van persie scored 35 premier league goals.
van persie scored 35 premier league goals.
how many premier league goals did van persie score?
35
he made his senior debut during the 2001–02 season, which culminated with victory in the 2002 uefa cup final; he was also named as the dutch football talent of the year. after five years with feyenoord, he fell out with manager bert van marwijk, and he joined english club arsenal in 2004 for £2.75 million as a long-term replacement for compatriot dennis bergkamp. at arsenal, van persie won the 2004 fa community shield and the 2004–05 fa cup. he scored a club record of 35 goals in 2011 and was club captain for the 2011–12 season, prior to joining rivals manchester united in july 2012. in his first season, he won the 2012–13 premier league and finished as the league's top scorer with 26 goals, winning his second consecutive premier league golden boot award. after two injury-hit seasons followed, van persie fell out of favour at manchester united and he was allowed to leave for fenerbahçe in july 2015. during his spell in turkey, van persie featured regularly in his first season, but saw limitations in playing time in the following two campaigns after suffering with injuries, with both club and player agreeing to a buyout in january 2018, after which he rejoined feyenoord on a free transfer. by the end of the season he had helped his boyhood team win the dutch cup, his first trophy since the 2013 fa community shield.
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with arsenal in unpredictable form, van persie was again of supreme importance for arsenal, this time in the north london derby against tottenham hotspur, played on 26 february. arsenal went 2–0 down at half in the first half, but van persie equalised before half-time. in the second half, he gave the assist to walcott's goal as arsenal performed a remarkable comeback to win the game 5–2. a week later, van persie scored both goals in a 2–1 away win at liverpool, one being a left-footed volley assisted by alex song, similar to the goal he scored against everton earlier in the campaign. on 11 april 2012, after scoring the penalty against wolverhampton wanderers in a 3–0 away win, he became only the second player, after ian wright, to score against 17 different premier league opponents in a 20 team campaign. he finished as the top goal-scorer in the premier league with 30 goals, and became arsenal's 8th all-time top scorer with 132 goals.
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