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Added At:  2012-04-24 10:03 PM

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AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE

LONDON: Arsenal striker Robin van Persie has been named the 2012 Footballer of the Year by England’s Football Writers’ Association.

Tuesday’s announcement came just a few days after the Dutch international won the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) award and meant the 28-year-old had collected English football’s two most prestigious individual honours in the same season.

Van Persie topped the poll of journalists with an overwhelming victory ahead of Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney in second place and his Old Trafford teammate Paul Scholes third, and Fulham’s Clint Dempsey fourth. The Gunners forward has scored 27 Premier League goals so far this season — his best return for Arsenal.

Van Persie will receive the FWA accolade, which has been running since 1948, in London on May 3. FWA chairman Steve Bates, chief football writer at The Sunday People, said: “Robin was the overwhelming choice of our members this season and deservedly so after a magnificent campaign for Arsenal. The quality of his goals, attacking movement and consistency in a turbulent season for The Gunners has been eye-catching.”

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Posted on: 2012-04-25 02:42:27

The third one will follow soon. TOP SCORER in EPL. He deserves it and how,if only his club has the same resolve and contribution. Flintstone, london

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