 Cabango with Wales at the2022 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 | 226 | (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, 8 November 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 professionalfootballer who plays as adefender for andcaptainsEFL Championship clubSwansea City, and represents theWales national team.
Cabango was born inCardiff to an Angolan father and a Welsh mother. He has a younger brother namedTheo who plays rugby union forCardiff.[2] He attendedYsgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr, a Welsh language comprehensive school.[3][4]
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 atNewport County,[5] where he played from under-13 to under-15 levels. He moved to the academy atSwansea City when he is 14,[6] where he captained the under-19 side to win theFAW Welsh Youth Cup in 2018 and helped the under-23 side reach the final of thePremier League Cup.[3][7]
In June 2018, Cabango signed his first professional deal with Swansea City, then signed for reigningWelsh Premier League championsThe 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 sideKF Shkëndija in the first leg of the first qualifying round of theUEFA 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 overNorthampton Town in the first round of theLeague Cup.[11] He made his league debut as a substitute againstHuddersfield 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 overBirmingham City.[14] FollowingJoe Rodon's departure, Cabango became a regular starter, starting 34 games across the season including all 3 matches in theEFL Championship play-offs, as Swansea lost toBrentford in the final. In March 2021, he signed a new contract with Swansea until 2025.[15]
In the2021-22 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 bothSouth 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 theCardiff 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 forMatt Grimes, Cabango was named club captain.[20]
Cabango made his seniorWales international debut as a second-half substitute during the team'sUEFA Nations LeagueLeague B match againstFinland on 3 September 2020, which Wales won 1–0.[21] In May 2021 he was selected for the Wales squad for the delayedUEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[22] In November 2022 he was named in the Wales squad for the2022 FIFA World Cup inQatar.[23]
Ben Cabango is the elder brother of professionalrugby union playerTheo Cabango.[24]
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
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