Juan Ignacio Cabrera

Juan Ignacio Cabrera
Personal information
Full name Juan Ignacio Cabrera Ros[1]
Date of birth (2003-02-27) 27 February 2003[2]
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay[1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Vaduz
Number 10
Youth career
2011–2014 TuS Hiltrup
2014–2016 Preußen Münster
2016–2022 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 Ingolstadt 04 II 23 (7)
2023–2025 FC Augsburg II 51 (24)
2025–2026 Greuther Fürth 3 (0)
2025–2026 Greuther Fürth II 14 (5)
2026– Vaduz 2 (1)
International career
2018 Uruguay U17 1 (0)
2021 Germany U19 2 (0)
2022 Uruguay U20 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 August 2026

Juan Ignacio Cabrera Ros (born 27 February 2003) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Swiss Super League club Vaduz.

Club career

Born in Uruguay, Cabrera moved to Germany at the age of eight, having also lived in Argentina and Brazil.[3] He started his footballing career with TuS Hiltrup and Preußen Münster before a move to Schalke 04 in 2016.[4] In October 2020, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2003 worldwide.[5][6]

In September 2022, Cabrera moved to Ingolstadt 04 II.[3] He later joined FC Augsburg II, where he finished as the top scorer of the Regionalliga Bayern in the 2024–25 season.[7] On 28 May 2025, he signed with Greuther Fürth.[8]

On 21 May 2026, Cabrera joined newly promoted Swiss Super League side Vaduz.[9]

International career

Having already represented Uruguay once at under-17 level, Cabrera played for Germany at under-19 level on two occasions in 2021.[1][4][10] In 2022, he was called up to the Uruguay national under-20 football team for the first time.[11]

Personal life

Growing up, Cabrera's footballing idol was Diego Forlán.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 August 2026[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ingolstadt 04 II 2022–23 Bayernliga 237———237
FC Augsburg II 2023–24 Regionalliga Bayern 226———226
2024–25 Regionalliga Bayern 2918———2918
Total 51240000005124
Greuther Fürth 2025–26 2. Bundesliga 3010—0040
Greuther Fürth II 2025–26 Regionalliga Bayern 145———145
Vaduz 2026–27 Swiss Super League 41004[a]1—82
Career total 953710410010038
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League

Honours

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Juan Ignacio Cabrera at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "Juan Cabrera". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. 1 2 "El uruguayo Juan Ignacio Cabrera dejó el Schalke 04 y pasó al FC Ingolstadt" [Uruguayan Juan Ignacio Cabrera left Schalke 04 and moved to FC Ingolstadt]. espndeportes.espn.com (in Spanish). 8 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  4. 1 2 Kappenstein, Philip (28 September 2021). "Top-Talent Cabrera für DFB-U19 nominiert" [Top talent Cabrera nominated for DFB-U19]. reviersport.de (in German). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Next Generation 2020: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "¿Quién es Juan Ignacio Cabrera? El uruguayo de 17 años que está entre las 60 promesas del fútbol mundial" [Who is Juan Ignacio Cabrera? The 17-year-old Uruguayan who is among the 60 promises of world football]. elpais.com.uy (in Spanish). 30 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "FC Augsburg II: Juan Cabrera zieht es in die 2. Bundesliga" (in German). Bayerischer Fussball-Verband. 30 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "Greuther Fürth verpflichtet Topscorer Juan Cabrera" (in German). Bundesliga. 28 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "Vaduz bedient sich zweimal in Fürth" (in German). 21 May 2026. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  10. ↑ Juan Ignacio Cabrera at DFB (also available in German)
  11. ↑ Perdomo Páez, Camilo (23 July 2022). "Quién es Juan Ignacio Cabrera, el "europeo" de la selección uruguaya en L'Alcudia" [Who is Juan Ignacio Cabrera, the "European" of the Uruguayan team in L'Alcudia]. bolavip.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "Juan Cabrera: el "10" que fue campeón con Alemania, sueña con defender a Uruguay y espera debutar en Bundesliga" (in Spanish). 30 March 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  13. ↑ "Juan Cabrera". Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  14. ↑ "Gleichstand an der Spitze: Die Top-Torjäger der Regionalliga Bayern 2024/25". 19 May 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
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