Edinson Roberto Cavani Gómez (born 14 February 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer. He plays as a striker for Manchester United and the Uruguay national team. Cavani began his career playing for Danubio in Montevideo, before moving to Italian side Palermo in 2007. In 2010, Cavani signed for Napoli, who signed him on an initial loan deal before buying him for a total fee of €17 million. In July 2013, he was transferred to Paris Saint-Germain for a reported €64 million, at the time the most expensive signing in French football history. With PSG, he won six Ligue 1 titles, five Coupes de la Ligue and four Coup
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Edinson Roberto Cavani Gómez (born 14 February 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer. He plays as a striker for Manchester United and the Uruguay national team. Cavani began his career playing for Danubio in Montevideo, before moving to Italian side Palermo in 2007. In 2010, Cavani signed for Napoli, who signed him on an initial loan deal before buying him for a total fee of €17 million. In July 2013, he was transferred to Paris Saint-Germain for a reported €64 million, at the time the most expensive signing in French football history. With PSG, he won six Ligue 1 titles, five Coupes de la Ligue and four Coupesde France. He has also played in the 2010 World Cup, the 2011 Copa América, the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup. In 2020, he signed with Manchester United. He scored on his Uruguay debut against Colombia on 6 February 2008, and has since then earned 117 caps and scored 51 international goals, only fewer than strike partner Luis Suárez among Uruguay internationals. He was part of the Uruguay squad that won a record 15th Copa América title in 2011. He finished as the CONMEBOL 2018 World Cup qualification top scorer with 10 goals. He is the son of former Uruguay international Luis Cavani, who played for the club between 1987 and 1991. He also has a younger brother, Edinson, who is also a professional footballer who plays for PSG and PSG’s French rivals Marseille.
He won the South American Youth Championship in 2007 and was named South American Player of the Year in 2008. He made his debut in March 2007 in a home league match against Fiorentina, coming on in the 55th minute with his team 0–1 down and scoring an impressive equaliser only 15 minutes later, a goal reminiscent of Marco van Basten’s strike in the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship final. In his second season with the Rosanero, he found himself fighting for a first team place with Fabrizio Miccoli and Amauri. He retained his place for the 2009–10 season under new boss Walter Zenga, and also under successor Delio Rossi, being instrumental in the team’s successful run in Serie A which took PalerMO to European qualification and potential qualification to the UEFA Champions League with two games remaining. In April 2010, he signs a new contract with Paler Mo valid to June 2014. He went on to score 33 goals each in his first two seasons, followed by 38 goals in his third season, where he also finished as Serie Atop scorer with 29 league goals. After debuting as a substitute in the previous game, he scored twice in first start, as Napoli beat Elfsborg 2–0 in the UEFA Europa League. He then started his Serie A tenure with Napoli in spectacular fashion, scoring a controversial goal against Cesena 1–0 after just seven minutes, with replays showing the ball crossing the line.
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