Paul Tabinas

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Paul Tabinas
Personal information
Full name Paul Bismarck Tabinas
Date of birth (2002-07-05) 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 1 (0)
International career‡
2022– Philippines 21 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:05, 17 May 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

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

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

He is the younger brother of fellow professional footballer Jefferson Tabinas.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 May 2026[7][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Iwate Grulla Morioka 2021 J3 League 1511[a]1–00162
2022 J2 League 26100–00261
Total 412110000423
Vukovar 1991 2023–24 [9] Prva NL 26140–00301
2024–25[10] Prva NL 25161–00312
2025–26 [11][12] Prva HNL 6010–0070
Total 5721110000683
Dinamo Zagreb 2025–26[13][14] Prva HNL 1010–0020
Career total 99413200001126
Notes
  1. Appearances in the Emperor's Cup

International

As of match played 9 June 2026
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Philippines 202210
2024150
202530
202621
Total211
Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 June 2026Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines Myanmar2–05–1Friendly


References

  1. "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.
  2. "Dinamo i Tabinas: neobičan transfer iz japanskih niželigaša". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  3. "Dinamo predstavio prvo zimsko pojačanje". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  4. "Dinamo predstavio novo zimsko pojačanje, u Zagreb stigao Filipinac iz Vukovara". slobodnadalmacija.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  5. "「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)
  6. "「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.
  7. "Paul Tabinas - Player profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  8. "Paul Tabinas - Career statistics". FBref. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  9. "Paul Tabinas — 2023/2024 season". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  10. "Paul Tabinas — 2024/2025 season". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  11. "Paul Tabinas — 2025/26 stats (to Jan 2026)". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  12. "Paul Tabinas — 2025/26 (HNS stats)". HNS/semafor. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  13. Blazevic, Dominik (15 January 2026). "Dinamo predstavio prvo zimsko pojačanje". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  14. "Paul Tabinas je novi igrač Dinama". Večernji list (in Croatian). 15 January 2026. Retrieved 15 January 2026.