--- title: Relive Robin van Persie's World Cup Header Through a Flipbook description: Who knew soccer could look so cool on paper? canonical: https://time.com/2886346/robin-van-persie-world-cup-header/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-16T20:56:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:26:54.230Z article:section: World og:title: Relive Robin van Persie's World Cup Header Through a Flipbook og:description: Who knew soccer could look so cool on paper? og:url: https://time.com/2886346/robin-van-persie-world-cup-header/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9b2ada51a1354cb/698697e013c79f431a192ad8/450568556.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Spain v Netherlands: Group B - 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Relive Robin van Persie's World Cup Header Through a Flipbook twitter:description: Who knew soccer could look so cool on paper? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9b2ada51a1354cb/698697e013c79f431a192ad8/450568556.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Relive Robin van Persie's World Cup Header Through a Flipbook by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jun 16, 2014 8:56 PM CUT  Robin van Persie Robin van PersieRyan Pierse—FIFA/Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jun 16, 2014 8:56 PM CUT One of the highlights of the Spain vs. Netherlands World Cup game Friday was when Robin van Persie scored a diving header, contributing to the Dutch team’s 5-1 victory. That moment has now been recreated in flipbook form in an ad for Bavarian pen company Stabilo, timed to match the audio from the real game. Who knew soccer could look so cool on paper? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2886346/robin-van-persie-world-cup-header/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2886346/robin-van-persie-world-cup-header/"},"headline":"Relive Robin van Persie's World Cup Header Through a Flipbook","datePublished":"2014-06-16T20:56:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:26:54.230Z","description":"The flipbook animation commemorates Persie's diving header","url":"https://time.com/2886346/robin-van-persie-world-cup-header/","keywords":["World Cup","Football","Spain","Soccer","Netherlands","world cup 2014"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9b2ada51a1354cb/698697e013c79f431a192ad8/450568556.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9b2ada51a1354cb/698697e013c79f431a192ad8/450568556.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Spain v Netherlands: Group B - 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil","caption":"Spain v Netherlands: Group B - 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil","creditText":"Ryan Pierse—FIFA/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/world-cup/","name":"World Cup"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2886346/robin-van-persie-world-cup-header/","name":"Relive Robin van Persie's World Cup Header Through a Flipbook"}}]}] ```