[87], Van Persie kick-started his new campaign by scoring both of Manchester United's goals in their 2–0 win against Wigan Athletic in the Community Shield, securing David Moyes' first honour as club manager. [80] This goal ended City's unbeaten Premier League record in the 2012–13 season and also their unbeaten home record extending into the previous season. [61], The following calendar year started in the same fashion for Van Persie, but Arsenal began to falter, losing three consecutive matches against Fulham, Manchester United and Swansea City, even though the Dutchman scored in the latter two. Having been appointed vice-captain for the 2010–11 season, Van Persie was promoted to club captain following the transfer of Cesc Fàbregas to FC Barcelona at the start of the 2011–12 season. Van Persie, speaking in a different newspaper, hit back, saying: "I expected more class from Wesley. After scoring against Everton on 10 February 2013, Van Persie went ten games without scoring, finally ending his barren run when he scored a penalty against Stoke on 14 April. Agony continues for families of missing men in Glenrothes as police reveal news on body find. The match ended 3–1 with another home win for Arsenal. He then later lambasted his charge in the press. He had his best season overall for Arsenal as he scored 11 Premier League goals, along with a league-leading 11 assists and a career-best of 20 goals in all competitions. [32] On 21 December 2008, he scored a spectacular goal against Liverpool, which was later named the second BBC Goal of the Month of his career. Barcelona went on to score twice more and advanced to the quarter finals on a 4–3 aggregate result. Van Persie was included in the preliminary squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Van Persie, whose clubs have included Feyenoord, Arsenal, United and Fenerbahce, is yet to name his best XI. After Van Persie's parents divorced he was brought up by his father. I have been raised liberally. Teen dies in horror crash on Scots road with 19-year-old left fighting for life. At school, Van Persie was one of the most misbehaved children and was excluded from class almost daily. At Euro 2016, Van Bommel, Kuyt and Mathijsen will all have left the team, while Van der Vaart, Robben, Sneijder and Van Persie will all be in their thirties when the next tournament kicks off. On 23 October, he came on as a substitute in the 66th minute replacing Marouane Chamakh and scored two goals against Stoke City. He ended the season just two goals behind joint league top scorers, Carlos Tevez and Dimitar Berbatov in the race for the golden boot, despite being injured for half of the season. Van Persie started his senior club career as a left winger and possessed an exceptional ball control and was also a talented striker of the ball. He added that he no longer wanted to speak to Sneijder in private because he had made the issue public. Van het groepje Robben, Sneijder, Van Persie is de in Bedum geboren Robben de absolute prijzenpakker. He returned as a substitute for Arsenal's 1–0 home defeat to Newcastle United on 7 November. Sneijder was the team's dead-ball expert, but Van Persie snatched the ball, took the kick and missed. The Bosnian could join the club before tonight's deadline and he would be an interesting option. Van Persie is married to Moroccan Bouchra (née Elbali)[142] and the couple have two children, a son named Shaqueel born in 2006 and daughter Dina born in 2009. [94] Following Manchester United's defeat to West Bromwich Albion, which saw Van Persie miss a penalty, he was stripped of his penalty-taking duties by Van Gaal. He was withdrawn at half-time following another injury scare and featured sporadically throughout the rest of the campaign. Sneijder, now playing in Qatar for Al-Gharafa, has also had spells at Ajax, Real Madrid , Inter Milan, Galatasaray and Nice. [88] On 19 March 2014, Van Persie scored a hat-trick in a 3–0 win over Olympiacos in the second leg of the Champions League second round to send United through to the quarter-finals 3–2 on aggregate. Ryan Babel believes Holland could have won the 2010 World Cup if Wesley Sneijder, Robin van Persie, Arjen Robben and Rafael van der Vaart cared more about the … On 1 January 2011, van Persie scored his first goal of the season in a 3–0 away win over Birmingham City. Days later, the pair clashed again, this time during the Netherlands' 3-1 quarter-final defeat to Russia. Guitarist Marc McGregor came up with the idea to cover the 90s hit show’s opening while playing TV themes on Tiktok.