Robin van Persie is a Dutch retired professional footballer, who represented the Netherlands as a striker. He made his debut for his country in June 2005, coming on as a substitute for Ruud van Nistelrooy in a 2–0 victory over Romania. His first international goal came on his next appearance for the Netherlands, scoring the final goal in a 4–0 defeat of Finland in Helsinki during the qualification campaign for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. As of June 2018, van Persie is his country's top scorer with 50 goals in 102 appearances, ahead of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (42 in 76) and former all-time top scorer Patrick Kluivert (40 in 79). Van Persie made his last appearance for the Netherlands in August 2017 in a 4–0 World Cup qualifier defeat to France.