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VersionFM26 26.2.0
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Cabango5
Squad number in club colours

Ben Cabango

Player
118Current ability
138Potential ability
£4,581,900Value (calc)
3,750Reputation (calc)

Personal

Full name
Benjamin Cabango
First name
Ben
Last name
Cabango
Common name
—
Date of birth
30 May 2000 age 25 at game start
Place of birth
Cardiff
Nationality
Wales
Other nationalities
Angola Eligible For Nation
Height
190 cm
Weight
—
Build
Mesomorph
Preferred foot
Right Only
Languages
English

Contract

Club
Swansea City
Job
Player
Contract type
Full Time
Joined club
1 Jul 2014
Contract starts
24 Dec 2024
Contract expires
30 Jun 2028
Weekly wage
£10,000
Squad numbers
#5 Swansea City

Player profile

Positions
D (C)
Best position (calc)
Defender (Centre)
Best rated position (calc)
Defender (Centre) · 75
Best role (calc)
No-Nonsense Centre-Back · 118
Best role at potential (calc)
No-Nonsense Centre-Back · 138
Default role
—
Perceived potential (calc)
127
Current reputation
5,900
Home reputation
6,100
World reputation
3,750
Reputation scope (calc)
National
Sale value (calc)
£4,123,710
Caps / goals
12 / 0
Favourite number
—
Injury risk
Below Average
Peak age
—
Development peak age
—
Physical peak age
—
Longevity (1–4)
—

Contract clauses

Promotion Wage Rise 75%
Relegation Wage Drop 20%

Attributes

Technical

  • Corners·4
  • Crossing·6
  • Dribbling·7
  • Finishing·8
  • First touch·9
  • Free kicks·4
  • Heading·16
  • Long shots·5
  • Long throws·9
  • Marking·14
  • Passing·10
  • Penalty taking·5
  • Tackling·16
  • Technique·8

Mental

  • Aggression·14
  • Anticipation·13
  • Bravery·16
  • Composure·9
  • Concentration·12
  • Decisions·11
  • Determination·13
  • Flair·7
  • Leadership·12
  • Off the ball·6
  • Positioning·14
  • Teamwork·12
  • Vision·9
  • Work rate·14

Physical

  • Acceleration·10
  • Agility·9
  • Balance·7
  • Jumping reach·15
  • Natural fitness·12
  • Pace·11
  • Stamina·14
  • Strength·17

Goalkeeping

  • Aerial reach—
  • Command of area—
  • Communication—
  • Eccentricity—
  • Handling—
  • Kicking—
  • One on ones—
  • Punching (tendency)—
  • Reflexes—
  • Rushing out (tendency)—
  • Throwing—

Hidden

  • Consistency·11
  • Dirtiness·16
  • Important matches·14
  • Injury proneness·5
  • Versatility·2
  • Left foot·5
  • Right foot·20

Personality

  • Adaptability4
  • Ambition10
  • Controversy12
  • Loyalty—
  • Pressure9
  • Professionalism12
  • Sportsmanship10
  • Temperament13
Personality (calc)
—
Media handling (calc)
—

A dash is an attribute this database does not store for this player; the game generates those at the start of a new game. Arrows compare with FM26 26.0.0, the previous build of this game: + newly stored, − no longer stored.

Key attributes in context

Key attributes against players with the same best position Key attributes against players with the same best position: 12 of 12 values recorded, plotted on a 0 to 100 scale. Key attributes against players with the same best position: 12 of 12 values recorded, plotted on a 0 to 100 scale.
12 of 12 recorded

The site’s own figure: the percentile of each stored attribute among 78,119 players with the same calculated best position. A spoke is left out where the attribute is not stored.

Positions

  • GK—
  • D (L)—
  • D (C)20
  • D (R)—
  • DM—
  • M (L)—
  • M (C)—
  • M (R)—
  • AM (L)—
  • AM (C)—
  • AM (R)—
  • ST (C)—
  • WB (L)—
  • WB (R)—
Familiarity 1–20. Natural 18+, accomplished 15+, competent 12+, unconvincing 9+, awkward 5+.

Position ratings

PositionNowPotential
Defender (Left)5559
Defender (Centre)7580
Defender (Right)5559
Wing-Back (Left)4852
Wing-Back (Right)4852
Defensive Midfielder5257
Midfielder (Left)4549
Midfielder (Centre)4853
Midfielder (Right)4549
Attacking Midfielder (Left)4549
Attacking Midfielder (Centre)3944
Attacking Midfielder (Right)4549
Striker4954

Calculated by fm-reader from the stored attributes (0–100, Genie Scout style). Blank where the database stores too few attributes to rate.

Best roles

RolePositionRatingPotentialStars
No-Nonsense Centre-BackD (C)118138
Centre-BackD (C)115135
Wide Centre-BackD (C)114134
Ball-Playing Centre-BackD (C)110129
Overlapping Centre-BackD (C)107126
Advanced Centre-BackD (C)105123
Inside Full-BackD (R)4046
Defensive MidfielderDM3744
Full-BackD (R)3542
Inside Wing-BackD (R)3542
Target ForwardST (C)3542
Box-to-Box MidfielderDM3541

Calculated by fm-reader on the current-ability scale (1–200); stars as FM shows role suitability.

Out-of-possession roles

RolePositionRatingStars
Centre-BackD (C)118
Wide Centre-BackD (C)117
Stopping Centre-BackD (C)116
Stopping Wide Centre-BackD (C)115
Covering Centre-BackD (C)112
Covering Wide Centre-BackD (C)109
Dropping Defensive MidfielderDM38
Pressing Central MidfielderM (C)37

Calculated by fm-reader (FM26+ out-of-possession roles), on the current-ability scale.

Injuries at game start

partially torn ankle ligaments (right) Severity 026 Apr 2022 – 20 Jul 2022
groin strain Severity 05 May 2021 – 14 May 2021
hamstring strain Severity 03 Nov 2020 – 15 Nov 2020

Playing career

10
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2024 Swansea City Sky Bet Championship 452 Unknown fee
2023 Swansea City Sky Bet Championship 350 Unknown fee
2022 Swansea City Sky Bet Championship 432 Unknown fee
2021 Swansea City Sky Bet Championship 371 Unknown fee
2020 Swansea City Sky Bet Championship 304 Unknown fee
2019 Swansea City Sky Bet Championship 211 Unknown fee
2018 The New Saints Loan JD Cymru Premier 170 Unknown fee
2018 Swansea City Sky Bet Championship 00 Unknown fee
2017 Swansea City Youth Premier League 00 Unknown fee
2016 Swansea City Youth Premier League 00 Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)22810

Honours

WinnerPremier League 2 Division 21×2017

Grouped by the site from the stored career highlights (winners, runners-up, third place, play-off winners).

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
Wales1205 / 0

Transfers

2
DateFromToTypeFee
12 Jun 2018Swansea CityThe New SaintsLoanuntil 6 Jan 2019Unknown fee
1 Jul 2014—Swansea CityTransferUnknown fee

Career highlights

3
17 Jul 2018First Senior Club GoalThe New SaintsUEFA Champions League v KF Shkëndija Tetovo
10 Jul 2018Senior Club DebutThe New SaintsUEFA Champions League v KF Shkëndija Tetovo
2017WinnerSwansea CityPremier League 2 Division 2

Homegrown status

Swansea City3 Years Between 15 and 21
Wales3 Years Between 15 and 21

Transfer add-ons and payments

TermPayerRecipientAmountUntil
Promotion Wage RiseSwansea City—75%—
Relegation Wage DropSwansea City—20%—

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Norman RodríguezA.C. Carabobo Fútbol ClubD (RC)261031051.52
DouglasFigueirense Futebol Clube SAFD (C)351031301.54
Luan—D (C)381041071.57
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Julián Rodríguez VuottoClub Atlético Los AndesD (C)251041131.65
Márcio SilvaBotafogo Futebol Clube SAF (PB)D (C)231031231.67
Robson ReisAnápolis Futebol ClubeD (C)251041241.67
Alex MitchellCharlton AthleticD (C)231031271.68

The site’s own comparison: players with the same calculated best position and current ability within ±15 (at most 300 candidates, so not a whole-database search), ranked by the mean difference over the attributes both players have stored.

Across versions

VersionClubAgeCAPAValue calc
FM27 27.0.0Swansea City26118138£4,131,000
FM26 26.2.0Swansea City25118138£4,581,900
FM26 26.0.0Swansea City25118138£4,581,900
FM24 24.3.0Swansea City23118138£3,516,210
FM23 23.4.0Swansea City22116138£2,787,210
FM23 23.3.0Swansea City22116138£2,787,210
FM23 23.0.0Swansea City22114138£2,058,210
FM22 22.4.0Swansea City21114138£663,111
FM22 22.3.0Swansea City21114138£663,111
FM22 22.1.0Swansea City21116138£1,722,574
FM22 22.0.1Swansea City21116138£1,722,574
FM22 22.0.0Swansea City21116138£1,722,574
FM21 21.4.0Swansea City20113130£584,232
FM21 21.3.0Swansea City20113130£584,232
FM21 21.1.1Swansea City20105130£835,694
FM21 21.0.1Swansea City20105130£835,694
FM21 21.0.0Swansea City20105130£835,694
FM20 20.4.0Swansea City1999(-65)£539,460
FM20 20.3.0Swansea City1999(-65)£539,460
FM20 20.1.0Swansea City1992(-65)£384,345
FM20 20.0.1Swansea City1992(-65)£384,345
FM20 20.0.0Swansea City1992(-65)£384,345
FM19 19.3.0Swansea City1877(-6)£72,655
FM19 19.1.0Swansea City1877(-6)£29,091
FM19 19.0.1Swansea City1877(-6)£29,091
FM19 19.0.0Swansea City1877(-6)£29,091
FM18 18.3.0Swansea City1755(-6)£20,223
FM18 18.1.0Swansea City1755(-6)£20,223
FM18 18.0.0Swansea City1755(-6)£20,223
FM17 17.3.0Swansea City1655(-6)£20,223
FM17 17.0.0Swansea City1664(-6)£20,223

The same FM id in each loaded database build. Values are each build's own; potential is shown as stored, value is calculated per build.