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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Édinson Roberto Cavani Gómez | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Napoli | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2005 | Danubio | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2007 | Danubio | 25 | (9) |
| 2007–2010 | Palermo | 109 | (34) |
| 2010– | Napoli | 80 | (57) |
| International career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Uruguay U-20 | 14 | (9) |
| 2008– | Uruguay | 40 | (12) |
| 2012 | Uruguay U-23 | 3 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2012 | |||
Édinson Roberto Cavani Gómez (born 14 February 1987) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Napoli and the Uruguayan national team.
Club career
Danubio
Edinson Cavani moved to Montevideo at the age of 12 and came through the youth system at Danubio to make his debut for the first team in 2006. He was part of the Apertura 2006 championship-winning squad, scoring nine goals in his debut season.
Palermo
After his breakthrough at the 2007 South American Youth Championship, several big teams were reportedly interested in signing Cavani, including Juventus and Milan. On 29 January 2007, however, Palermo chairman Maurizio Zamparini announced the signing of the promising Uruguayan. The bid was officially confirmed on 31 January for €4.475 million.
Cavani made his debut on 11 March 2007 in a home league match against Fiorentina, coming on in the 55th minute with his team 0–1 down and scoring an impressive equaliser only 15 minutes later, a goal reminiscent of Marco van Basten's strike in the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship final. In his second season with the Rosanero, Cavani found himself fighting for a first team place with Fabrizio Miccoli and Amauri.
After Amauri's departure to Juventus in June 2008, Cavani cemented his place in the starting lineup, forming a striking partnership with Fabrizio Miccoli and scoring a total 14 goals in the 2008–09 season. He retained his place for the 2009–10 season under new boss Walter Zenga, and also under successor Delio Rossi, being instrumental in the team's successful run in Serie A which took Palermo to European qualification and potential qualification to the UEFA Champions League with two games remaining. In April 2010, he penned a new contract with Palermo valid to June 2014.
CAVANI IS A VERY GOOD FOOTBALL PLAYER, BUT HE MUST COME BACK AT "PALERMO"
International goals
- Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 6 February 2008 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo |  Colombia |
1–2 | 2–2 | Friendly | |
| 2. | 3 March 2010 | AFG Arena, St. Gallen |  Switzerland |
3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly | |
| 3. | 10 July 2010 | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth |  Germany |
1–1 | 2–3 | 2010 World Cup | |
| 4. | 11 August 2010 | Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon |  Angola |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |
| 5. | 8 October 2010 | Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta |  Indonesia |
1–1 | 7–1 | Friendly | |
| 6. | 6–1 | ||||||
| 7. | 7–1 | ||||||
| 8. | 12 October 2010 | Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan |  China |
2–0 | 4–0 | Friendly | |
| 9. | 30 March 2011 | Aviva Stadium, Dublin |  Republic of Ireland |
2–1 | 3–2 | Friendly | |
| 10. | 7 October 2011 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo |  Bolivia |
3–1 | 4–2 | 2014 World Cup qualifier | |
| 11. | 29 February 2012 | Arena Națională, Bucharest |  Romania |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly | |
| 12. | 11 September 2012 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo |  Ecuador |
1-1 | 1-1 | 2014 World Cup qualifier |
Career statistics
- As of 3 October 2012
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Danubio | 2005 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | — | 15 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 15 | 5 | — | — | 15 | 5 | |||
| Total | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 12 | |
| Palermo | 2006–07 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 7 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 5 | |
| 2008–09 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 1 | — | 36 | 15 | ||
| 2009–10 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 2 | — | 37 | 15 | ||
| Total | 109 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 37 | |
| Napoli | 2010–11 | 35 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 47 | 33 |
| 2011–12 | 35 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 33 | |
| 2012–13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | |
| Total | 80 | 57 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 109 | 80 | |
| Career total | 214 | 100 | 19 | 12 | 23 | 17 | 256 | 129 | |
Career totals
| Professional career totals | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | Appearances | Goals | Goals per game |
| Clubs | 0256 | 0129 | 0.5 |
| National team | 044 | 0012 | 0.27 |
| Olympic final | 0003 | 0003 | 1 |
| Total | 0303 | 0144 | 0.48 |
Honours
Club
National team
References
External links
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- Use dmy dates from November 2012
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Association football forwards
- People from Salto, Uruguay
- Danubio F.C. players
- Serie A footballers
- U.S. Città di Palermo players
- S.S.C. Napoli players
- Uruguayan expatriate footballers
- Uruguayan expatriates in Italy
- Uruguayan footballers
- Uruguay international footballers
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- 2011 Copa América players
- Italian people of Uruguayan descent
- Naturalised citizens of Italy
- Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Uruguay