Career
Cavenaghi made his debut for River Plate in the 2000/2001 season in which he scored one goal in 5 appearances. In his first full season he scored 17 goals in 23 appearances including a hat-trick against Estudiantes. He left River at the beginning of the 2004/2005 season joining Spartak Moscow for a fee of £6.5 million. During his time at River he scored 55 times in 89 appearances.
In the 2005 season, playing for Spartak Moscow, Cavenaghi scored 7 goals in 26 appearances (compared with 14 for Kirichenko – the season's top-scorer) and played his part in helping Spartak win a UEFA Champions League place. It was a difficult first season for Cavenaghi, however, as he struggled to cope with an unfamiliar style of play, the artificial pitches and the Russian language.
Although he started the 2006 season better than the previous one, he faded in the second half and transfer rumors began to surface. On 22 January 2007, Cavenaghi was sold to French division club FC Girondins de Bordeaux for an undisclosed fee, although the Russian media speculated that the deal was worth approximately €11 million with possible future fees.
He was a part of the Argentina Under-20 squad that finished fourth in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.
On February 3, 2007 he played his first Ligue 1 match for Bordeaux against Nice. . This performance also brought him to the attention of Alfio Basile who called him up for the Argentina national team and gave him his debut against Egypt on March 26, 2008.
On the summer of 2011, Fernando returned to his childhood club River Plate in order to help out after the historic relegation to the second division. Cavenaghi, who had great success in River Plate during the early years of his career and at Bordeaux, is now the captain of the team. He has since voiced his intentions to stay at River Plate until retirement. Throughout the season he has been on fantastic scoring form with 17 goals in 24 matches for the league, including a notable performance against Gimnasia de Jujuy where he scored four goals.
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