Paul Tabinas

Paul Tabinas
Personal information
Full name	Paul Bismarck Tabinas
Date of birth	5 July 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Shinjuku, Japan
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	Vukovar 1991
Number	26
Youth career
	FC Waseda
	FC Toripletta
2018–2020	Aomori Yamada High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2021–2022	Iwate Grulla Morioka
2023–	Vukovar 1991
International career‡
2022–	Philippines
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:55; 23 September 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:00; 12 October 2024

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 Prva NL club Vukovar 1991. Born in Japan, he plays for the Philippines national team.

Club career

Tabinas scored his first goal for Iwate Grulla Morioka in a 13–0 Emperor's Cup win over Oyama SC.^[1] His contract was terminated due to drunk driving.^{[citation needed]}

International career

As his parents are a Ghanaian father and a Filipino mother,^[2] 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.

Philippines

In December 2022, he made his debut for the Philippines in a 1–0 friendly defeat against Vietnam.

Personal life

He is the younger brother of fellow professional footballer Jefferson Tabinas.^[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 25 November 2022.^[4]^[5]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	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
Iwate Grulla Morioka	2022	J2 League	26	1	0	0	–		0	0	26	1
Career total			41	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	42	3

Notes

^ Appearances in the Emperor's Cup

References

^ "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). 23 May 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
^ "「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. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
^ "「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 at Soccerway
^ "Profile of P. Tabinas: Info, news, matches and statistics". BeSoccer.

[EC-6] Appearances in the Emperor's Cup

[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). 23 May 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

[Gekisaka-2] "「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. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

[3] "「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.

[4] Paul Tabinas at Soccerway

[5] "Profile of P. Tabinas: Info, news, matches and statistics". BeSoccer.

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