Football Muse
·19 January 2026
Like father, like son: Shaqueel Van Persie’s acrobatic goal channels RVP’s iconic volleys

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·19 January 2026

Robin van Persie boasts a catalogue of glorious goals that few players from his era can match.
Who can forget Van Persie's Flying Dutchman header at the 2014 World Cup? Or an iconic Premier League volley forArsenal at Charlton?
Perhaps the most memorable of Van Persie's goal collection helped sealPremier League title success for Manchester United in 2012-13, when the Dutchman scored a hat-trick - including another outrageous volley - as Aston Villa were beaten at Old Trafford in a title-clinching result.
Well, scoring great goals appears to run in the family.
Van Persie's son, Shaqueel, scored a goal his father would certainly have been proud of this weekend.
The 19-year-old is starting to break into theFeyenoord team this season, under the management of his father. Any accusations of nepotism will fall on deaf ears, however, if Van Persie junior continues to deliver moments like this.
WithFeyenoord trailing 3-1 to Sparta Rotterdam in the derby, the teenager came off the bench to score twice - his first senior goals - to equalise.
His brace included a fantastic acrobatic effort at De Kuip, one which hadFeyenoord's famous ground on their feet.
Feyenoord conceded a stoppage-time goal to render Van Persie's rescue-act redundant, but the calls for his regular inclusion will grow louder now.







































