Biography and the life story of Arjen Robben "His interest in the round skin came at an early age"

Arjen Robben Born on January 23, 1984 in Bedum, the Netherlands to the pair Hans Robben and Marjo Robben. His father is a football player agent while his mother is a celebrity. He was raised by his parents in the city of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Since childhood Robben was not interested in education even when his parents had convinced him. He is more interested in following his father's business as a football agent. His interest in the round skin came at an early age.

At the age of two years Robben had asked his parents to be registered with a football academy. It made his parents realize and understand the fate of their son. Fate that shows Robben to be a great footballer.

Finally Robben's parents immediately enrolled in a famous soccer academy in his hometown but by the time Robben was five years old. Children of Robben's age go out of the house to attend formal school, but Robben goes to soccer school instead.

In the football academy, Robben is very active in the activities held. Even as a child Robben made a miracle. He became the first child to learn the Coerver Method, a football technique invented by former Dutch coach Wiel Coerver.

At the age of 12, Robben finally left the VV Bedum academy to join the more promising football school, Groningan. Also at FC Groningen Robben underwent his first senior debut, precisely in 2000.

Strengthening the club until 2002, he appeared 50 times and contributed eight goals. The Dutch giant team, PSV Eindhoven then proposed Robben, and gave 56 chances to play to score 17 goals.

In 2004, Robben was recruited by a team from London, Chelsea. Apparently not the wing midfielder's productivity goals that make the Blues interested. But running speed, dribbling abilities, and natural instinct to attack are Robben's main allure.

Early in his career playing for Chelsea he had been plagued by injuries suffered during pre-season, he only grazed in November 2004 and even more amazing he was selected as the best player in the English league for that month period.

Robben proved to be an important player for Chelsea in the 2004/05 season. Robben ended the season with seven goals in 18 Premier League appearances. He won the English league trophy.

Near the end of the season, Robben was hit by an injury. After recovering he returned to play at the start of the 2005/06 season, in that season although more minutes played compared to the previous season but his goal productivity decreased.

With Chelsea Robben playing until 2007, he has made 105 appearances and scored 19 goals. Robben has won five trophies during his career at Stamford Bridge, including two primary league titles.

In August 2007 Robben joined Real Madrid for a transfer fee of 35 million euros or around Rp. 525 billion. His debut occurred on 18 September when Werder Bremen was in the Champions League. His debut in La Liga came a week later in the match against Real Valladolid.

The first season with Los Galacticos, Robben only appeared 28 times in all competitions with a score of 5 goals. In the following season Robben's performance improved, he appeared in 37 matches and scored 8 goals. Two seasons with El Real Robben helped the team win two titles, namely La Liga and the Spanish Super Cup.

Summer of 2009 Robben moved to Germany to join Bayern Munich, he was given number 10 which was previously used by Roy Maakay.

On 7 April 2010, Robben helped Bayern Munich to the Champions League semifinals, scoring a beautiful goal with a stunning volley against Manchester United. Ten days later, he scored his first hat trick in the Bundesliga against Hannover 96 at the Allianz Arena in a match that ended 7-0 for the Bavarians.

His inaugural season, Robben managed to present two titles for Die Bayern. He also scored 23 goals in all competitions. A large number throughout his career defending Bayern. Because the following seasons notched his goal did not reach the number 23. At most only 21 goals that he created in the 2013/14 season.

Together with Bayern Munich Robben spent ten years. Until the end of the 2018/19 season he decided to hang up his boots. Robben has won many things with Bayen Munchen including 8 Bundesliga titles and one champions league trophy and several other trophies. 144 goals in 309 appearances for Bayern Munich is evidence of Robben's greatness.

Despite playing for big clubs, Robben's biggest obstacle is not other reliable players who could threaten his existence in the starting line-up. However, his biggest opponent is injury.

Robben is indeed a player who is often hit by injuries. Based on Transfermarkt data, since strengthening the Groningen senior team to Bayern Munich Robben should be able to appear in 813 matches. But in reality he only played 602 times, because in 211 matches he was hit by an injury.

If calculated, throughout his football career, 25.9% of Robben's competitive time runs out against his own physical condition. These statistics make the nickname 'glass man' often embedded in European media to him.

His career with the national team ...

At the international arena, Robben made his debut against Portugal in a friendly match at the age of 19 at that time. European Cup 2004 became the first prestigious tournament for Robben. Playing four times, he created three Assists.

Arjen Robben is one of the most trusted players in the Dutch National Team. His name is always included in every prestigious event the orange team follows. In October 2017 Robben decided to retire from the national team after failing to bring the Netherlands to the 2018 World Cup. Together with the Orange Team he has scored 37 goals in 96 matches.

Personal life…..

In his personal life, in 2007 Robben married a woman named Bernadien Elliert whom he had dated for six years. The results of the marriage Robben was blessed with three children. Among all his children, he is very close to his first child.

As a football player, Robben was originally a man who has hair, but in 2006 the hair on his head began to thin until its peak in 2014 when he had no hair on his head.

In addition, Arjen Robben apparently also had serious health problems due to testicular cancer. Robben claimed to be very scared. Robben has been suffering from this disease for a long time, and surgery to remove the cancer in his left testicle has also been carried out, and Robben was declared cured and then resumed his career.

However, Robben's greatness on the grass turned out to be inversely proportional to its action in the water. Robben is a football star who can't swim. He often has difficulty finding the right way when in the water.