Javier Chevantón

Chevantón in the jersey of Sevilla FC ( 2008)

Ernesto Javier Chevantón ( born August 12, 1980 in Juan Lacaze, Uruguay; actually Ernesto Javier Chevantón Espinosa ) is an Uruguayan football player

Association

From the season 1996/97 he is led in Erstligakader Danubios until the end of 2000/ 01. During this period, 55 league games are listed with 50 goals scored for Chevantón. Other sources of lead in 62 games and 53 goals in Danubio for him. In 2000 he was standing in the service of Danubio with 33 -goal top scorer of the Primera División in Uruguay. In the 2000 /01 season he moved from Uruguayan club Danubio to Italy to Lecce, where he completed 88 games and scored 45 goals. 2004 Chevantón went to France in the Ligue 1 for AS Monaco. After two years he moved to Spain after strong performances for Sevilla FC. The term of his transfer fee in the amount of nine million euros allowed him to so far are expensive player Seville. In the second half of the 2008/09 season he fell out with a knee injury for months. In early January 2010, he was awarded up to the end of the season to Atalanta. For the 2010/11 season Chevanton returned free transfer back to U.S. Lecce. In the season 2011/12 he was in Argentina at CA Colón signed and completed 15 league games in which he scored six goals. In April 2012, in the course of his career, repeated injuries affected Chevantón suffered in the match against Argentinos Juniors an Achilles tendon injury. He then rejoined the now because of the involvement in the corruption scandal in Italian football in the Lega Pro Prima Divisione playing U.S. Lecce, where he signed a lifetime contract in July 2012. A stir attended the contractual terms, because of the previously highly paid player was satisfied with a monthly salary of 900 euros. This decision he made against the backdrop of an equally present offer of the Canadian Association Toronto, who had offered him an annual salary of 600,000 euros. Chevantón denied 2012/13 14 championship games for Lecce. He met six times. Due to the economic difficulties of his club he was cleared in the course of Lecce. On September 25, 2013 were announced that he has signed a contract until Christmas Eve 2013 with the English second division side Queens Park Rangers. In the English, he was twice (no gate) used in the league and played it a total of only 20 minutes. After end of the contract he expressed the desire to now continue his career in the Uruguayan home and negotiate shortly Danubio about a possible commitment.

Ultimately, he joined in January 2014 in his home the Uruguayan first division club Liverpool FC. There he came so far (as of March 24, 2014) in the Primera División five times used and scored two goals.

National

Chevantón participated with the Uruguayan U-20 national team at the U-20 South American Championship 1999. There he was with four goals most successful shooter of his team and won with the Celeste Vice - South title. He also was a member of the squad at the U -20 World Cup Nigeria 1999, finished 4th in the Uruguay. Among his local players included, among others Diego Forlan and Diego Pérez. Also in the Uruguayan national team Chevantón was used in 22 games. He made his debut there on 13 July 2001 at the Copa America 2001 in the match against Bolivia. His last assignment in the Celeste dated 11 October 2008.

Achievements

• Junior Vice - Champion 1999 South America
• Scorer in the Primera División (Uruguay ) in 2000