Edinson Cavani quits Boca Juniors

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(FILES) Boca Juniors’ Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani reacts after failing to score during the 2024 Argentine Professional Football League tournament match between Boca Juniors and Argentino Juniors at the Alberto Jose Armando ‘La Bombonera’ Stadium in Buenos Aires on October 6, 2024. Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani, 39, is no longer a player of Argentine club Boca Juniors after nearly three years and only a handful of completed matches, local sports press reported on July 1, 2026. (Photo by ALEJANDRO PAGNI / AFP)

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Veteran Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani has announced his departure from Boca Juniors after three years.

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The 39-year-old former Paris Saint-Germain, Napoli and Manchester United player joined the Argentine side in July 2023 from Valencia.

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“As a coach of mine once taught me, the journey is the reward. And the journey has been magnificent,” Cavani said in a video posted on his Instagram account without announcing his retirement from club football.

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Known as “El Matador,” Cavani is Uruguay’s second all-time leading scorer with 58 goals in 136 appearances before calling time on his international football career two years ago.

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He leaves Boca without having won a title there and acknowledged he had “difficult moments” that prevented him from “leaving a mark” on the club.

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Hampered by recurring injuries, he played 81 matches, completing the full 90 minutes in just 27 of them, while scoring 28 goals.

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Cavani won six Ligue 1 titles with PSG during a seven-year spell from 2013 to 2020 before moving to Manchester United where he played for two years.

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AFP

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