Fernando Cavenaghi

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Personal information
Fernando Cavenaghi
Full name	Fernando Ezequiel Cavenaghi
Date of birth	September 21, 1983
Place of birth	O'Brien, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	180 cm
Position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Spartak Moscow
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2001-2004 2004-	River Plate (ARG) Spartak Moscow (RUS)	84 (57) 61 (17)
National team**
	Argentina
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 September, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of ?.

Fernando Ezequiel Cavenaghi (born September 21, 1983 in O'Brien, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine football player who currently plays for Spartak Moscow. He started playing for Club Atlético River Plate (the team that produced Pablo Aimar and Hernán Crespo among others). He is rated by Gianfranco Zola as the only Argentine he would pay to see play.

Cavenaghi made his debut in the 2000/2001 season for in which he scored 1 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. In his time at River he scored 55 times in 88 appearances.

In the 2005 season, playing for Spartak Moscow, he has scored 7 goals in 26 appearances (incomparison to 14 of Kirichenko - the season's top-scorer) but he played his part in helping Spartak reach a UEFA Champions League place.

It had been a tough first season for Cavenaghi though as he found it difficult to adapt to the style of play, the artificial pitches and language.

Although he started the 2006 season better than the previous ones, he faded towards the second half of it, and rumors of his transfer surfaced. He is currently linked with SL Benfica and AS Roma

He got 4th place in 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

[edit] Career stats (matches/goals)

2001 - River Plate (9/3)
2002 - River Plate (33/22)
2003 - River Plate (29/23)
2004 - River Plate (13/9)
2004 - Spartak (9/1)
2005 - Spartak (25/7)
2006 - Spartak (27/9)

[edit] External links

FC Spartak Moscow - Current Squad
1 Khomich \| 2 Géder \| 3 Stranzl \| 5 Iensci \| 7 Boyarintsev \| 9 Titov \| 10 Pavlyuchenko \| 11 Pavlenko \| 13 Jiránek \| 14 Torbinsky \| 15 Kováč \| 17 C. Rodriguez \| 18 Pjanovic \| 19 Cavenaghi \| 21 Owusu-Abeyie \| 23 Bystrov \| 24 Mozart \| 25 Kalynychenko \| 27 Covalciuc \| 30 Kowalewski \| 32 Bazhenov \| 35 Kabanov \| 39 Rebko \| 46 Zuev \| 49 Shishkin