Full Name – Edinson Roberto Cavani Gómez

Date of Birth – 34 years (14th February 1987)

Place of Birth – Salto, Uruguay

Nationality – Uruguayan

Current Club – Manchester United (England)

Salary as player – £250,000 per week

First professional appearance (domestically) – In 2005 for Danubio

First professional appearance (internationally) – 6 February 2008 for Uruguayan’s senior team in a friendly against Colombia. (Result – Uruguay 2 – 2 Colombia)

 

SPONSORS

NIKE – The American sports equipment giant has been associated with Edinson Cavani since his arrival at Paris Saint-Germain in 2014. Cavani is one of the faces endorsing the Nike Hypervenom boots.

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ADIDAS – Edinson Cavani donned the Adidas F50 Adizero cleats after the German sports equipment giant signed him ahead of the 2010 FIFA Men’s World Cup.

 

 

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NOTABLE HONOURS

With Danubio

• Primera División – 2006–07

With Napoli 

• Coppa Italia – 2011–12

With Paris Saint-Germain 

• Ligue 1 – 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20
• Coupe de France – 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2019-20
• Coupe de la Ligue – 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2019-20
• Trophée des Champions – 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019

With Uruguay’s Senior Men’s National Team 

• Copa América – 2011

Individual 

• Golden Foot – 2018

 

NOTABLE CHARITY WORK AND ACTIVISM

• Edinson Cavani has shown an active participation in charity events aimed to improve the lives of children and youth internationally, be it playing charity games for the Lionel Messi Foundation or donating a pair of signed boots to PSG’s “Children first” initiative.
• In 2017, Cavani organised a charity match in his hometown of Salto to raise money for children with Down syndrome. A year prior to that, he organised a similar event to raise funds for youngsters suffering from cancer.
• After a successful spell at the 2018 Men’s World Cup, Cavani donated his worn jersey to Stars4kids – an organization for underprivileged kids and to support a school in Cobija, Bolivia.