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
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Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Swansea City
Number 5
Youth career
Newport County
Swansea City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Swansea City 140 (8)
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 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23.19, 19 June 2023 (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.

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 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][6]

In June 2018, Cabango signed for reigning Welsh Premier League champions The New Saints on a six-month loan deal.[3] 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.[7] In the return leg, Cabango scored his first senior goal as The New Saints won 4–0 but were eliminated on aggregate.[8]

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.[9] He made his league debut as a substitute against Huddersfield Town on 26 November 2019.[10]

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.[11] In May 2021 he was selected for the Wales squad for the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[12] In November 2022 he was named in the Wales squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[13]

Personal life

Ben Cabango is the elder brother of professional rugby union player Theo Cabango.[14]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 April 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Swansea City 2018–19[15] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2019–20[16] Championship 21 1 0 0 3 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 26 1
2020–21[17] Championship 30 4 2 0 0 0 3[lower-alpha 1] 0 35 4
2021–22[18] Championship 37 1 0 0 2 1 — 39 2
2022–23[19] Championship 42 2 2 0 1 0 — 45 2
Total 130 8 4 0 6 1 5 0 139 9
The New Saints (loan) 2018–19[20] Welsh Premier League 16 0 0 0 3 0 6[lower-alpha 2] 1 25 1
Career total 146 8 4 0 9 1 11 1 164 10
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearance(s) in Championship play-offs
  2. ↑ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League

References

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  13. ↑ 2022 Wales World Cup squad
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