1983 - Today
Robin van Persie (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɔbɪɱ vɑm ˈpɛrsi] ; born 6 August 1983) is a Dutch football coach and former professional footballer who played as a striker. Regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation, Van Persie was known for his excellent technique and ball control, intelligent positioning, and vision. He is the all-time top scorer for the Netherlands national team. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robin van Persie has received more than 10,142,299 page views. His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2019). Robin van Persie is the 378th most popular soccer player (up from 500th in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 256th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Robin van Persie ranks 378 out of 16,880. Before him are Branko Zebec, Alessandro Nesta, Angelo Schiavio, Nobuo Matsunaga, Oliver Bierhoff, and Alain Giresse. After him are Hakan Şükür, Wayne Rooney, Claudio Caniggia, Leopoldo Luque, Brian Clough, and Shoichi Nishimura.
1929 - 1988
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 372
1976 - Present
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 373
1905 - 1990
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 374
1921 - 2007
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 375
1968 - Present
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 376
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 377
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 378
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 379
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 380
1967 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 381
1949 - 2021
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 382
1935 - 2004
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 383
1912 - 1998
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 384
Among people born in 1983, Robin van Persie ranks 12. Before him are Andrew Garfield, Edward Snowden, Katrina Kaif, Emily Blunt, Henry Cavill, and Pepe. After him are Ricardo Quaresma, Donald Glover, Philipp Lahm, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Adam Driver, and Mila Kunis.
1983 - Present
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 6
1983 - Present
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 7
1983 - Present
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 8
1983 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 9
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 10
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 11
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 12
1983 - Present
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 13
1983 - Present
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 14
1983 - Present
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 15
1983 - Present
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 16
1983 - Present
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 17
1983 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 18
Among people born in Netherlands, Robin van Persie ranks 239 out of 1,427. Before him are Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613), Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856), Otto van Veen (1556), John II, Count of Holland (1247), William II, Duke of Bavaria (1365), and Wesley Sneijder (1984). After him are Lidwina (1380), Pieter van Laer (1599), Jan Jongbloed (1940), Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920), Adriaen van de Velde (1636), and Ben Feringa (1951).
1613 - 1670
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 233
1856 - 1934
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 234
1556 - 1629
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 235
1247 - 1304
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 236
1365 - 1417
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 237
1984 - Present
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 238
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 239
1380 - 1433
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 240
1599 - 1642
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 241
1940 - 2023
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 242
1920 - 2002
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 243
1636 - 1672
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 244
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 245
Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Robin van Persie ranks 20. Before him are Johnny Rep (1951), Ruud van Nistelrooy (1976), Peter Bosz (1963), Erwin Koeman (1961), Patrick Kluivert (1976), and Wesley Sneijder (1984). After him are Jan Jongbloed (1940), Wim Suurbier (1945), Abe Lenstra (1920), Willem van Hanegem (1944), Frank de Boer (1970), and Jaap Stam (1972).
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 14
1976 - Present
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 15
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 16
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 17
1976 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 18
1984 - Present
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 19
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 20
1940 - 2023
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 21
1945 - 2020
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 22
1920 - 1985
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 23
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 24
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 25
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 26