Robin van Persie is a Dutch professional footballer who currently plays for Arsenal. He made his first break in professional football signing for his local team, Feyenoord aged 19. After 3 seasons there he fell out with coach Bert van Marwijk and moved to Arsenal. Van Persie earned his first international cap in 2005 in a World cup qualifying game against Romania and then scored in his second 4 days later against Finland. Van Persie’s first 4 seasons at Arsenal were broken up by several injuries but he rose to prominence in the 2008/9 season, as he finished as Arsenal’s top scorer with 20 goals in all competitions and topped the Premier League assist chart with 11. The 2009/10 season started well for him, getting 2 assists in the opening game. He was also involved in the controversy when Arsenal played Man City as Adebayor was accused of stamping on his face.
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Van Persie is Arsenal’s first choice set piece taker.
He was described in a match report as “21 going on 9” when he was sent off for the first time in an Arsenal shirt for a lunge on Graeme Le Saux in 2004.
He was the Dutch top scorer in qualifying for Euro 2008.
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