Robin Van Persie

Robin Van Persie was an elegant, technical and very complete attacker, he will be sure to win in England and on the international scene as one of the best attackers in the world.

691

Games

322

Goals

114

Assists

Trophies

2001/04 Feyenoord Rotterdam (NET) 76 games, 21 goals

2004/12 Arsenal (ENG) 276 games, 130 goals

2012/15 Manchester UTD (ENG) 105 games, 58 goals

2015/18 Fenerbahçe (TUR) 87 games, 36 goals

2018/19 Feyenoord Rotterdam (NET) 47 games, 25 goals

With the National Team :

102 selections, 50 goals

(Friendly matches: 35 selections, 15 goals)

(World Cup qualifier: 22 selections, 13 goals)

(World Cup: 17 selections, 6 goals)

(Euro qualifier: 21 selections, 13 goals)

(Euro: 7 selections, 3 goals)

1st selection: June 4, 2005 against Romania (2-0)

Last selection: August 31, 2017 against France (0-4)

U23: 12 selections, 1 goal

U19: 6 selections

U17: 6 selections

Robin Van Persie

Born August 6, 1983 in Rotterdam (Hol)

Dutchman, striker, second striker, left-winger, 1m83

Nicknames: The Flying Dutchman, RVP

Elected talent of 2002 in the Netherlands

Robin Van Persie was born on August 6, 1983 in Rotterdam, with a silky ball touch, the left -hander, tall and slender, impresses with its technical quality. He will be trained in the Feyenoord club and begins with the professional team in 2001. He won this same year, the most precious trophy in his career: Europa League.

Criticized for his sufficient behavior, he blurs with the coach of the time: Bert Van Marwijk. The latter will decide to place it on the list of transfers. It is ultimately Arsenal who will come and seek this young prodigy of 21 years. Arsène Wenger sees him in him the perfect attacker to support Thierry Henry.

From the shadow of Thierry Henry to light

He made his debut alongside a legendary team made up of players such as Thierry Henry, Denis Bergkamp, Robert Pirès or the young Fàbregas. After the departure of Thierry Henry, the player who played in the role of second-attacker or winger with the Frenchman, will now play in the position of advanced attacker.

In this position, he quickly became one of the best players in the world. But injuries will slow down its progress. The 2008/09 season will be his first when he exceeds 20 goals and is elected best player of the club's season.

The best striker in the English championship

Once the start of Fàbregas, Robin Van Persie becomes the new captain of the club. A captain who is weighed down by injuries, of course, but who always returns from them with class and talent. He therefore participated in the 2010 World Cup in the shoes of a holder, which is therefore his second World Cup as a holder after that of 2006.

The Netherlands team that struggled during the 2000s to go far during major tournaments, went in 2010 to reach the final. Far from being sparkling, he is still one of the significant faces of this edition in which he scored 1 goal and delivers 2 assists. Fortunately, the Netherlands lose final 1-0 against Spain in overtime .

Robin Van Persie who is undoubtedly among the best strikers on the planet, sees the criticisms multiply in club where he is deemed too "individualistic" for a player who struggles to regularly chain the goals.

But after the World Cup, the player will be as transformed, and turn into a real hilly killer in front of the goals. In 2011, he scored 35 goals in 36 Premier League games, he did not exceed 36 goals over a calendar year by Alan Shearer but managed to break the record of Thierry Henry who had been holding since 2004 with his 34 goals.

The Dutch player was then at the top of his form and his career. During the 2011/12 season, he finished top scorer in the English championship with 30 goals. This season is magnificent for the player who ends for the first time in his career, best Premier League player, best PFA player, best PFA player for the season by fans and best FWA player.

Crowned king of England with Manchester United

But while Londonian fans think they have the best player in the championship for a few more years, the Dutchman is little pushed towards the exit by the leaders of the London club at 29 years old. Big error. The player therefore signs at Manchester United and is seen as a traitor by fans of the London club.

The player in search of new trophies will have made the right choice, because the 2012/13 season at Manchester United will be very good individually and collectively. On November 3, 2012, Manchester United played Arsenal at Old Trafford, all eyes were then turned to the Dutch player who only needed 3 minutes to score, the player out of respect for his former club, will not have celebrated Despite the whistles of the supporters of his former club.

With Manchester United, the player forms a magnificent duo with Wayne Rooney and finishes once again top scorer in the English championship with 26 goals. He won the Premier League for the first and last time in his career.

Last major tournament and return of injuries

At the end of the season, he left for Brazil for the 2014 World Cup, his best tournament in international country competition. For the first match, he finds Spain ... and will take revenge in the best way accompanied by Arjen Robben. The player will score one of the most beautiful goals in his career, and perhaps the most beautiful goal in the story marked with the head ... A plunging head, which comes to perfectly lobber a dumbfounded casillas ... He will once again humiliate Casillas at the end of the match and signs a double.

He scored a new goal against Australia in the group phase, he then remains silent until the match of third place during which he scored his 4th goal of the competition against Brazil, 3-0 victory in the Netherlands. Robin Van Persie is 31 years old, imposing himself as one of the greatest legends in the history of his country.

Unfortunately, the return to Manchester United after the World Cup will be bad, the player is used physically and falls back into injuries ... In 2015, he left for Fenerbahçe then returned to the club of his beginnings in 2018, Feyenoord and put an end to His career at 35 in 2019 in a season at 25 goals for 47 games.

The Dutch player will have made the football observers dream by his technical gestures, his beautiful passes, his vista, his sense of goal and above all ... his recoveries of magnificent and precise volley. Successor of big names (Van Basten, Cruyff, Kluivert ...), he will be sure to carry his country for more than 12 years to the summits of world football.