He holds the Dutch record of goals since October 11, 2013 (when he surpassed the total of Patrick Kluivert). All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 5- 8-1983 in Rotterdam Country: Netherlands Caps: 102 (W66-D18-L18 - GF214-GA87 - %73.53) Goals: 50 (0.49 per match) Age First Cap: 21 yr 303 d 4- 6-2005 vs. Romania 2-0 Age Last Cap: 34 yr 26 d 31- 8-2017 vs. France 0-4 National Team Career: 12 yr 88 d
Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 4- 6-05 Rotterdam Romania 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
2 8- 6-05 Helsinki Finland 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
3 17- 8-05 Rotterdam Germany 2-2
4 3- 9-05 Yerevan Armenia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
5 7- 9-05 Eindhoven Andorra 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
6 8-10-05 Praha Czech Republic 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
7 12-10-05 Amsterdam Macedonia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
8 27- 5-06 Rotterdam Cameroon 1-0
9 1- 6-06 Eindhoven Mexico 2-1
10 4- 6-06 Rotterdam Australia 1-1
11 11- 6-06 Leipzig Serbia-Monten. 1-0 World Cup
12 16- 6-06 Stuttgart Ivory Coast 2-1 World Cup
13 21- 6-06 Frankfurt Argentina 0-0 World Cup
14 25- 6-06 Nürnberg Portugal 0-1 World Cup
15 16- 8-06 Dublin Ireland 4-0
16 2- 9-06 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-0 European Champ. Qual.
17 6- 9-06 Eindhoven Belarus 3-0 European Champ. Qual.
18 7-10-06 Sofia Bulgaria 1-1 European Champ. Qual.
19 11-10-06 Amsterdam Albania 2-1 European Champ. Qual.
20 22- 8-07 Genève Switzerland 1-2
21 8- 9-07 Amsterdam Bulgaria 2-0 European Champ. Qual.
22 12- 9-07 Tiranë Albania 1-0 European Champ. Qual.
23 17-10-07 Eindhoven Slovenia 2-0 European Champ. Qual.
24 26- 3-08 Wien Austria 4-3
25 9- 6-08 Bern Italy 3-0 European Championship
26 13- 6-08 Bern France 4-1 European Championship
27 17- 6-08 Bern Romania 2-0 European Championship
28 21- 6-08 Basel Russia 1-3 aet European Championship
29 20- 8-08 Moskva Russia 1-1
30 6- 9-08 Eindhoven Australia 1-2
31 10- 9-08 Skopje Macedonia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
32 15-10-08 Oslo Norway 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
33 19-11-08 Amsterdam Sweden 3-1
34 11- 2-09 Radès Tunisia 1-1
35 28- 3-09 Amsterdam Scotland 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
36 6- 6-09 Reykjav�k Iceland 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
37 10- 6-09 Rotterdam Norway 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
38 12- 8-09 Amsterdam England 2-2
39 5- 9-09 Enschede Japan 3-0
40 9- 9-09 Glasgow Scotland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
41 14-11-09 Pescara Italy 0-0
42 26- 5-10 Freiburg im Br. Mexico 2-1
43 1- 6-10 Rotterdam Ghana 4-1
44 5- 6-10 Amsterdam Hungary 6-1
45 14- 6-10 Johannesburg Denmark 2-0 World Cup
46 19- 6-10 Durban Japan 1-0 World Cup
47 24- 6-10 Cape Town Cameroon 2-1 World Cup
48 28- 6-10 Durban Slovakia 2-1 World Cup
49 2- 7-10 Port Elizabeth Brazil 2-1 World Cup
50 6- 7-10 Cape Town Uruguay 3-2 World Cup
51 11- 7-10 Johannesburg Spain 0-1 aet World Cup
52 17-11-10 Amsterdam Turkey 1-0
53 25- 3-11 Budapest Hungary 4-0 European Champ. Qual.
54 29- 3-11 Amsterdam Hungary 5-3 European Champ. Qual.
55 4- 6-11 Goiânia Brazil 0-0
56 8- 6-11 Montevideo Uruguay 1-1 [1] Copa Fraternidad
57 2- 9-11 Eindhoven San Marino 11-0 European Champ. Qual.
58 6- 9-11 Helsinki Finland 2-0 European Champ. Qual.
59 7-10-11 Rotterdam Moldova 1-0 European Champ. Qual.
60 11-10-11 Solna Sweden 2-3 European Champ. Qual.
61 11-11-11 Amsterdam Switzerland 0-0
62 29- 2-12 London England 3-2
63 26- 5-12 Amsterdam Bulgaria 1-2
64 30- 5-12 Rotterdam Slovakia 2-0
65 2- 6-12 Amsterdam N. Ireland 6-0
66 9- 6-12 Kharkiv Denmark 0-1 European Championship
67 13- 6-12 Kharkiv Germany 1-2 European Championship
68 17- 6-12 Kharkiv Portugal 1-2 European Championship
69 7- 9-12 Amsterdam Turkey 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
70 11- 9-12 Budapest Hungary 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
71 16-10-12 București Romania 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
72 6- 2-13 Amsterdam Italy 1-1
73 22- 3-13 Amsterdam Estonia 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
74 26- 3-13 Amsterdam Romania 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
75 7- 6-13 Jakarta Indonesia 3-0
76 11- 6-13 Beijing China 2-0
77 14- 8-13 Faro Portugal 1-1
78 6- 9-13 Tallinn Estonia 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
79 10- 9-13 Andorra la V. Andorra 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
80 11-10-13 Amsterdam Hungary 8-1 World Cup Qualifier
81 15-10-13 İstanbul Turkey 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
82 5- 3-14 Paris France 0-2
83 17- 5-14 Amsterdam Ecuador 1-1
84 31- 5-14 Rotterdam Ghana 1-0
85 4- 6-14 Amsterdam Wales 2-0
86 13- 6-14 Salvador Spain 5-1 World Cup
87 18- 6-14 Porto Alegre Australia 3-2 World Cup
88 29- 6-14 Fortaleza Mexico 2-1 World Cup
89 5- 7-14 Salvador Costa Rica 0-0 [2] World Cup
90 9- 7-14 São Paulo Argentina 0-0 [3] World Cup
91 12- 7-14 Bras�lia Brazil 3-0 World Cup
92 4- 9-14 Bari Italy 0-2
93 9- 9-14 Praha Czech Republic 1-2 European Champ. Qual.
94 10-10-14 Amsterdam Kazakhstan 3-1 European Champ. Qual.
95 13-10-14 Reykjav�k Iceland 0-2 European Champ. Qual.
96 16-11-14 Amsterdam Latvia 6-0 European Champ. Qual.
97 5- 6-15 Amsterdam United States 3-4
98 12- 6-15 Rīga Latvia 2-0 European Champ. Qual.
99 6- 9-15 Konya Turkey 0-3 European Champ. Qual.
100 10-10-15 Astana Kazakhstan 2-1 European Champ. Qual.
101 13-10-15 Amsterdam Czech Republic 2-3 European Champ. Qual.
102 31- 8-17 Paris France 0-4 World Cup Qualifier
[1] Netherlands lost 3-4 on penalties (no extra time played)
[2] Netherlands won 4-3 on penalties
[3] Netherlands lost 2-4 on penalties
Total Record
GP GW GD GL GF GA Pts Percentage
102 66 18 18 214- 87 150 73.53
Records by Opponent Gls Pd W D L GF-GA Pts
Albania 1 2 2 0 0 3- 1 4
Andorra 2 2 2 0 0 6- 0 4
Argentina 2 0 2 0 0- 0 2
Armenia 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2
Australia 1 3 1 1 1 5- 5 3
Austria 1 1 0 0 4- 3 2
Belarus 2 1 1 0 0 3- 0 2
Brazil 1 3 2 1 0 5- 1 5
Bulgaria 2 3 1 1 1 4- 3 3
Cameroon 1 2 2 0 0 3- 1 4
China 1 1 1 0 0 2- 0 2
Costa Rica 1 0 1 0 0- 0 1
Czech Republic 1 3 1 0 2 5- 5 2
Denmark 2 1 0 1 2- 1 2
Ecuador 1 1 0 1 0 1- 1 1
England 2 1 1 0 5- 4 3
Estonia 2 2 1 1 0 5- 2 3
Finland 1 2 2 0 0 6- 0 4
France 1 3 1 0 2 4- 7 2
Germany 1 2 0 1 1 3- 4 1
Ghana 2 2 2 0 0 5- 1 4
Hungary 6 5 5 0 0 27- 6 10
Iceland 2 1 0 1 2- 3 2
Indonesia 1 1 0 0 3- 0 2
Ireland 1 1 1 0 0 4- 0 2
Italy 4 1 2 1 4- 3 4
Ivory Coast 1 1 1 0 0 2- 1 2
Japan 1 2 2 0 0 4- 0 4
Kazakhstan 1 2 2 0 0 5- 2 4
Latvia 1 2 2 0 0 8- 0 4
Luxembourg 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2
Macedonia 2 1 1 0 2- 1 3
Mexico 2 3 3 0 0 6- 3 6
Moldova 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2
Northern Ireland 2 1 1 0 0 6- 0 2
Norway 2 2 0 0 3- 0 4
Portugal 3 0 1 2 2- 4 1
Romania 4 4 4 0 0 12- 1 8
Russia 1 2 0 1 1 2- 4 1
San Marino 4 1 1 0 0 11- 0 2
Scotland 1 2 2 0 0 4- 0 4
Serbia-Montenegro 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2
Slovakia 2 2 0 0 4- 1 4
Slovenia 1 1 0 0 2- 0 2
Spain 2 2 1 0 1 5- 2 2
Sweden 2 2 1 0 1 5- 4 2
Switzerland 2 0 1 1 1- 2 1
Tunisia 1 0 1 0 1- 1 1
Turkey 1 4 3 0 1 5- 3 6
United States 1 0 0 1 3- 4 0
Uruguay 2 1 1 0 4- 3 3
Wales 1 1 0 0 2- 0 2
NB: in spite of playing more than a century of matches for the Netherlands,
Van Persie never played against Belgium.
Types of Matches and Goals
Goals Matches
Friendlies 15 34
World Cup Qualifier 13 22 [2006:1/6; 2010:1/6; 2014:11/9; 2018:0/1]
World Cup 6 17 [2006:1/4; 2010:1/7; 2014:4/6]
European Champ. Qual. 13 21 [2008:4/7; 2012:6/6; 2016:3/8]
European Championship 3 7 [2008:2/4; 2012:1/3]
Other Tournaments 0 1
Total 50 102
Goals
Cap 2 1 goal
Cap 12 1 goal
Cap 15 1 goal
Cap 17 2 goals
Cap 18 1 goal
Cap 19 1 goal
Cap 26 1 goal
Cap 27 1 goal
Cap 29 1 goal
Cap 33 2 goals
Cap 35 1 goal
Cap 39 1 goal
Cap 42 2 goals
Cap 43 1 goal
Cap 44 1 goal
Cap 47 1 goal
Cap 53 1 goal
Cap 54 1 goal
Cap 57 4 goals
Cap 63 1 goal
Cap 65 2 goals
Cap 67 1 goal
Cap 69 1 goal
Cap 71 1 goal
Cap 73 1 goal
Cap 74 2 goals
Cap 76 1 goal
Cap 78 1 goal
Cap 79 2 goals
Cap 80 3 goals
Cap 83 1 goal
Cap 84 1 goal
Cap 86 2 goals
Cap 87 1 goal
Cap 91 1 goal
Cap 94 1 goal
Cap 96 1 goal
Cap 101 1 goal
Total 50 goals
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