Background
His father (Hugo"s brother) and his grandfather are also former Uruguayan professional basketball players.
His father (Hugo"s brother) and his grandfather are also former Uruguayan professional basketball players.
He is the nephew of the former Uruguayan professional football player Hugo Cabezas, who played in Spain in the late 70s. He is 1.87 m (6 ft 1 ¾ in) tall. Cabezas began his playing career with the youth teams of Unicaja Málaga in Spain.
He made his professional debut during the 1998-1999 season with Unicaja Macías, the reserve team of Unicaja Málaga, in the Spanish EBA League.
He then moved to the LEB club Circulo Badajoz during the 1999-1900 season. He joined the senior Spanish ACB League club Unicaja Málaga in 2000.
The Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association invited Cabezas to play for their Summer League team at the Orlando Pro Summer League in 2009, but he declined the offer. He joined the Russian Super League club Khimki Moscow Region in 2009.
In October 2010 he signed a one-year contract with Computer-assisted instruction Zaragoza.
On September 1, 2012, Cabezas signed with the Euroleague stabbing club Caja Laboral. He leaves the club in February, officially by technical reasons but several medias asseverate he was fired by the club 1998 International Basketball Federation Europe Under-18 Championship - Gold Medal Club career.