MADRID — Former Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani has signed a two-season deal to play for Valencia, the Spanish top flight club said.
The 35-year-old Uruguayan was a free agent after leaving Manchester United, who he joined from Paris Saint-Germain where he scored 200 goals.
“Valencia CF has reached an agreement to sign Edinson Cavani for the next two seasons until the 13th of June 2024,” the club said according to AFP.
Cavani has also scored 58 goals in 133 appearances for Uruguay, and has expressed his desire to play at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Valencia is coached by Italy’s Gennaro Gattuso, who won the Italian Cup with Napoli in 2020.
Valencia finished ninth in La Liga last season and lost the Copa del Rey final to Real Betis on penalties.
It is a transfer that means Cavani will have played in four of Europe’s five major leagues. He left Danubio in his home country to join Palermo in Serie A, before subsequent spells with Napoli, Paris Saint-Germaiin and United.
A six-time Ligue 1 winner at the Parc des Princes, he departed as the club’s all-time top scorer, with 200 goals to his name, when he switched to the Premier League in 2020.
Struggles with injuries and fluctuating form saw him net just 12 times in 41 top-flight appearances for United, with the nearest he came to silverware being the 2021 Europa League final loss to Villarreal.
At international level, Cavani won the 2011 Copa America with Uruguay, and has been a member of three World Cup squads, including the team that finished fourth at South Africa 2010.
Having helped them qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup later this year, he will hope to make a fourth appearance at the tournament following his arrival at Valencia.
