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Bouchra van Persie
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Bouchra van Persie

Fashion entrepreneur and equestrian

Bouchra van Persie is a Dutch public figure involved in the Van Persie family’s fashion label, By VP. An enthusiastic equestrian, she has spoken in specialist interviews about riding and her interest in dressage. She and former Netherlands footballer Robin van Persie married in 2004 and have two children, Shaqueel and Dina Layla. The family spent years in England and Turkey before returning to the Netherlands.

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THE BACKGROUND

Career and background

Van Persie’s work with By VP is part of a family project that developed after Robin’s 2021 footwear collaboration with Floris van Bommel. By 2026, coverage of the label described a growing emphasis on clothing for padel. The project combines the family’s interests in fashion and sport.Source: Sportnieuws.nl ↗

Horses have a separate place in her life. In an equestrian interview, she described riding as a way to switch off and discussed concentrating on dressage while retaining an interest in jumping. She has also discussed the practical side of moving between countries and how the family decided to return home from Turkey.Sources: Bit & Cap ↗ · Helden ↗

WHO’S WITH WHOM

Relationship history

Bouchra and Robin van Persie met as young people in Rotterdam and married in 2004. They lived abroad during his playing career before returning to the Netherlands in 2018. In a joint Helden interview they discussed their long relationship and raising Shaqueel and Dina Layla together.

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FAMILY

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