Pau Cabanes
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pau Cabanes de la Torre | ||
| Date of birth | 17 February 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Burriana, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Villarreal | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Burriana | |||
| 2019–2020 | Roda | ||
| 2020–2022 | Villarreal | ||
| 2022–2023 | Roda | ||
| 2023–2024 | Villarreal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023 | Roda | 1 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Villarreal C | 14 | (4) |
| 2023– | Villarreal B | 13 | (2) |
| 2024– | Villarreal | 9 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 January 2025 | |||
Pau Cabanes de la Torre (born 17 February 2005) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for Villarreal CF.
Club career
[edit]Born in Burriana, Castellón, Valencian Community, Cabanes joined Villarreal CF's youth sides in 2019, from hometown side CD Burriana.[1] After alternating between the youth sides of the Yellow Submarine and CD Roda, he made his senior debut with the latter's first team on 12 March 2023, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–0 Tercera Federación away draw against FC Jove Español San Vicente.
Cabanes scored his first senior goal on 24 September 2023, netting Villarreal CF C's second in a 5–1 home routing of CD Acero.[2] The following 4 February, he scored a brace in a 4–3 home win over Atzeneta UE.[3]
Cabanes made his professional debut with the reserves on 20 May 2024, replacing Jorge Pascual late into a 2–2 home draw against Albacete Balompié in the Segunda División.[4][5] He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 30 September, replacing Ilias Akhomach in a 3–1 home win over UD Las Palmas.[6]
Cabanes scored his first goal in the top tier on 22 December 2024, netting his side's fifth in a 5–2 away win over CD Leganés.
International career
[edit]On 13 February 2024, Cabanes was called up to the Spain national under-19 team.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Villarreal C's Burriana connection". Villarreal CF. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "El Villarreal CF C funde al CD Acero" [Villarreal CF C melt CD Acero] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Un 'hat-trick' de Pau Cabanes desactiva al Atzeneta UE" [A 'hat-trick' from Pau Cabanes deactivates Atzeneta UE] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "El 'mini submarino' se hunde y el Albacete sale a flote" [The 'mini submarine' sink and Albacete float] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "El burrianense Pau Cabanes debuta en Segunda División con el Villarreal B" [The burrianense Pau Cabanes debuts in Segunda División with Villarreal B] (in Spanish). El Periòdic. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Pau Cabanes: "Debutar es el sueño de cualquier niño, no me lo creía"" [Pau Cabanes: "To debut is the dream of every kid, I could not believe it"] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "¡Tres canteranos convocados con la Sub-19!" [Three youth players called up with the under-19s!] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
External links
[edit]- Pau Cabanes at BDFutbol
- Pau Cabanes at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Pau Cabanes at Soccerway
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Footballers from the Province of Castellón
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Primera Federación players
- Tercera Federación players
- Villarreal CF C players
- Villarreal CF B players
- Villarreal CF players
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen