In January 2007, Cavani was selected to join the Uruguay national football team Under-20 squad to play in the 2007 South American Youth Championship in Paraguay. Cavani finished the tournament as top scorer with seven goals in nine games, helping Uruguay to finish in third place, earning them a place in the World Youth Championship.
On 6 February 2008, Cavani made his first senior appearance for the Uruguay national team, and immediately scored a goal in his debut with the Celeste, a 2–2 tie with Colombia. He scored an unbelievable strike from his own area on the counterattack from a corner and was praised by Andre Villas Boas as "... a player with an immense capacity for the technical ability of scoring goals of tremendous skill and magnificent technique" . He on 10 July 2010, he scored against Germany in the third place match in the 2010 FIFA World Cup making the game 1–1; Germany went on to win 3–2.[41] On 27 July, he played in a friendly match against Angola in Lisbon. He scored a late goal in the match in a 2–0 win for Uruguay.[42] On 8 October, he scored his first international hat-trick in a friendly match against Indonesia.
International goals
- Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first.
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 6 February 2008 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo |  Colombia |
1–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 2. | 3 March 2010 | AFG Arena, St. Gallen |  Switzerland |
3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 3. | 10 July 2010 | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth |  Germany |
1–1 | 2–3 | 2010 World Cup |
| 4. | 11 August 2010 | Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon |  Angola |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 5. | 8 October 2010 | Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta |  Indonesia |
1–1 | 7–1 | Friendly |
| 6. | 6–1 | |||||
| 7. | 7–1 | |||||
| 8. | 12 October 2010 | Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan |  China PR |
2–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 9. | 30 March 2011 | Aviva Stadium, Dublin |  Republic of Ireland |
2–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 10. | 7 October 2011 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo |  Bolivia |
3–1 | 4–2 | 2014 World Cup qualifier |
| 11. | 29 February 2012 | Bucharest, Romania |  Romania |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly[43] |
| 12. | 11 September 2012 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo |  Ecuador |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2014 World Cup qualifier |
| 13. | 14 November 2012 | PGE Arena Gdańsk, Gdańsk |  Poland |
2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
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