Dominic Tan Jun Jin (; born 12 March 1997) is a professional

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who plays as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for

Malaysia Super League The Malaysia Super League ( ms, Liga Super Malaysia) is the men's top professional football division of the Malaysian football league system. Administered by the Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP), now known as the Malays ...

club

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indone ...

. Born in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

, he represents the

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Early life and education

Tan who was born in

Malaysian Chinese Malaysian Chinese (; Malay: ''Orang Cina Malaysia''), alternatively Chinese Malaysians, are Malaysian citizens of Han Chinese descent. They form the second largest ethnic group after the Malay majority constituting 22.4% of the Malaysian po ...

parents that moved from

Penang Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay ...

to Singapore for work. He was also in the National Football Academy (NFA).

Club career

Harimau Muda C

Tan began his senior career playing in Malaysia, representing

Harimau Muda C Harimau Muda C is the team name for the former Malaysia national under-19 club. Football Association of Malaysia managed the Malaysia U-19 team as a football club that took part in Malaysia FAM League from 2013 season. The C team is for under-1 ...

in the

FAM League The FAM Cup (Malay: Piala FAM) was a knock-out tournament for teams in both the Malaysia M3 League and the Malaysia M4 League in Malaysia. The tournament was a cup format, but from 2008 to 2018 was held as a third-tier league tournament and used ...

Johor Darul Ta'zim

In 2016, Tan signed with

Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Darul Ta'zim Football Club or simply JDT is a professional football club based in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The club was founded in 1972 as PKENJ FC and currently competes in the top division of Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super ...

. He played with the second team in the

Malaysia Premier League The Malaysia Premier League ( ms, Liga Premier) was the second-tier professional Association football, football league in Malaysia. The league replaced the former second-tier league, Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system. The ...

and then promoted to the main squad of for the

and

Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup ( ms, Piala Malaysia), formerly known as ''Malaya Cup'', is an annual association football, football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popular ...

. He made his debut in a 3-0 away defeat against Perak in the 2018 Malaysia Cup.

Vilaverdense F.C.

On 25 January 2018, Johor Darul Ta'zim have confirmed that Tan will leave for Portuguese third division club Vilaverdense on 27 January 2018 for a year-long loan stint. In early May, it was confirmed that Tan would return to Johor six months early alongside teammate Syamer Kutty Abba.

Police Tero

In 2019, Tan joined

Police Tero Police Tero Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลโปลิศ-เทโร), formerly known as BEC Tero Sasana Football Club, is a Thai professional football club based in Bangkok. The club finished runners-up in the inaugural ...

that plays in Thai League 2 on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim. He made his first appearances with Police Tero B team in a match against Air Force United B in the

2019 Thai League 4 The 2019 Thai League 4 is the 19th season of the Thai League 4, the fourth-tier professional league for association football clubs in Thailand, since its establishment in 2006 as the regional league division 2, also known as Omsin League due to th ...

. He made his debut in the

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with Police Tero first team coming in as a substitute in the last minute against Air Force United. On 2020 season, Tan sign a two year contract with Police Tero.

Sabah

In 2022 Tan joined Sabah FC that plays in

. He made his debut in the opening match of 2022 Malaysia Super League against

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan'') is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the s ...

at the Likas Stadium. On 1 September 2022, he scored his first goal for Sabah in a 2-2 draw against Kuala Lumpur, which also his first goal in the first division of Malaysian League.

International career

Tan previously represented the youth team of the Singapore national football team while living in Singapore as permanent resident. In 2016, Tan was called up for the Malaysia national under-22 team for the inaugural Nations Cup. Later in August, Tan made his first start in a friendly match against Bahrain, with the match ending in a 0-0 draw. In 2017, he was selected for the Dubai Cup Football Tournament. In 2018, he played for the national under 23 team in the

2018 AFC U-23 Championship The 2018 AFC U-23 Championship (also known as the 2018 AFC U-23 Asian Cup) was the third edition of the AFC U-23 Championship, the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) ...

and

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...

which Malaysia qualify into the knockout round. In June 2019, Dominic made his

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

senior debut in a friendly match against

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Johor Darul Ta'zim *

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References

External links

*
Harimau Malaysia official website
(archived 14 August 2016) {{DEFAULTSORT:Tan, Dominic Living people 1997 births Footballers from Penang Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian men's footballers Malaysia men's international footballers Malaysia Super League players Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players

Dominic Tan Dominic Tan Jun Jin (; born 12 March 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Malaysia Super League club Sabah. Born in Singapore, he represents the Malaysia national football team. Early life and education Tan who w ...

Sabah F.C. (Malaysia) players

Men's association football central defenders Malaysian expatriate men's footballers People from Singapore Singaporean emigrants to Malaysia People who lost Singaporean citizenship Citizens of Malaysia through descent Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games Malaysian expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Malaysia men's youth international footballers SEA Games competitors for Malaysia