Pau Cabanes

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cabanes and the second or maternal family name is de la Torre.

Pau Cabanes

Personal information
Full name	Pau Cabanes de la Torre
Date of birth	(2005-02-17) 17 February 2005 (age 19)
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

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

On 13 February 2024, Cabanes was called up to the Spain national under-19 team.[7]

References

1. "Villarreal C's Burriana connection". Villarreal CF. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
2. "El Villarreal CF C funde al CD Acero" [Villarreal CF C melt CD Acero] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "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.
6. "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.
7. "¡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

• Pau Cabanes at BDFutbol
• Pau Cabanes at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
• Pau Cabanes at Soccerway