Fc goa continued to favour a spanish coach as it named 39yearold juan ferrando from barcelona as its chief coach, replacing fellow spaniard. The netherlands robin van persie provided the first goal of the tournament contender for the 2014 world cup with his beautiful header to equalize against spain just before halftime. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Scoring what wenger called the goal of a lifetime against charlton in 2006, van persie was asked to lead the arsenal line following henrys. In the summer of 2012 robin van persie, or rvp as he is affectionately known by his fans, made the controversial move from arsenal to manchester united.
Robin van persie scored many wonderful goals throughout his long career and it may interest you to know that the 34yearold dutch striker still has an eye for the spectacular. Robin van persie scores classy first goal on return to. Robin van persie s best goals at manchester united. Robin van persie can remind manchester united, and. Shearers superb strike also edges ahead of van persies in our book. He is regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation. On 24 september 2011, song scored his first goal of the season in a 30 home victory against bolton. Van persie goal commentaar van gelder nederland spanje. Robin van persies goal before the hour mark was disallowed after the referree deemed that ball had gone out of play before theo walcott crossed it in the box for rvp to score. The best images of the flying dutchmans header against spain.
View stats of feyenoord forward robin van persie, including goals scored, assists and appearances, on the official website of the premier league. Sunderland played defensively all along and left arsenal to create very few chances. Robin van persie could have been killed, claims sir alex. List of international goals scored by robin van persie. Manchester uniteds robin van persie celebrates after scoring the winning goal during his teams 32 victory against manchester city in their english premier league soccer match at the etihad. Meet vivianne miedema, arsenals dutch goal machine who. Beginning his career at excelsior rotterdam, he moved on to feyenoord and earned caps for the dutch u19 and u21 teams.
Rvp the biography of robin van persie and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. The greatest header and comeback in world cup history. Robin van persie has won the award for scoring the best goal of any. During the world cup in brazil, dutch forward robin van persie went. He made his debut for his country in june 2005, coming on as a substitute for ruud van nistelrooy in a 20 victory over romania.
Signed by arsene wenger in the summer of 2004 with a view. He provided an assist to robin van persie following a dribble for the first goal in a champions league match against borussia dortmund on 23 november to secure a place for arsenal in. Robin van persie s epic goal makes him the world cups flying dutchman video by chris greenberg salvador, brazil june. Former manchester united fan favorite, robin van persie, has revealed the acrimonious way he was shown the exit door by former manchester united coach louis van gaal. Robin van persie amazing goal spain vs netherlands june duration.
Robin van persie scored 48 premier league goals in his time at old trafford, as he helped fire the reds to the 20 title. Get your fix with this flip book of tim cahill, james rodriguez and robin van persie. The best goals of the week the best goals of the week. Robin van persie can remind manchester united, and fenerbahce, of quality.
Robin van persie wikimili, the free encyclopedia wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Robin van persie s extraordinary diving header turned into. But united equalised twice through antonio valencia, who netted his first goal of the season, and robin van persie. Robin van persie denies celebrating arsenal goal with a. In the summer of 2012 robin van persie, or rvp as he is affectionately known by his. Robin van persie pulls off an amazing strike against charlton athletic in the premier league, which will go down in history as one of the greatest goals ever scored. Robin van persie scores glorious flying header to spur. Run through any of the youtube compilations of van persies goals and note how many times commentators use the word sumptuous. Robin van persie all the premier league goals manchester. Exman utd star robin van persie reveals how ruthless. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Sometimes in soccer, you just have to use your head. Robin van persie is textbook striker nemanja vidic. In the current season for feyenoord robin van persie gave a total of 86 shots, of which 43 were shots on goal.
Get the latest robin van persie news, photos, rankings, lists and more on bleacher report. Jon super ap t his time last year it appeared robin van persie s career was again on. World cup flip book shows the artists top three goals from brazil. I loved watching him play for feyenoord and i remember as soon as he moved to arsenal i started supporting them and. Robin van persies fenerbahce frustrations show rise of turkeys super lig. Robin van persie to rejoin feyenoord after cancelling fenerbahce contract. Robin van persie ebook by andy williams 9781843588368. As one of the premier leagues most lethal strikers, he became the gunners eighth alltime top scorer with 2 goals, taking on the captains armband in the process. Check out this very clever flip book on van persies goal, which includes his high five with dutch manager louis van gaal. Fenerbahce beat bitter rivals besiktas 10 in the istanbul derby on sunday, with former arsenal star robin van persie getting the only goal in a heated turkish cup round of 16 matchup. Van persie handed super lig debut as fenerbahce cruise.
Every premier league goal of the season best firsttime volleys in premier league history feature vote. Robin van persie scored 48 premier league goals in his time at old. Scoring what wenger called the goal of a lifetime against charlton in 2006, van persie was asked to lead the arsenal line following henrys departure in the summer of 2007, and it wasnt long before the dutchman inherited bergkamps number 10 jersey and became an integral part of the next generation of arsenal greats. Robin van persie leaves manchester united with some magical. All you need to know about arsenal, which has won five premier league matches in a row, and has dragged itself all the way from 19th after three matches up to seventh, level on points with chelsea and liverpool above them, is defined by the winning goal robin van persie scored in saturdays match at norwich. Robin van persie bleacher report latest news, videos. Robin van persie wonder volley v charlton athletic 30. Having joined arsenal in 2004, van persie became the club captain on 16 august 2011, one year before he joined rivals manchester united. Salvador, brazil it didnt take long for the gifs, memes and various snapshots of social media to laud robin van persies dream goal on friday, one that is already a serious contender for the best of the tournament just two days in. Robin van persie leaves manchester united with some magical memories. Viewers of world cup 2014 may have spotted streaks of grey at the dutch strikers temples, and could be wondering if its some trick of the light. Robin van persie, born on 6th august 1983, is a dutch footballer who plays as a striker for manchester united and is the captain of the netherlands n.
Robin van persie is a dutch retired professional footballer, who represented the netherlands as a striker. Robin van persie was born on 6 august 1983 in rotterdam, netherlands. Robin always dreamed of playing for his hometown club and then. Exman utd star robin van persie reveals how ruthless van gaal forced him to leave the club. This statistic shows which squad numbers have already been assigned in their history and to which players. Sir alex ferguson, manchester uniteds manager, has claimed ashley williams flyhack at the ball which struck the prone robin van persie on the back of the head could have killed him. Robin van persie is the son of a sculptor and a painter and his inherited creative genius shines through on the football pitch. Robin van persie has been moved to rebut suggestions that he celebrated one of his three goals in arsenals 53 defeat of chelsea at stamford bridge on saturday with a nazi salute.
Manchester united had to play a midweek fixture away to west ham. Robin van persie squad number history transfermarkt. Robin van persie super goal hd feyenoord 21 utrecht 15. Robin van persie of the netherlands scores the teams first goal with a diving header in the first half during the 2014 fifa world cup brazil group b match between spain and netherlands at arena fonte nova on june. His first international goal came on his next appearance for the netherlands, scoring the final goal in a 40 defeat of finland in helsinki during the. Robin van persie has received many plaudits for his wonderful, diving, headed goal against spain, but he has now been given a more handcrafted honour. Barcelona man ferrando, who trained fabergas, van persie. Robin van persie is a dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. Robin van persie has no chill, celebrates winning goal in. With 44 minutes gone in what would become an epic 51 thrashing of the defending world cup champions and with his team trailing 1. View the player profile of feyenoord forward robin van persie, including statistics and photos, on the official website of the premier league. However, it wasnt long before it was too much of a step up as he was part of the arsenal side that were demolished 82 by manchester united but he did set up robin van persie s goal, however his game was ended early after being sent off late in the game.
Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Robin van persie makes millions seem cheap boston herald. Robin van persie celebrates his winning goal against southampton hattrick hero robin van persie claimed united veteran paul scholes was uniteds real matchwinning hero at southampton. Robin van persie is one of the most talented players in world football today. Read robin van persie the biography by andy williams available from rakuten kobo. Robin van persie statistics history, goals, assists, game. An intelligent playmaker and deadly striker, he brings creativity and intelligence to arsenals forward line and is the first name on the netherlands team sheet. Robin van persie leaves manchester united with some. On the verge of the clubs uefa super cup clash against real madrid, the coach sent van persie home from the clubs training camp in turkey. He is the record goal scorer of all time for the netherlands national team.