Robin van Persie

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.

Robin van Persie

Van Persie with Fenerbahçe in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Robin van Persie[1]
Date of birth	(1983-08-06) 6 August 1983 (age 42)[2]
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
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-up 2010 South Africa 2014 Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[4]

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Feyenoord	2001–02	Eredivisie	10	0	0	0	—		7[a]	0	—		17	0
	2002–03	Eredivisie	23	8	3	7	—		2[b]	0	—		28	15
	2003–04	Eredivisie	28	6	2	0	—		3[c]	0	—		33	6
	Total		61	14	5	7	—		12	0	—		78	21
Arsenal	2004–05	Premier League	26	5	5	3	3	1	6[b]	1	1[d]	0	41	10
	2005–06	Premier League	24	5	2	0	4	4	7[b]	2	1[d]	0	38	11
	2006–07	Premier League	22	11	1	0	0	0	8[b]	2	—		31	13
	2007–08	Premier League	15	7	0	0	1	0	7[b]	2	—		23	9
	2008–09	Premier League	28	11	6	4	0	0	10[b]	5	—		44	20
	2009–10	Premier League	16	9	0	0	0	0	4[b]	1	—		20	10
	2010–11	Premier League	25	18	2	1	3	1	3[b]	2	—		33	22
	2011–12	Premier League	38	30	2	2	0	0	8[b]	5	—		48	37
	Total		194	96	18	10	11	6	53	20	2	0	278	132
Manchester United[5]	2012–13	Premier League	38	26	4	1	0	0	6[b]	3	—		48	30
	2013–14	Premier League	21	12	0	0	0	0	6[b]	4	1[d]	2	28	18
	2014–15	Premier League	27	10	2	0	0	0	—		—		29	10
	Total		86	48	6	1	0	0	12	7	1	2	105	58
Fenerbahçe	2015–16	Süper Lig	31	16	5	5	—		12[e]	1	—		48	22
	2016–17	Süper Lig	24	9	4	4	—		7[f]	1	—		35	14
	2017–18	Süper Lig	2	0	0	0	—		2[f]	0	—		4	0
	Total		57	25	9	9	0	0	21	2	—|		87	36
Feyenoord	2017–18	Eredivisie	12	5	2	2	—		—		—		14	7
	2018–19	Eredivisie	25	16	4	2	—		1[f]	0	1[g]	0	31	18
	Total		37	21	6	4	—		1	0	1	0	45	25
Career total			435	204	44	31	11	6	99	29	4	2	593	272

1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League, appearances in UEFA Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
3. Appearances in UEFA Cup
4. Appearance in FA Community Shield
5. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
6. 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^[6]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands	2005	7	1
	2006	12	6
	2007	4	0
	2008	10	5
	2009	8	2
	2010	11	5
	2011	9	6
	2012	10	6
	2013	10	10
	2014	15	8
	2015	5	1
	2016	0	0
	2017	1	0
Total		102	50

Honours

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

Feyenoord

• UEFA Cup: 2001–02^[7]
• KNVB Cup: 2017–18; runner-up: 2002–03^[8]
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 2018^[9]

Arsenal

• FA Cup: 2004–05^[10]
• FA Community Shield: 2004^[11]
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2005–06^[12]
• Football League Cup runner-up: 2010–11^[13]

Manchester United

• Premier League: 2012–13^[14]
• FA Community Shield: 2013^[15]

Fenerbahçe

• Turkish Cup runner-up: 2015–16^[16]

Netherlands

• FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2010; third place: 2014^[17]

Individual

• Dutch Football Talent of the Year: 2001–02^[18]
• KNVB Best Young Talent Award: 2001–02^[19]
• Premier League Player of the Month: November 2005, October 2009, October 2011, December 2012, April 2013^[14]
• BBC Goal of the Month: September 2006, December 2008, December 2011, August 2012, April 2013
• Most assists in the Premier League: 2008–09 (shared)^[20]
• Premier League Golden Boot Landmark Award: 2011–12 (10 goals),^[21] 2011–12 (20 goals),^[22] 2011–12 (30 goals)^[23]
• Premier League Golden Boot: 2011–12, 2012–13^[14]
• PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2011–12^[24]
• PFA Fans' Player of the Year: 2012^[25]
• PFA Team of the Year: 2011–12 Premier League,^[26] 2012–13 Premier League^[27]
• FWA Footballer of the Year: 2011–12^[28]
• ESM Team of the Year: 2011–12^[29]
• Arsenal Player of the Season: 2008–09,^[30] 2011–12^[31]
• Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year: 2012–13^[32]
• BBC Goal of the Season: 2012–13^[33]
• FIFA FIFPro World XI shortlist: 2011, 2012, 2013^[34]
• FIFA FIFPro World XI 2nd team: 2013^[35]
• Premier League 100 Club's Greatest Goal Award^[36]
• Netherlands all-time top goalscorer: 50 goals^[37]
• Manchester United Goal of the Season: 2012–13 (vs. Aston Villa, 22 April 2013)^[38][39]
• 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification Top scorer (11 goals)^[40]
• FIFA Puskás Award^[41] (3rd place) 2014
• Eredivisie Player of the Month: August 2018^[42]

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^[43]
• 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).^[44]

Premier League

• Most Premier League goals scored from the turn of the year to the end of the season (18) 2010/11 (shared with Thierry Henry and Cristiano Ronaldo)
• Number of teams scored against in a season: 17, joint record:
  • 20-team league:^[45]
    • Ian Wright (Arsenal, 1996–97)
    • Robin van Persie (Arsenal, 2011–12)
    • Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, 2017–18)
• Most consecutive away league matches scored in: 9, Robin van Persie (for Arsenal, 1 January 2011 to 22 May 2011)^[46]
• Highest goal-scoring Dutch player in Premier League (144 goals)^[47]

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)