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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Bismarck Tabinas | ||
| Date of birth | 5 July 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Shinjuku, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Waseda | |||
| FC Toripletta | |||
| 2018–2020 | Aomori Yamada High School | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Iwate Grulla Morioka | 41 | (2) |
| 2023–2026 | Vukovar 1991 | 50 | (2) |
| 2026– | Dinamo Zagreb | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Philippines | 21 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:19, 31 July 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:30, 9 June 2026 (UTC) | |||
Paul Bismarck Tabinas (Japanese: タビナス・ポール・ビスマルク; born 5 July 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Croatian HNL club Dinamo Zagreb. Born in Japan, he plays for the Philippines national team.
Club career
[edit]Tabinas scored his first goal for Iwate Iwate Grulla Morioka in a 13–0 Emperor's Cup win over Oyama SC on 23 May 2021.[1]
In February 2023, Tabinas joined Croatian club Vukovar 1991 on a contract that runs until 30 June 2026 after leaving Iwate Grulla Morioka at the end of the 2022 season.[2]
On 15 January 2026, Tabinas was officially announced as a new signing for Croatian Prva HNL champions Dinamo Zagreb, having transferred from Vukovar 1991 for a reported fee of around €50,000. He was presented by Dinamo ahead of the second half of the 2025–26 season.[3][4]
International career
[edit]As his parents are a Ghanaian father and a Filipino mother,[5] Tabinas is eligible to represent Ghana or the Philippines at international level. Despite being born in Japan, he is not eligible to represent the Japanese international team due to Japanese local rule.
In December 2022, he made his debut for the Philippines in a 1–0 friendly defeat against Vietnam.
Tabinas scored his first international goal on 9 June 2026 in a friendly against Myanmar at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
Personal life
[edit]He is the younger brother of fellow professional footballer Jefferson Tabinas.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Iwate Grulla Morioka | 2021 | J3 League | 15 | 1 | 1[a] | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
| 2022 | J2 League | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Total | 41 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 3 | ||
| Vukovar 1991 | 2023–24[9] | Prva NL | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
| 2024–25[10] | Prva NL | 25 | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | ||
| 2025–26[11][12] | Prva HNL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 57 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 3 | ||
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2025–26[13][14] | Prva HNL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Career total | 99 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 6 | ||
- Notes
- ↑ Appearances in the Emperor's Cup
International
[edit]- As of match played 9 June 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 21 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 9 June 2026 | Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines |  Myanmar | 2–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
References
[edit]- ↑ "いわてグルージャ盛岡 13–0 大山サッカークラブ" (PDF). jfa.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ↑ "Dinamo i Tabinas: neobičan transfer iz japanskih niželigaša". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ↑ "Dinamo predstavio prvo zimsko pojačanje". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ↑ "Dinamo predstavio novo zimsko pojačanje, u Zagreb stigao Filipinac iz Vukovara". slobodnadalmacija.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ↑ "「東京五輪への推薦状」第15回:4年後への秘密兵器、タビナス・ジェファーソンの旅支度". ゲキサカ (in Japanese). Kodansha Ltd. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "「死ぬほどかっこよかったぞ」 Jリーガー兄、激闘の末"涙"の青森山田3年弟へエール「家族の誇り」". football-zone.net (in Japanese). 11 January 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ↑ "Paul Tabinas - Player profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ↑ "Paul Tabinas - Career statistics". FBref. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ↑ "Paul Tabinas — 2023/2024 season". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ↑ "Paul Tabinas — 2024/2025 season". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ↑ "Paul Tabinas — 2025/26 stats (to Jan 2026)". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ↑ "Paul Tabinas — 2025/26 (HNS stats)". HNS/semafor. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ↑ Blazevic, Dominik (15 January 2026). "Dinamo predstavio prvo zimsko pojačanje". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ↑ "Paul Tabinas je novi igrač Dinama". Večernji list (in Croatian). 15 January 2026. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
External links
[edit]- Official profile
- Official profile at World of football
- Official pofile at J-league.com (in Japanese)
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- 2002 births
- Living people
- People from Shinjuku
- Filipino people of Ghanaian descent
- Japanese people of Filipino descent
- Japanese people of Ghanaian descent
- 21st-century Filipino sportsmen
- Sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
- Filipino men's footballers
- Japanese men's footballers
- Filipino expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football full-backs
- Philippines men's international footballers
- J3 League players
- Iwate Grulla Morioka players
- HNK Vukovar 1991 players
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- Filipino football biography stubs