He was our captain. By far the most popular player of the team because of his working spirit. His stamina is absolutely superb, keeps on going for 90 minutes. That's probably his weakness too! When the team is under a lot of pressure he tends to leave his spot in front of goal to get the ball himself.
In the box, he's deadly! If you judge him on his goals, he's currently probably the second best after (I can't believe I'm saying this) Huntelaar from that club in Amsterdam.
His record for the last 4 seasons:
2002/03 FC Utrecht 34 20 Eredivisie
2003/04 Feyenoord 34 20 Eredivisie
2004/05 Feyenoord 34 29 Eredivisie
2005/06 Feyenoord 33 22 Eredivisie
However, most people forget his many assists which almost every season are as much goals he made.
He's not a right-winger as Van Basten uses him! He isn't that good in passing 3 or more players with nice moves. That's why Van Persie plays for Holland. As Holland plays a lot like "that club in Amsterdam" Huntelaar is first choice as striker. A real Feyenoord-supporter doesn't support the Dutch team anyway....
I'll see if I can find some video of his goals is you'd like that.
Your forums will be crawling with Feyenoord-supporters for the first couple of weeks, if you want me to leave, just say so...
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