Javier Chevantón

Javier Chevantón

Personal information
Full name	Ernesto Javier Chevantón Espinosa
Date of birth	August 12, 1980 (1980-08-12) (age 31)
Place of birth	Juan Lacaze, Uruguay
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Colón
Number	19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–2001	Danubio	57	(49)
2001–2004	Lecce	87	(46)
2004–2006	Monaco	50	(20)
2006–2010	Sevilla	34	(8)
2010	→ Atalanta (loan)	12	(2)
2010–11	Lecce	14	(2)
2011–	Colón	1	(0)
National team‡
2001–2008	Uruguay	22	(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05 March 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 July 2006

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Chevantón and the second or maternal family name is Espinosa.

Ernesto Javier Chevantón Espinosa (born 12 August 1980) is an Uruguayan footballer, who currently plays for Argentine club Colón de Santa Fe.

He obtained a Spanish passport after playing a few years in Spain.^[1]

Career

Lecce

He was scouted by U.S. Lecce sports director Pantaleo Corvino and signed in the summer of 2001. Despite his 12 goals in 27 games, Lecce were relegated that season into Serie B and Chevantón stayed with them. His presence would prove vital, scoring 18 goals in 30 games to promote Lecce straight back into top flight domestic football. In the Serie A 2003-04 he was the fourth goalscorer of the tournament with 19 goals and became the all-time goalscorer for Lecce, overcoming former Argentinian national team and Lecce player Pedro Pablo Pasculli.

Monaco

Following the loss of Fernando Morientes (returning to Real Madrid after his loan period expired) and Dado Pršo (who became free agent after failed to agree a new contract), Didier Deschamps was looking to reinforce his frontguard and so made an offer for Chevantón. In July 2004, he signed a 4-year contract with Monaco for a reported €10M.^[2][3][4] Few week later Mohamed Kallon was signed and the duo was expected to become striking partner.

Unfortunately, he was injured in August 2004 and Javier Saviola was signed as replacement.^[5] He was fit again in October but injured again in January. Since returned in February, he finally netted a goal in Ligue 1 on 16 April 2005. That season he scored 10 league goals, 1 goal behind Kallon and but ahead rising star Emmanuel Adebayor, Saviola and out-favoured Shabani Nonda. The 2004 UEFA Champions League finalist also exited in the round 16 of 2004–05 UEFA Champions League as non of the Monegasque strikers able to score against PSV.

In 2005-06 season, Nonda was released and Kallon was sent to Middle East on loan. Chevantón and Adebayor were became the starting pair under Deschamps. He missed a few match in August 2005 including the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League 3rd qualifying round return leg.^[6] Since Francesco Guidolin succeed as coach in October, Chevantón remained as one of the striker in the league. However, he did not played in the whole UEFA Cup group stage, due to both fitness problem and squad rotation. In January 2006, Christian Vieri and Marco Di Vaio were signed and Adebayor was sold (who suffered with injury too). He did a knee operation in January 2006^[7] and return on 7 February, the Coupe de la Ligue semi-final. On the same month, he played as substitute in UEFA Cup round of 32, which the coach preferred Serge Gakpé partnered with Vieri. In the league he played a successive 11 league matches since round 28 (on 25 February) and almost scored in every match (7 goals in 7 different matches). Chevantón became the team top-scorer in the league with 10 goals by his performance in the second half of season, ahead mid-season signing Di Vaio and winger Olivier Kapo who both scored 5 league goals.

Sevilla

On 1 August 2006, he was signed by 2005–06 UEFA Cup holder Sevilla for a reported €8M and agreed a 5-year contract.^[8][9] The beginning of Chevantón's season at Sevilla started with a back strain which put him out for the first few weeks, but he scored four goals for Sevilla in the UEFA cup against SC Braga, AZ Alkmaar, Shakhtar Donetsk and Grasshopper-Club Zürich, and scored his first La Liga goal by way of a stylish bicycle kick at home against Real Madrid on December 9, 2006, which lead to the home team's 2-1 victory. The second time Sevilla met Real Madrid that season Chevantón scored another goal with an excellent free kick. He recently netted the equaliser against Arsenal in a pre-season friendly for Sevilla in a 1-1 disappointment at the Emirates but has since found opportunities in the Spanish League limited.

Atalanta

On 26 November 2009, he was given permission to trial with Serie A club Atalanta, who ultimately agreed a loan deal with Sevilla. The player joined the club on January 2, 2010, until the end of the 2009-10 season.^[10]

Lecce

On 23 August 2010, Chevantón returned to his former club Lecce.^[11] His contract with Sevilla was terminated in earlier days.

Colón de Santa Fe

In July 2011, Lecce didn't renew his contract and he was hired by the Argentinian team Colón de Santa Fe.^[12]

National team

Run-ins with the Uruguay head coach Jorge Fossati have restricted his playing time for the national team, most strikingly obvious was his omission from the last stage of 2006 World Cup qualification.^[13] Uruguay failed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup.

After a long spell out of the national side Chevanton was finally included back in the Uruguay national squad for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification in September for the matches against Argentina and Bolivia in October. It was partially due to the injury of Diego Forlán.^[14] Chevantón played the match against Argentina as substitute in the 73rd minutes for Sebastián Abreu while Abreu partnered mainly with Luis Suárez and Edinson Cavani during the match. Chevantón was then dropped against Bolivia and was not called-up again due to personal fitness and competition among Uruguay's top strikers.

References

1. ^ "Diego Perotti prolonga su contrato hasta 2014" (in Spanish). Marca. 9 February 2009. http://www.marca.com/2009/02/09/futbol/equipos/sevilla/1234186730.html. Retrieved 9 November 2010. 
2. ^ Calvi, Giuseppe (2004-07-14). "Chevanton va da Deschamps" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2004/luglio/14/Chevanton_Deschamps_ga_10_0407144841.shtml. Retrieved 2010-05-21. 
3. ^ "CHEVANTON à Monaco" (in French). AS Monaco FC. 2004-07-16. http://www.asm-fc.com/article.aspx?id=356. Retrieved 2010-05-21. 
4. ^ "Chevanton to fill Monaco gap". UEFA.com. 2004-07-15. http://www1.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=207841.html. Retrieved 2010-05-21. 
5. ^ "Monaco seal Saviola loan". UEFA.com. 2004-08-30. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=220847.html. Retrieved 2010-05-21. 
6. ^ "Chevantón causes Monaco concern". UEFA.com. 2005-08-22. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=328145.html. Retrieved 2010-05-21. 
7. ^ "Chevantón battles with wounded knee". UEFA.com. 2006-01-04. http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=382785.html. Retrieved 2010-05-21. 
8. ^ "Javier Chevanton au FC Séville" (in French). AS Monaco FC. 2006-08-01. http://www.asm-fc.com/article.aspx?id=1820. Retrieved 2010-05-21. 
9. ^ "Sevilla challenge for Chevantón". UEFA.com. 2006-08-01. http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=441165.html. Retrieved 2010-05-21. 
10. ^ "CHEVANTÓN SE VA CEDIDO AL ATALANTA HASTA FINAL DE TEMPORADA" (in Spanish). Sevilla FC. 2009-11-26. http://www.sevillafc.es/_www/actualidad.php?op=not&id=15790&webSFC=6f81e7b0a1a447acdd57d1aeae45a359. Retrieved 2009-12-20. 
11. ^ "Ufficiale il ritorno di Chevanton" (in Italian). US Lecce. 23 August 2010. http://www.uslecce.it/PaginaEvento.aspx?ID_TIPO_EVENTO=1&ID_EVENTO=2653. Retrieved 24 August 2010. 
12. ^ "El delantero es Chevantón" (in Spanish). Club Colón. 21 July 2011. http://www.clubcolon.com.ar/noticia.php?id=1662. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 
13. ^ Figueroa, Patricio (2005-10-06). "Chevanton: I will not return". Sky Sports. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11816_2350453,00.html. Retrieved 2010-05-21. 
14. ^ "Chevanton Selected In Uruguay Squad". Goal.com. 2008-09-27. http://www.goal.com/en/news/1662/uruguay/2008/09/26/883921/chevanton-selected-in-uruguay-squad. Retrieved 2010-05-21. 

External links

• Soccernet stats
• FIFA World Cup.com profile^{[dead link]}
• Javier Chevantón – FIFA competition record
• Javier Chevantón at National-Football-Teams.com
• chevanton-ernesto-javier {{{last}}} French league stats at LFP.fr (French)

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Name	Chevanton, Javier
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Date of birth	12 August 1980
Place of birth	Juan Lacaze, Uruguay
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