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Career & Clubs
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, where he played from under-13 to under-15 levels. He moved to the academy at Swansea City when he is 14, 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. 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. 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. In the return leg, Cabango scored his first senior goal as The New Saints won 4–0 but were eliminated on aggregate. 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. He made his league debut as a substitute against Huddersfield Town on 26 November 2019. In March 2020, he signed a new deal with Swansea until 2023. On 8 July 2020, Cabango scored his first goal for Swansea City in a 3–1 win over Birmingham City. 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…
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. In May 2021 he was selected for the Wales squad for the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. In November 2022 he was named in the Wales squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
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- Swansea City A.F.C.
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- Wales men's national association football team (2020–)
- National team
- Wales
Personal
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. He attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr, a Welsh language comprehensive school.
Ben Cabango is the elder brother of professional rugby union player Theo Cabango.
Clubs
- Wales men's national association football team2020current
- Swansea City A.F.C.current
Played together with
Adebayo AkinfenwaSwansea City A.F.C. · 2005–2007
Alan TateSwansea City A.F.C. · 2002–2003
Alan TateSwansea City A.F.C. · 2003–2003
Alan TateSwansea City A.F.C. · 2004–2015
Alberto PaloschiSwansea City A.F.C. · 2016–2016
Alejandro PozueloSwansea City A.F.C. · 2013–2014
Andrea OrlandiSwansea City A.F.C. · 2007–2012
André AyewSwansea City A.F.C. · 2015–2016
André AyewSwansea City A.F.C. · 2018–2021
Andy KingSwansea City A.F.C. · 2018–2018
Ashley WilliamsSwansea City A.F.C. · 2008–2008
Ashley WilliamsSwansea City A.F.C. · 2008–2016
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Benjamin George Cabango is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Swansea City, which he captains, and the Wales national team.
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