- Fernando Cavenaghi
Football player infobox
playername = Fernando Cavenaghi
fullname = Fernando Ezequiel Cavenaghi
nickname = El Torito
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|9|21
cityofbirth = Buenos Aires
countryofbirth =Argentina
height = height|m=1.81
currentclub = Bordeaux
clubnumber = 9
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2001-2004 2004-2006 2007-present
clubs = River Plate Spartak Moscow Bordeaux
caps(goals) = 121 (71) 053 (13) 048 (28)
nationalyears = 2003
2008-
nationalteam =Argentina U-20
Argentina
nationalcaps(goals) = 0|007 0(4)
0|004 0(0)
pcupdate = 25 August, 2008
ntupdate = 14 September, 2008Fernando Ezequiel Cavenaghi (born
September 21 1983 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football player who currently plays for Bordeaux.Cavenaghi made his debut for River Plate in the 2000/2001 season in which he scored one goal in 5 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 2004/2005 season joining
Spartak Moscow for a fee of £6.5 million. During his time at River he scored 55 times in 89 appearances.In the 2005 season, playing for Spartak Moscow, Cavenaghi scored 7 goals in 26 appearances (compared with 14 for 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.Fact|date=February 2007 On
22 January 2007 , Cavenaghi was sold to French 1st division club Bordeaux for an undisclosed fee, although the Russian media speculated that the deal was worth approximately $11 million with possible future fees. He currently wears the number 9 shirt for Bordeaux.He was a part of the Argentina Under-20 squad that finished fourth in the
2003 FIFA World Youth Championship .On
February 3 , 2007 he played his first Ligue 1 match for Bordeaux against Nice. Cavenaghi has been a hero lately because of his famous 10 goals in 9 matches. [ cite web|title=Tactical Formation|work=Football-Lineups.com
url=http://www.football-lineups.com/footballer/5963/ | accessdate=March 4 | accessyear=2008] [ cite web|title=Ligue 1 Top Scorer of the Month February, 2008|work=frenchleague.com
url=http://www.frenchleague.com/ligue1/lireArticle.asp?origine=RSS&idArticle=9816 | accessdate=March 3 | accessyear=2008] This performance also brought him to the attention ofAlfio Basile who called him up for the Argentina national team and gave him his debut against Egypt onMarch 26 2008 .Career statistics
("Correct as of
25 Aug 2008 ")References
External links
* [http://rus.spartak.com/usr/club/player.asp?id=70&mid=1394 Cavenaghi's page on Spartak's official website] ru icon
* [http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=739951 Goal.com profile]
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