–18 Eredivisie 12522———147
2018–19 Eredivisie 251642—10103118
Total 372164—10104525
Career total 4352044431116992942593272
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League, appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. 1 2 3 Appearance in FA Community Shield
  5. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  6. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  7. ↑ Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

International

Van Persie training with the Netherlands team
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands 200571
2006126
200740
2008105
200982
2010115
201196
2012106
20131010
2014158
201551
201600
201710
Total10250

Honours

With the Netherlands, Van Persie reached the final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Feyenoord

Arsenal

Manchester United

Fenerbahçe

Netherlands

Individual

Records

Arsenal

  • Most goals in a 38-game league season: 30 goals (in the Premier League, 2011–12)
  • Most goals in a calendar year (35), 2011–12
  • Most goals scored at the Emirates Stadium: (64)

Manchester United

  • Only player to score two 90th-minute winning goals in the Premier League (shared with two players) 2012–13
  • The third-fewest matches needed for a player to reach 15 goals (21 matches, behind only Ruud van Nistelrooy (19 matches), Dwight Yorke (20 matches)

Feyenoord

  • The oldest player in Eredivisie history with two goals in a Klassieker (35 years, 174 days).

Premier League

International

  • 2014 FIFA World Cup – Only player since 1966 to score with his left foot, right foot, and head, as well as scoring from a free kick and a penalty kick.
  • Netherlands male national team all-time top scorer (50)

References

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  13. ↑ McNulty, Phil (27 February 2011). "Arsenal 1–2 Birmingham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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  37. ↑ "Historie". OnsOranje.nl (in Dutch). OnsOranje. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
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  41. ↑ Sunderland, Tom. "FIFA Puskas Award 2014: Voting Results and Reaction for James Rodriguez's Goal". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
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