Position: Midfielder
Birthdate: 7/29/2000
Hometown: Bogotá, Colombia
Previous Club: El Paso Locomotive FC
College: Butler University
Height: 5-8
Wilmer Cabrera Jr. enters his first season with the Black and Yellow after signing a multi-year deal with the club in December 2025.
Cabrera, 25, joins the Battery following a one-and-a-half-year stint with El Paso Locomotive FC, where he scored 13 goals and four assists in 41 matches across all competitions.
In 2025, Cabrera was El Paso’s leading scorer in league play with 10 goals and co-led the team with 14 goal contributions. Among his signature performances in 2025 was his hat trick against New Mexico United on May 3, earning him Player of the Week honors.
Cabrera first broke into the professional ranks in 2018 as a USL Academy signing with Rio Grande Valley FC Toros, where he recorded four goals in 30 appearances as an academy player from 2018 to 2019. Cabrera rejoined RGV in 2023 and netted seven goals and three assists across 25 league contests.
Additionally, Cabrera took his talents to Germany and competed for Greifswalder FC during the 2023-24 Regionalliga Nordost season, where he tallied three goals in 16 matches.
Cabrera had a decorated collegiate career at Butler University, where he was a four-time All-Big East Team selection and a three-time United Soccer Coaches All-East Region Team honoree, among other awards. He amassed 23 goals and 12 assists in 69 career appearances for the Bulldogs. Cabrera was subsequently selected by Chicago Fire FC in the 2023 MLS SuperDraft.
A native of Bogotá, Colombia, Cabrera hails from a footballing family. He is the son of manager and former Colombian international Wilmer Cabrera Sr. (to avoid confusion, he would go by “Andy” when playing for his father), and his older brother, David, also played professionally. Cabrera is bilingual in Spanish and English.
