Fernando Cavenaghi
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Ezequiel Cavenaghi | ||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | O'Brien, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2004 | River Plate | 88 | (55) |
| 2004–2007 | Spartak Moscow | 51 | (12) |
| 2007–2011 | Bordeaux | 83 | (33) |
| 2010 | → Mallorca (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2011 | → Internacional (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | River Plate | 37 | (19) |
| 2012–2013 | Villarreal | 18 | (4) |
| 2013–2014 | Pachuca | 21 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | River Plate | 41 | (21) |
| 2015–2016 | APOEL | 18 | (19) |
| Total | 376 | (171) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003 | Argentina U20 | 12 | (11) |
| 2008 | Argentina | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 February 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2008 |
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Fernando Ezequiel Cavenaghi (Spanish pronunciation: [kaveˈnaɡi]; born 21 September 1983 in O'Brien) is a retired Argentine professional footballer. He played as a striker who was efficient in front of goal with either foot and from any range.
Cavenaghi made his professional debut for River Plate in the 2000–01 season in which he scored one goal in five appearances. In his first full season he scored 17 goals in 23 appearances, including a hat-trick against Estudiantes. He left River at the beginning of the 2004–05 season, joining Spartak Moscow for a fee of £6.5 million. During his time at River he scored 55 times in 88 league appearances.
In the 2005 season, playing for Spartak Moscow, Cavenaghi scored 7 goals in 26 appearances (compared with 14 for Dmitri Kirichenko – the season's top-scorer) and played his part in helping Spartak win a UEFA Champions League place. It was a difficult first season for Cavenaghi, however, as he struggled to cope with an unfamiliar style of play, the artificial pitches and the Russian language. Although he started the 2006 season better than the previous one, he faded in the second half and transfer rumors began to surface. On 22 January 2007, Cavenaghi was sold to French division club Girondins de Bordeaux for an undisclosed fee, although the Russian media speculated that the deal was worth approximately €11 million with possible future fees.
On 3 February 2007 he played his first Ligue 1 match for Bordeaux against Nice. During the 2007–08 season enjoyed great success as he scored 22 goals in 35 appearances for Bordeaux. This form also brought him to the attention of Alfio Basile who called him up for the Argentina national team and gave him his debut against Egypt on 26 March 2008. The following season Cavenaghi helped Girondins de Bordeaux to its first Ligue 1 title in ten years scoring 13 goals in 29 league matches. The following seasons his role with the club diminished and in 2010 he was sent on loan to La Liga side Mallorca. Cavenaghi was with the Spanish club for only a short time but did manage to score 6 goals in 13 appearances.
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