Robin van Persie

Robin van Persie Biography

Robin van Persie was born on 6 August 1983 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He is currently playing in Premier League for Arsenal as a Striker. Van Persie started his football career with Dutch side SBV Excelsior youth squad in 2001but soon he was made to left the club due to conflicts with the coaching staff. Therefore he joined another Dutch youth club Feyenoord. Due to his good performance and great skills he was quickly promoted into the first team. HE was soon able to made his debut for Feyenoord because of the injuries to the players. At the age of seventeen he played his first professional match for Feyenoord and later he received the KNVB Best Young Talent award at the end of the 2001-02 season. In the start of 2002 season he signed a professional three-and-a-half year deal with Feyenoord. However, clashes with manager Bert van Marwijk saw van Persie demoted to the reserve squad and an irate van Marwijk told reporters, "His behavior made it impossible for him to remain in the squad any longer so he will join the reserve side for the time being." Van Persie finished that season only making a total of 28 appearances and scoring eight goals, in addition to finishing runner-up in the KNVB Cup. In the next season as well Van persie suffered a lot because of his misconduct and conflict with coach therefore spending most of 2003-04 on the bench. He again played 28 matches, and managed to score only six goals this time two fewer goals than the previous season. In the start of 204 season van Persie was sold to Arsenal for £2.75 million, just over half of Feyenoord's original asking price of £5 million. Van Persie spent most of his time on the bench during earlier parts of the 2004-05 season, and made his competitive debut on 27 October by scoring Arsenal's opening goal in a 2-1 League Cup win over Manchester City F.C . Soon he received a red card in a match against Southampton and due to that Van Persie was consequently ask to sit out on for a number of games. He was then reintroduced into the squad only after Henry was out with a calf injury, and his return to the first team saw him score twice in a FA Cup semi-final win over Blackburn Rovers. Van Persie's season was then cut short by injury, but he finished with ten goals in 40 appearances. Afterwards he signed a five-year contract extension with Arsenal until 2011. However, two days after signing the contract, van Persie was again hit back with an injury after an opponent stepped on his foot and broke his toe during an FA Cup match against Cardiff. After Henry departed for Barcelona prior to the 2007-08 season, Van Persie assumed the role as Arsenal's main striker. Following a streak of seven goals in ten regular-season games, van Persie was sidelined for two months with a knee injury suffered on international duty. The start of 2008-09 proved to be a good one for Van Persie as he scored in the first match of the league against Newcastle United. He has scored several crucial goals for Arsenal in this season which include goal against Chelsea. Van Persie made his international debut with Netherlands national team in 2005 against Romania in 2006 World Cup qualifying matches. He has appeared in thirty-two matches for Netherlands managing to score twelve goals.

Van Pirsie is married to Bouchra a muslim girl. Van Persie is also a Islam/Muslim convert. But Robin van Persie is said to be a muslim, but has never spoken about his faith. His muslim named his Bilal and his son is Shaqueel which is also a muslim name.

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