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EDINSON CAVANI is so deadly in the face of goal that only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have scored more than him since he debuted.
In the top five European leagues since March 11, 2007, the new Manchester United striker ranks third on the goal list with 250.
But it is a big gap with rivals considered by many to be the two best footballers in history.
In that time, Juventus ace Ronaldo has scored 416, while Barcelona star Messi, who came close to joining United’s rivals City this summer, is up with 432.
Unbelievably, his goal tally comes in just slightly more games than Cavani’s.
The 250 count of the Uruguayan hitman comes from 413 games, while Ronaldo and Messi needed 433 and 450 respectively to reach theirs.
However, what is crucial is that Cavani, whose career has included stints at Palermo, Napoli and Paris Saint-Germain, is doing better than Sergio Agüero.
The Etihad leader, who currently trains alone as he continues to recover from injury, has two fewer goals in the same number of games as Cavani.
And former United star Zlatan Ibrahimovic is behind them both, with 245 goals in his 330 games since Cavani made his debut.
The most goals of the 33-year-old Cavani career came during his time in the French capital.
He scored 138 goals in 200 appearances for last season’s defeated Champions League finalists.
But the most prolific period came during his three years at Naples, first on loan from Palermo and later as a permanent star.
The man who loves ballet and wanted to be a farmer scored 26 in 35 loan games in 2010.
He then got 52 in 69 games after joining permanently in 2011, meaning he scored 0.75 goals per game compared to 0.69 at PSG.
Cavani had a total of 34 in 109 games for Palermo.
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