Dominique Taboga

Dominique Taboga (born 6 November 1982) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a defender, before his arrest in a match-fixing scandal.[1]

Dominique Taboga
Taboga with Kapfenberger SV
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-11-06) 6 November 1982
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1991–2001 St. Pölten
1992–2002 ASV Spratzern
1997 → Admira Wacker (Loan)
1997–2000 Rapid Wien
2001–2002 Kremser SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 DSV Leoben 61 (4)
2006–2009 Kapfenberger SV 84 (10)
2009–2011 Tromsø IL 6 (0)
2010–2011 → Kapfenberger SV (loan) 31 (1)
2011–2012 Kapfenberger SV 20 (0)
2012–2013 Grödig 15 (1)
Total 217 (16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Early years

Taboga was born in Vienna, Austria. He started his career at St. Pölten's youth team in 1991. After only one year, he moved to ASV Spratzern. In January 1997 he went on loan to Admira Wacker before returning in June 1997. He went on to play for Rapid Wien and Kremser SC.

Professional career

In 2002, he moved to DSV Leoben. He made his senior debut on 25 July 2003 in an Austrian Football First League 1–0 win. He scored his first senior goal against Wacker Innsbruck on 13 September 2003.

After over four years in Leoben, he moved to Kapfenberger SV. In the 2007–08 season, won the Austrian Football First League. He made his debut in the Austrian Football Bundesliga 1–0 win against LASK Linz on 9 July 2008.

In 2009, he moved to Norwegian side Tromsø IL on a three-year contract.

Match fixing

In November 2013, Taboga claimed he was blackmailed by former Kapfenberger teammate Sanel Kuljić to fix matches forcing Kuljić to be taken into police custody. A few days later, Taboga admitted that he tried to convince four other players to manipulate a match during the 2012–13 season.[2] He was eventually banned for life from playing, refereeing, and working as club official or player agent.[3]

Honours

References
  1. Austria’s Bundesliga hit by match-fixing as police swoop on suspects, Andrew Warshaw, Inside World Football, 29 Nov 2013
  2. Grödig-Spieler Taboga erpresst: Sanel Kuljic bleibt in Haft - Salzbuger nachrichten (in German)
  3. "Wettskandal: Lebenslange Sperre für Taboga". Österreich (in German). 19 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
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