Fernando Cavenaghi

what u think about this player.
he plays at spartak Moskou, he used to play for River.

he could be a future striker for ac milan. he together with gila and sheva

I have watched him several times while he was at River Plate but he didn't strike me as a very versatile striker - looked a bit too straightforward and relies on scoring goals with head or from close distance. He is a typical poacher and does have a very good sense for the goal but again, I wasn't overly impressed by him. IMO, there was so much noise about him mostly because he was (still is) a very young and promissing player and you know how the media is - the next Batistuta, Crespo and so on. In fact, Cavenaghi didn't have a guaranteed starting place even at River, although he was regarded as the future of Argentinian football along with D'Alessandro, Saviola, and Aimar.
I think, overall, he is a very good striker but failed to live up to the expectations and made a big mistake by going to Moscow. Exactly when everyone expected him to go to a big European club - Juve in particular - that transfer to Spartak Moscow came out of the blue for many fans of Argentinian football and now he is, more or less, a name from the past despite still being very young.

i agree the mistake by playing for lil spartak moskou. when he would have gone to CSKA moskou or porto , a quad with european ambissions, it would be a fine starting point for an european carreer.

but I like his style. i got faith in em. but yeah he is still very young, and could learn much of sheva.

he could add depth to our squad. (vieri will stay 1 year, sheva has 3 years to go IMO) so he could be a nice signing for the future.

i use to watch him alot on channel 5.

his goal a game average in the argentinian league was better than that of batistuta or crespo during his time at "los millionarios".

he is a penalty box specialist with great movement. he doesn`t smash the ball into the back of the net but "passes" the ball into it. he is a cool customer who knows how to place his shots.

i`d liken his style to that of gerd muller or gary lineker. however like some of his argentinian team mates he chose to play in one of europes lesser leagues. i have searched the internet at times to see how well hes doing at spartak but either i can`t find anything or can`t understand it due to the fact that its in russian.

the only russian word i know is vodka.

Originally Posted by prifess

what u think about this player.
he plays at spartak Moskou, he used to play for River.

he could be a future striker for ac milan. he together with gila and sheva

I'll be honest i've never seen the guy play, although i did buy him on football manager 2005 for £8 million and he's now worth £41.5 million just two years later, i know its only a game but if you beleive in fate and signs and all that then this could be 1 lol
please don't take this post from me too serious i just found it coincidental that this guy should be mentioned just after that.

lol i play FM 2005 two. i buy him always. for about 10mill€. he is very good.

i know em from there and seen em play on tv. he is good.
most players i know from that game.

if u look to Fred statistics. he is also good. but never seen em play in real.


cavenaghi will be in 2 years playing for a big european club i think. hope milan would be the 1

FERNANDO CAVENAGHI
September 2, 2003

As Gabriel Batistuta and Hernan Crespo fought their long battle to be Argentina's first-choice centre-forward, it was widely assumed that by the 2006 World Cup the post would belong to the younger man. But Crespo can take nothing for granted. By then he will be the senior citizen, fighting off the challenge of a new generation.



A leading contender stars for River Plate, where Crespo made his name six years ago. Fernando Cavenaghi's 15 goals in 19 games helped River to this year's closing championship title and put him top of the national scorers' chart. Like River predecessor, Javier Saviola, Cavenaghi achieved the feat before his 19th birthday; unlike Saviola, he went into the campaign with no guaranteed first-team place.



At the start of the year River signed Juan Esnaider and Uruguayan Daniel Fonseca, experienced international strikers who were expected to form the attack while Cavenaghi was groomed. But the youngster was not to be kept waiting. He had already sacrificed his beloved fast food on the advice of the club nutritionist and gained a new nickname: 'Fatboy' became 'Little Bull'. Such physical development was rewarded with promotion to the senior squad last year, and in his sporadic opportunities he responded with goals.



Then, as the 2002 closing championship got under way in February, he scored so often that Fonseca and Esnaider were hardly used. Particularly impressive was the quality of his finishing. Most of his goals were first-time efforts, either on rebounds from the keeper or on balls played across the box. He drilled home sharply off either foot, with minimum fuss and maximum efficiency.



A championship medal, though, does not make Cavenaghi the finished article. As with all players pitched in so young, the flaws in his game are there for all to see. When the chances do not fall his way his contribution can be limited. It is a defect he recognises. 'I'm working to improve my use of the body when I receive the ball,' he says, 'and I'm also trying to develop my heading.'



The capacity for improvement was evident during his glory campaign. Eight goals in the first four games made him a marked man, and he went nine barren matches. But, a more complete player, he bounced back to make sure of the title with seven goals in the final six games.



Cavenaghi will not always find life so easy. A knee injury on the opening day of the current campaign sidelined him for a month. But he was born with a gift for putting the ball in the back of the net, and in football that is no bad place to start.



FACT FILE
Club River Plate
Country Argentina
Born September 21, 1983, in General O'Brien, Buenos Aires
Honours Argentinian closing championship 2002


source: http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/index/0,...rticleid=73562

He was hot stuff back then...

His size is an advantage tho

could be the replacement of crespo, that stolen our hearts @ milan(if we be honest).

i think he would be availeble for about 15mil€, it is nothing if we comare it with gila's transfer (and off cource our bid to Ronaldo +-50mill €)

Always liked him, but somehow never got the impression he would do well in Europe..nothing more than a gut feeling..but I hope to be wrong in this...

it would be nice if he is in Milan. he looks like a good peron. with highly rated potential.

and by looking him. would make a boust by our marketing of milan.

btw in SPARTAK he would not develope like in Milan. if he would be now in milan. he could be bether then ever before. Milan's training facility's are much beter then SPARTAK

Originally Posted by Warro Bantan

Always liked him, but somehow never got the impression he would do well in Europe..nothing more than a gut feeling..but I hope to be wrong in this...

Nah its not just you. Everyone thinks so too.

If inzaghi used to score 15 goals per season eventhough he doesnt have any skill at all, he is slow but have a great sense of opportunity, why this guy who is bigger, more talented and have also a great sense of opportunity will not triumph in serie A?

He used to play in River plate, el millo, the AC milan of south america

Dont forget that

let's not judge Inzaghi on his perfomances over the last two seasons whe he was constantly plagued by injuries. Pippo, in his 20s was one of the deadliest strikers in all of Europe. He may not have had the skill of a Maradona but his sense of positioning and sheer speed and agility - not sure how much you watched of him back then since you are calling him "slow" - more than made up for that. Speaking of skill on the ball, Cavenaghi himself isn't exactly a Maradona either.
Bottomline is, I would more than welcome Cavenaghi at Milan if he was even half the striker Pippo Inzaghi was in his good, injury-free years. Problem is he is not - he is just a talanted player with lots of media attention focused on him ... well, at least before he made that career-ending and bone-freezing transfer to the Russian League.

for 15M id gwt cassano... besides we have too many similar players to him