Ben Cabango

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Ben Cabango
File:Ben Cabango playing for Wales.jpg
Cabango with Wales at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Benjamin George Cabango[1]
Date of birth (2000-05-30) 30 May 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Swansea City
Number 5
Youth career
Newport County
Swansea City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Swansea City 230 (10)
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 15 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:23, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:01, 13 October 2025 (UTC)

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

Early life

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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

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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]

On 8 July 2020, Cabango scored his first goal for Swansea City in a 3-1 win over Birmingham City.[14] Following Joe Rodon's departure, Cabango became a regular starter, starting 34 games across the season including all 3 matches in the EFL Championship play-offs, as Swansea lost to Brentford in the final. In March 2021, he signed a new contract with Swansea until 2025.[15]

In the 2021-22 season, Cabango was given the number 5 shirt.[16] Cabango scored Swansea's second in a 4-0 victory over South Wales rivals and Cabango's hometown team, Cardiff City as Swansea became the first side to win both South Wales Derbies in a league season.[17] Cabango repeated this feat in the following season, scoring a 99th minute winner in a 3-2 victory at the Cardiff City Stadium, marking a fourth consecutive Swansea City win in the derby.[18]

In December 2024, Cabango signed a new contract with Swansea, until 2028.[19] In January 2025, following an accepted bid for Matt Grimes, Cabango was named club captain.[20]

International career

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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.[21] In May 2021 he was selected for the Wales squad for the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[22] In November 2022 he was named in the Wales squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[23]

Personal life

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Ben Cabango is the elder brother of professional rugby union player Theo Cabango.[24]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 29 September 2024
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[25] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2019–20[26] Championship 21 1 0 0 3 0 2[a] 0 26 1
2020–21[27] Championship 30 4 2 0 0 0 3[a] 0 35 4
2021–22[28] Championship 37 1 0 0 2 1 — 39 2
2022–23[29] Championship 43 2 2 0 1 0 — 46 2
2023–24[29] Championship 35 0 0 0 1 0 — 36 0
2024–25[30] Championship 7 1 0 0 2 0 — 9 1
Total 173 9 4 0 9 1 5 0 191 10
The New Saints (loan) 2018–19[31] Welsh Premier League 16 0 0 0 3 0 6[b] 1 25 1
Career total 189 9 4 0 12 1 11 1 216 11
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Championship play-offs
  2. ^ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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As of match played 13 October 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Wales 2020 2 0
2021 1 0
2022 2 0
2023 2 0
2024 5 0
2025 3 0
Total 15 0

References

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