Robin van Persie

**Robin van Persie** (; 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.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Feyenoord|2001–02|Eredivisie|10|0|0|0|—|7|0|—|17|0|||
|2002–03|Eredivisie|23|8|3|7|—|2|0|—|28|15|||||
|2003–04|Eredivisie|28|6|2|0|—|3|0|—|33|6|||||
|rowspan="9"|Arsenal|2004–05|Premier League|26|5|5|3|3|1|6|1|1|0|41|10|
|2005–06|Premier League|24|5|2|0|4|4|7|2|1|0|38|11|||
|2006–07|Premier League|22|11|1|0|0|0|8|2|—|31|13||||
|2007–08|Premier League|15|7|0|0|1|0|7|2|—|23|9||||
|2008–09|Premier League|28|11|6|4|0|0|10|5|—|44|20||||
|2009–10|Premier League|16|9|0|0|0|0|4|1|—|20|10||||
|2010–11|Premier League|25|18|2|1|3|1|3|2|—|33|22||||
|2011–12|Premier League|38|30|2|2|0|0|8|5|—|48|37||||
|rowspan="4"|Manchester United|2012–13|Premier League|38|26|4|1|0|0|6|3|—|48|30||
|2013–14|Premier League|21|12|0|0|0|0|6|4|1|2|28|18|||
|2014–15|Premier League|27|10|2|0|0|0|—|—|29|10|||||
|rowspan="4"|Fenerbahçe|2015–16|Süper Lig|31|16|5|5|—|12|1|—|48|22|||
|2016–17|Süper Lig|24|9|4|4|—|7|1|—|35|14|||||
|2017–18|Süper Lig|2|0|0|0|—|2|0|—|4|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|Feyenoord|2017–18|Eredivisie|12|5|2|2|—|—|—|14|7||||
|2018–19|Eredivisie|25|16|4|2|—|1|0|1|0|31|18||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="13"|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|||

## Honours

**Feyenoord**
- UEFA Cup: 2001–02
- KNVB Cup: 2017–18; runner-up: 2002–03
- Johan Cruyff Shield: 2018

**Arsenal**
- FA Cup: 2004–05
- FA Community Shield: 2004
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2005–06
- Football League Cup runner-up: 2010–11

**Manchester United**
- Premier League: 2012–13
- FA Community Shield: 2013

**Fenerbahçe**
- Turkish Cup runner-up: 2015–16

**Netherlands**
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2010; third place: 2014

**Individual**
- Dutch Football Talent of the Year: 2001–02
- KNVB Best Young Talent Award: 2001–02
- Premier League Player of the Month: November 2005, October 2009, October 2011, December 2012, April 2013
- BBC Goal of the Month: September 2006, December 2008, December 2011, August 2012, April 2013
- Most assists in the Premier League: 2008–09 _(shared)_
- Premier League Golden Boot Landmark Award: 2011–12 (10 goals), 2011–12 (20 goals), 2011–12 (30 goals)
- Premier League Golden Boot: 2011–12, 2012–13
- PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2011–12
- PFA Fans' Player of the Year: 2012
- PFA Team of the Year: 2011–12 Premier League, 2012–13 Premier League
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 2011–12
- ESM Team of the Year: 2011–12
- Arsenal Player of the Season: 2008–09, 2011–12
- Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year: 2012–13
- BBC Goal of the Season: 2012–13
- FIFA FIFPro World XI shortlist: 2011, 2012, 2013
- FIFA FIFPro World XI 2nd team: 2013
- Premier League 100 Club's Greatest Goal Award
- Netherlands all-time top goalscorer: 50 goals
- Manchester United Goal of the Season: 2012–13 (vs. Aston Villa, 22 April 2013)
- 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification Top scorer (11 goals)
- FIFA Puskás Award (3rd place) 2014
- Eredivisie Player of the Month: August 2018

### 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

- 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:_
        - 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)
- Highest goal-scoring Dutch player in Premier League (144 goals)

### 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)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Robin van Persie
- **image**: Loco-Fener (10).jpg
- **caption**: Van Persie with Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe in 2016
- **fullname**: Robin van Persie
- **birth place**: Rotterdam, Netherlands
- **height**: 1.83 m
- **position**: Striker (football), Striker
- **youthyears1**: 1988–1999
- **youthclubs1**: SBV Excelsior, Excelsior
- **youthyears2**: 1999–2001
- **youthclubs2**: Feyenoord Academy (Varkenoord), Feyenoord
- **years1**: 2001–2004
- **clubs1**: Feyenoord
- **caps1**: 61
- **goals1**: 14
- **years2**: 2004–2012
- **clubs2**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps2**: 194
- **goals2**: 96
- **years3**: 2012–2015
- **clubs3**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **caps3**: 86
- **goals3**: 48
- **years4**: 2015–2018
- **clubs4**: Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe
- **caps4**: 57
- **goals4**: 25
- **years5**: 2018–2019
- **clubs5**: Feyenoord
- **caps5**: 37
- **goals5**: 21
- **totalcaps**: 435
- **totalgoals**: 204
- **nationalyears1**: 2000
- **nationalteam1**: Netherlands national under-17 football team, Netherlands U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2001
- **nationalteam2**: Netherlands national under-19 football team, Netherlands U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 6
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2002–2005
- **nationalteam3**: Netherlands national under-21 football team, Netherlands U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 12
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **nationalyears4**: 2005–2017
- **nationalteam4**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands
- **nationalcaps4**: 102
- **nationalgoals4**: 50
- **manageryears1**: 2020–
- **managerclubs1**: Feyenoord (assistant)
- **manageryears2**: 2021–2023
- **managerclubs2**: Feyenoord Academy (Varkenoord), Feyenoord U16 (co-head coach)
- **manageryears3**: 2023–
- **managerclubs3**: Feyenoord Academy (Varkenoord), Feyenoord U18/U19 (co-head coach)