Ronan Kpakio
Defender · Cardiff · №44
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Cardiff
Charlton
Championship
|
3:1 | |
Bolton
Cardiff
Championship
|
1:0 | |
Cardiff
Stoke City
Championship
|
1:1 | |
Portsmouth FC
Cardiff
Championship
|
2:0 | |
Cardiff
Sheffield United
Championship
|
2:2 | |
Cardiff
Norwich City
League Cup
|
1:2 | |
Derby
Cardiff
Championship
|
2:2 | |
Cardiff
Wrexham
Championship
|
1:1 | |
Cardiff
Swindon Town
League Cup
|
3:2 | |
Romania
Wales
Friendlies
|
2:1 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| League One | 2025 | 9 |
| Championship | 2026 | 7 |
| League Cup | 2026 | 2 |
| Friendlies | 2026 | 1 |
| World Cup - Qualification Europe | 2024 | 1 |
About the player
Ronan Kpakio has never played senior football for anyone but his home-town club. He joined the Cardiff City academy at the age of eight and stayed through the whole of his youth career.
His first professional contract came on 4 July 2024. The senior debut followed in August of the same year, a few weeks later, which put him in the first-team picture while still a teenager. The academy recognised the step that followed: he was named Cardiff City Academy Player of the Season for 2024/25.
The international side of his career started early too. Kpakio represents Wales and made his senior debut on 9 September 2025 in a friendly against Canada in Swansea. Wales lost that match 1-0. He has since won four caps without scoring for the national side.
At club level he has not been sent out on loan, and he has yet to win a senior title or an individual senior league award. What he has is a route that ran from the academy to the first team and on to the national squad without leaving Cardiff.
Career path
- 2025 — 2027 — now Cardiff City Women 48 matches
- 2025 Cardiff City U21 5 matches
- 2025 Cardiff City U18 1 match
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | Cardiff City Women | EFL Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| 26/27 | Cardiff City Women | Championship | 2 | 0 | 1 | 100 |
| 25/26 | Cardiff City Women | League One | 33 | 2 | 6 | 1 822 |
| 25/26 | Cardiff City Women | EFL Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 205 |
| 25/26 | Cardiff City Women | EFL Trophy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 25/26 | Cardiff City Women | FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 24/25 | Cardiff City U21 | Welsh League Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| 24/25 | Cardiff City Women | Championship | 3 | 0 | 1 | 107 |
| 24/25 | Cardiff City Women | EFL Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168 |
| 24/25 | Cardiff City U21 | Premier League Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| 24/25 | Cardiff City Women | FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 24/25 | Cardiff City U18 | FA Youth Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| Total | Cardiff City Women | 48 | 2 | 8 | 2 735 | |
| Total | Wales U17 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 050 | |
| Total | Wales U16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 438 | |
| Total | Cardiff City U21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 405 | |
| Total | Wales U19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 357 | |
| Total | Wales | 4 | 0 | 0 | 107 | |
| Total | Wales U18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 194 | |
| Total | Cardiff City U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |
| Total | Wales U15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
Transfers
Transfers- 25/26 Cardiff U21 Cardiff
- 24/25 Cardiff U18 Cardiff U21
- 23/24 Cardiff City Yo Cardiff U18
