Fernando Cavenaghi

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Fernando Cavenaghi
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Ezequiel Cavenaghi
Date of birth	September 21, 1983 (1983-09-21) (age 25)
Place of birth	O'Brien, Argentina
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Bordeaux
Number	9
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001–2004 2004–2006 2007–	River Plate Spartak Moscow Bordeaux	089 (55) 051 (12) 059 (32)
National team2
2003 2008–	Argentina U-20 Argentina	007 0(4) 004 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:15, 30 April 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 14 September, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Fernando Ezequiel Cavenaghi (born September 21, 1983 in O'Brien) 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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[1][2] This performance 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 March 26 2008.

[edit] Career statistics

(Correct as of 22 March 2009)

All-Time Club Performance

Club	Season	Domestic League			Domestic Cups			Continental			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assts	Apps	Goals	Assts	Apps	Goals	Assts	Apps	Goals	Assts
River Plate	2000-01	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-
	2001-02	23	17	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	26	19	-
	2002-03	23	20	-	-	-	-	8	4	-	31	24	-
	2003-04	38	23	-	-	-	-	22	10	-	49	27	-
	Total	89	55	-	-	-	-	33	16	-	122	71	-
Spartak Moscow	2004	9	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	1	-
	2005	25	6	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	26	7	-
	2006	17	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	5	-
	Total	51	12	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	53	13	-
Girondins Bordeaux	2006-07	9	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	2	-
	2007-08	23	15	16	5	2	-	7	5	-	35	22	-
	2008-09	28	13	3	2	1	-	5	1	-	35	15	-
	Total	60	30	20	7	3	-	12	6	-	79	39	-
Career Totals		200	97	19	8	4	-	45	22	-	254	123	-

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Argentine Primera statistics (Spanish)
• Cavenaghi's page on Spartak's official website (Russian)
• Statistics at Irish Times
• Goal.com profile

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