Ben Cabango

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Ben Cabango
Personal information
Full name Benjamin George Cabango [1]
Date of birth (2000-05-30) 30 May 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Swansea City
Number 5
Youth career
Newport County
Swansea City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018– Swansea City 183 (9)
2018–2019 → The New Saints (loan) 16 (0)
International career‡
2017 Wales U17 1 (0)
2018–2019 Wales U19 10 (1)
2019 Wales U21 5 (0)
2020– Wales 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:23, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:01, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Benjamin George Cabango (born 30 May 2000) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Swansea City and the Wales national team.

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Early life

Cabango was born in Cardiff to an Angolan father and a Welsh mother. He has a younger brother named Theo who plays rugby union for Cardiff. [2] He attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr, a Welsh language comprehensive school. [3] [4]

Club career

Cabango began his career as a youth player with local amateur side Maindy Corries, where his father Paolo was a coach, before joining the youth academy at Newport County, [5] where he played from under-13 to under-15 levels. He moved to the academy at Swansea City when he is 14, [6] where he captained the under-19 side to win the FAW Welsh Youth Cup in 2018 and helped the under-23 side reach the final of the Premier League Cup. [3] [7]

In June 2018, Cabango signed his first professional deal with Swansea City, then signed for reigning Welsh Premier League champions The New Saints on a six-month loan deal. [3] [8] He made his senior debut for the side in a 5–0 defeat to Macedonian side KF Shkëndija in the first leg of the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. [9] In the return leg, Cabango scored his first senior goal as The New Saints won 4–0 but were eliminated on aggregate. [10]

On 13 August 2019, he made his professional debut for Swansea in a 3–1 victory over Northampton Town in the first round of the League Cup. [11] He made his league debut as a substitute against Huddersfield Town on 26 November 2019. [12] In March 2020, he signed a new deal with Swansea until 2023. [13]

International career

Cabango made his senior Wales international debut as a second-half substitute during the team's UEFA Nations League League B match against Finland on 3 September 2020, which Wales won 1–0. [14] In May 2021 he was selected for the Wales squad for the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. [15] In November 2022 he was named in the Wales squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. [16]

Personal life

Ben Cabango is the elder brother of professional rugby union player Theo Cabango. [17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 September 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Swansea City 2018–19 [18] Championship 000000—00
2019–20 [19] Championship21100302 [a] 0261
2020–21 [20] Championship30420003 [a] 0354
2021–22 [21] Championship3710021—392
2022–23 [22] Championship4322010—462
2023–24 [22] Championship3500010—360
2024–25 [23] Championship710020—91
Total173940915019110
The New Saints (loan) 2018–19 [24] Welsh Premier League 16000306 [b] 1251
Career total18994012111121611
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Championship play-offs
  2. ↑ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 11 October 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Wales 202020
202110
202220
202320
202430
Total100

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  5. ↑ Masrani, Daniel (15 August 2015). "Maindy Boy Selected for Welsh Squad". Maindy Corries F.C. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Ben Cabango pens new Swansea City contract". Swansea City AFC. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
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  10. ↑ "The New Saints 4–0 KF Shkendija". BBC Sport. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  11. ↑ "Swansea City 3–1 Northampton Town". BBC Sport. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  12. ↑ "Huddersfield 1-1 Swansea". BBC. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  13. ↑ "Ben Cabango: Swansea City defender signs new contract". BBC Sport. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  14. ↑ Cabango Wales debut
  15. ↑ "Uncapped Colwill in Wales Euro 2020 squad". BBC Sport.
  16. ↑ 2022 Wales World Cup squad
  17. ↑ "Theo Cabango: Brother of Swansea City's Ben bids to seize Cardiff Rugby chance". BBC Sport. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Ben Cabango in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Ben Cabango in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
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  22. 1 2 "Games played by Ben Cabango in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
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