Player of the Season nominees: Edinson Cavani

Key Facts: Stats to look at

• First Napoli FC player since Diego Maradona to be Serie A top scorer.
• Cavani’s longest goal drought lasted a month from Ferbruary to March ’13 when he failed to score or assist in seven games in a row.
• His longest goal scoring streak lasted seven weeks when he scored in seven games in a row from November ’12 to January ’13.
• Cavani has a poor goal scoring record against the top four sides as he has managed to score once against Fiorentina while failing to score any against AC Milan and Juventus.
• Cavani has scored in 24 matches this season and Napoli have won 17 of them while losing only 5 of them and drawing the rest.
• Cavani has scored 29 times and assisted 4 goals in the Serie A which sums up to an overall 33 goal contributions. Hence, he has roughly been involved in every alternate goal Napoli scored.
• Cavani is the club’s third all time top scorer with 104 goals and only eleven behind Diego Maradona.

Edinson Cavani has been recently the subject of much speculation as Chelsea, Real Madrid and a host of other clubs have been swooping around like vultures to get his signature. It remains to be seen if the Uruguayan commits his long term future at the club or seeks pastures new. With the Neapolitans once again starting to dream big, of the Scudettos and the UEFA cups, it remains to be seen if the footballer born on February 14^th can keep romance alive. Only time will tell if people in San Paolo can once again scream ‘Ieri, Oggi, Domani…Sempre Cavani’, which translates to ‘Yesterday, today, tomorrow. Always Cavani’.

Here is a look at the goals scored by Edinson Cavani last season:

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