[1] After being unable to sign a professional contract with Universitario, Cabanillas emigrated to Chile to play in the reserve team of San Luis de Quillota.

He began the 2021 season in the trust of manager Ángel Comizzo; however, a bad run of form saw him losing space in the starting XI.

[4] Cabanillas ended up having a good season, earning a place in the starting XI that was reaffirmed with the arrival of manager Gregorio Pérez.

[5] Cabanillas played in the second qualifying stage of the 2022 Copa Libertadores with Universitario against Barcelona de Guayaquil, but the team ended up losing both home and away matches and was eliminated from the tournament.

The next year, Cabanillas would alternate the left flank with Ecuadorian Segundo Portocarrero and, in November, he won a second consecutive national championship.