Luis Pedro Cavanda
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-01-02) 2 January 1991
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
0000–2007 Standard Liège
2007–2010 Lazio Primavera
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2015 Lazio 78 (1)
2011 → Torino (loan) 3 (0)
2012 → Bari (loan) 8 (0)
2015–2016 Trabzonspor 25 (0)
2016–2018 Galatasaray 7 (0)
2018–2020 Standard Liège 49 (2)
2022–2023 Neuchâtel Xamax 6 (0)
International career
2009 Belgium U18 10 (0)
2009–2010 Belgium U19 9 (0)
2010–2012 Belgium U21 7 (0)
2015 Belgium 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023

Luis Pedro Cavanda (born 2 January 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back. Born in Angola, he has represented the Belgium national team.

Career

Youth

Cavanda moved to Belgium at a young age and began playing for the Belgian club Standard Liège. In January 2007, Cavanda joined Lazio. With Lazio, Cavanda spent three-and-a-half years with the youth side.

Lazio

In 2009, Cavanda made a substitute appearance in a 4–0 win away to Bulgarian club Levski Sofia in the UEFA Europa League. He got his first start in the return match at the Stadio Olimpico, which Lazio lost 0–1.

On 29 August 2010, Cavanda made his Serie A debut, replacing Simone Del Nero in the second half of Lazio's opening day 2–0 loss to Sampdoria at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris.

His first league start for Lazio came at the Stadio Olimpico against eventual champions Milan. Cavanda earned plaudits with an impressive display against former FIFA World Player of the Year and World Cup winner Ronaldinho.

In January 2011, he was loaned to Torino until the end of the season. Cavanda returned to Lazio after making just three appearances for the Turin club.

Having played regularly in Serie A and in the Europa League during the 2011–12 season, Cavanda cemented his spot as a first choice in the 2012–13 season, replacing Abdoulay Konko. Predominantly playing at right back, Cavanda also played at left back, making him a very versatile full back. Cavanda matured under manager Vladimir Petkovic and became an important player in Lazio's squad.

Trabzonspor

On 12 July 2015, Cavanda signed for Turkish side Trabzonspor.[1]

Galatasaray

Cavanda signed a three-year contract with Turkish club Galatasaray on 9 August 2016 for an initial fee of €1.8 million.[2]

Standard Liège

On 17 March 2018, he played as Standard Liège beat Genk 1–0 in extra time to win the 2018 Belgian Cup Final and qualify for the UEFA Europa League.[3]

Failure to join with Trepça'89

On 17 February 2021, he signed for Kosovan club Trepça '89 in the Kosovar Superliga.[4] Two days later, he refused to sign the final contract because he did not like the club infrastructure.[5]

Neuchâtel Xamax

On 23 May 2022 Swiss Challenge League club Neuchâtel Xamax confirmed, that Cavanda had joined the club on a one-year deal.[6] After six appearances for the club, Cavanda broke a bone in his face during a training session at the end of August 2022.[7]

International career

On 10 October 2015, he made his senior debut for the national team in a 4–1 win in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualification match against Andorra.[8]

Personal life

Cavanda was born in Angola, to an Angolan father and a Congolese mother,[9] and migrated to Belgium at a young age. He holds Belgian nationality. Despite having made youth level appearances for Belgium, Cavanda remained eligible to represent the Angolan and the Congolese national teams. Even though he initially opted for the latter in March 2015,[10] he was called up by the Belgium national football team on 2 October 2015.[11] He plays in the UEFA qualifying game for the nation cup in France against Andorra. This means he only can play for Belgium now.

Statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 26 October 2015

Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lazio 2009–10 0000100010
2010–11 3000000030
Total 3000100040
Torino 2010–11 3000000030
Total 3000000030
Bari 2011–12 8000000080
Total 8000000080
Lazio 2011–12 1010100030
2012–13 140307000240
2013–14 191307000291
2014–15 160200000180
Total 5019015000741
Trabzonspor 2015–16 250100010270
Total 250100010270
Career total 340308000450

Honours

Standard Liège

References

  1. ↑ football-italia.net, Official: Cavanda joins Trabzonspor, 12 July 2015,
  2. ↑ "Luis Pedro Cavanda - Transferi konusunda anlaşmaya varılmıştır" (in Turkish). Kamuyu Aydınlatma Platformu. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Emond knikt Standard na verlengingen naar bekerwinst". Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "BOOOOM: Trepça '89 bën transferimin e dekadës në Superligë, transferon ish-mbrojtësin e Lazios, Torinos e Galatasarayt" [BOOOOM: Trepça ’89 makes the transfer of the decade in the Super League, transfers the former defender of Lazio, Torino and Galatasaray]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 17 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Cavanda nuk nënshkruan: Ikën shumë, shumë larg nga Kosova dhe transferohet në këtë shtet". gazetaolle.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021.
  6. ↑ Luis Pedro Cavanda s’engage avec Xamax, xamax.ch, 23 May 2022
  7. ↑ Xamax victime de malchance et de son inconstance, rtn.ch, 4 September 2022
  8. ↑ "BBC Sport - Andorra 1-4 Belgium". BBC. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Cavanda si presenta in granata:Toro, aiutami a crescere". 2 February 2011. Cavanda was born in Luanda (Angola), but the premature death of father Pedro (Angolan) took him with mom Efrasie (Congolese) and sister Gaby in neighboring Congo
  10. ↑ "Il Belgio è ormai un ricordo, Cavanda giocherà con la nazionale del Congo".
  11. ↑ "Euro 2016: des nouveaux venus dans la sélection de Marc Wilmots".
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