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van Persie in 2014, photo by Celso Pupo /Bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date of Birth: 6 August, 1983
Ethnicity: Dutch
Robin van Persie is a Dutch professional footballer, and coach. A striker, he played for Feyenoord, Arsenal, Manchester United, and Fenerbahçe, and the Netherlands national team. He coaches Feyenoord. He previously coached Heerenveen.
He is the son of José Ras, a painter, jewellery designer, and teacher, and Bob van Persie, a sculptor. Robin is married to Bouchra (Elbali), with whom he has two children, including professional footballer Shaqueel van Persie. Bouchra is of Moroccan origin.
He has been mentioned as having some Indonesian ancestry. It is not clear if this is accurate.
Robin’s maternal grandfather is named Wim Ras. Wim was also a footballer.
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