Edinson Cavani is the 28-year-old striker of the Uruguayan national team of Spanish descent. Nationality is very interesting, but no less interesting is his biography and how the football player came to success. Well, it’s worth telling more about this, since the topic is really fascinating. Especially for fans of this football player.
Biography and family
The footballer has Italian roots. His grandfather was born in Maranello, and then moved to Sicily. After he moved to Argentina, and then to Montevideo. So the whole family ended up in Uruguay and settled there. Edinson’s father, by the way, is also a football player, just a former one. Not as outstanding as his son, but he even entered the field in several matches of the Uruguayan national team. Christian's sibling was also a soccer player (quarterback). A consolidated, named Walter, twice played for the national team.
Edinson Cavani himself was born in Salto, where he began his football career. Not much time passed, as metropolitan clubs noticed him. However, oddly enough, Cavani was in no hurry to make a decision. The football player himself says that his parents always gave him sensible recommendations. And when at the age of 12 he received an offer from a good club, but his father said that it was too early, Edinson decided to obey and did not regret it.
First successes
The first club of Cavani was “Danubio”. At first, the young football player trained with the youth team, but then he went out with the main team as a pupil. His debut took place in 2006. Then Edinson Roberto Cavani Gomez together with his club won the Uruguayan Championship Aperture.
In 2007, he was already invited to the national team. Only youth. Edinson Cavani agreed, and for good reason. After all, then he became the top scorer of the tournament, scoring seven goals in 9 matches! Thanks to him, the team managed to take third place. And this was a breakthrough in the career of a guy. Then many learned what Edinson Cavani was. He was interested in many presentable and popular clubs. Mostly Italian. “Milan”, “Juventus”, “Palermo” - which teams just did not offer the Edinson club to sell it. What is the result? The footballer goes to Palermo, and in the first match for a new club, he scores a goal against opponents, thereby winning the love of new fans.
Adult career
Edinson Cavani, whose biography is really interesting, became a popular footballer. As part of the Palermo, he lost for three years, after which he was rented by Napoli. Proposals to the Italian club were made even by clubs in the post-Soviet space, such as Kazan “Rubin” and “Shakhtar” (Donetsk). The English “Manchester City” was also eager to buy back the Uruguayan. There was even a very confident rumor that the player was moving to Tottenham Hotspur. However, this information was quickly refuted.
In 2011, a small incident occurred: due to the fact that Edinson made fun of the referee, he was fined ten thousand euros and was disqualified for three matches. True, then they reduced the punishment. Up to 2 matches. Apparently, they didn’t understand the joke.
Today, Cavani is a player in the Parisian “PSG”. Many are sure that Edinson will stay in this club, because he fit very well and organically into the team and the style of the game.
Achievements
Edinson Cavani has a lot of success. True, they all began to arrive a little late. His first achievement is the Italian Cup, to which the player came along with Napoli in the 2011/12 season. But he managed to achieve more success, being in the ranks of PSG. He became a two-time champion of France, as well as the owner of the Cup and Super Bowl of the country. But that is not all. He also became a two-time holder of the French League Cup. Of the national achievements, the America’s Cup, obtained in 2011.
Edinson Cavani is a promising, outstanding and talented footballer. Many do not even doubt that he will still reveal his full potential.