What Cavani's operation to return to the pitch involves | OneFootball

The club accepted the alternative proposed by the Uruguayan and is now waiting for a date for the procedure.

Boca accepted that Edinson Cavani may undergo surgery in an effort to finally put his back problems behind him and try to say goodbye to professional soccer on the field. The 39-year-old striker hopes to have the operation as soon as possible, and at the club they are waiting for a date to be set for it.

If the Uruguayan can undergo the cleanup through microsurgery on one of the discs in his spine in the coming days, he could return to training with the group in mid-August, which would give him until December to get minutes with the Xeneize and retire the way his career deserves.

This is because the operation will require one month of recovery from the procedure, plus another month and a half before he can be medically cleared to train alongside the group again. It will be his last attempt to return to playing, after two injections that did not produce the expected results.

Edinson Cavani has played only two matches so far this year, the last of them on February 20 against Racing. He was unable to make an impact and looked short on mobility, drawing complaints and whistles from a large number of fans at La Bombonera. Since then, he has not even been included in a squad again, and the possibility of his retirement has been rumored more than once.

Although after the lumbar injection he underwent in March it was expected that he might take part in one of the final matches of the semester, even offering himself to help in the match Boca ended up losing to Cruzeiro at La Bombonera in the Copa Libertadores, Claudio Úbeda chose not to use him because he did not see him as fit enough.

Cavani’s numbers in a Boca shirt

Since arriving at the Xeneize in mid-2023, Edinson Cavani has played a total of 81 official matches, in which he accumulated 5,878 minutes on the field and contributed 28 goals and 3 assists. His contribution to the team declined over time, and so far in 2026 he has taken part in only two matches, with 104 minutes on the pitch.

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