Career
Cabrera is the older brother of national team stalwart Gustavo and both started playing football at JuCa de Izabal before moving to Guatemalan giants Comunicaciones. The brothers were separated when Edy joined Cobán Imperial. He later moved on to Deportivo Jalapa and had a second, short, spell at Comunicaciones before joining Juventud Retalteca in 2009.
Cabrera made his debut for Guatemala as a late substitute in a January 2000 friendly match against Panama and earned a total of 6 caps, scoring no goals.