Fernando Cavenaghi

Fernando Cavenaghi

Cavenaghi with Girondins de Bordeaux in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Ezequiel Cavenaghi
Date of birth	(1983-09-21) 21 September 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	O'Brien, Argentina
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	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		382	(181)
International career
2003	Argentina U20	12	(11)
2008	Argentina	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Ezequiel Cavenaghi (Spanish pronunciation: [kaβeˈnaɣi]; born 21 September 1983) 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.^[2] More recently, in 2021, Cavenaghi was the co-owner, along with Alejandro Domínguez, of Uruguayan football club Racing Club de Montevideo, until 2023 when the club was sold to Bayern Munich.^[3]

He spent most of his career with River Plate in three separate spells, playing 210 games and scoring 112 goals, while winning honours including the 2014 Copa Sudamericana and the 2015 Copa Libertadores. Abroad, he had his best successes with Bordeaux, whom he helped win a Ligue 1 title and two each of the Coupe de la Ligue and Trophée des Champions. He also had short spells in Spain, Brazil, Mexico and Cyprus, finishing as the Cypriot First Division's top scorer as APOEL won it in his final year as a professional.

Cavenaghi was part of the Argentina under-20 team that won the 2003 South American Youth Championship, finishing as its top scorer with eight goals. In the same year, he was part of the team that reached the semi-finals at the FIFA U-20 World Cup, and was joint top scorer with four goals. He earned four caps for the senior team in 2008.