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Van Persie bags writers' award too

25 April,2012 09:53 AM IST |   |  AFP

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 star won the equivalent 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.


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