He holds the Dutch record of goals since October 11, 2013 (when he surpassed the total of Patrick Kluivert) until September 7, 2025 (when his total was surpassed by Memphis Depay). 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 Reykjavík 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 Brasília 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 Reykjavík 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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