| Mark Pabai | |
| Birth Date: | 30 September 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Monrovia, Liberia |
| Height: | 1.89 m |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | Koper |
| Clubnumber: | 2 |
| Youthyears1: | –2011 |
| Youthclubs1: | CDW Wijk bij Duurstede |
| Youthyears2: | 2011–2019 |
| Youthclubs2: | Utrecht |
| Youthyears3: | 2022 |
| Youthclubs3: | SPAL |
| Years1: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs1: | Jong Utrecht |
| Caps1: | 60 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs2: | PEC Zwolle |
| Caps2: | 9 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2022 |
| Clubs3: | SPAL |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2023 |
| Clubs4: | Tabor Sežana |
| Caps4: | 8 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2023– |
| Clubs5: | Koper |
| Caps5: | 41 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam1: | Liberia |
| Nationalcaps1: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 9 November 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 17 November 2024 |
Mark Pabai (born 30 September 2000) is a Liberian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Koper and the Liberia national team.
Pabai is a youth academy graduate of Utrecht. He made his professional debut for the club's reserve side on 8 March 2019 in a 3–1 defeat against Jong PSV.[1] On 3 August 2021, he joined Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle on a two-year deal.[2] [3]
On 20 January 2022, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Serie B club SPAL in Italy.[4] On 1 September 2022, Pabai's contract with SPAL was terminated by mutual consent.[5]
In October 2021, Pabai received a call-up from Liberia for two 2022 World Cup qualifying matches against Cape Verde.[6] [7] He debuted in a 2–0 World Cup qualification loss to Nigeria on 13 November 2021.[8]
Born in Liberia, Pabai moved to the Netherlands with his family when he was six years old.[3]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Jong Utrecht | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 11 | 1 | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 16 | 1 | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 33 | 1 | — | 33 | 1 | |||
| Total | 60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 3 | |||
| PEC Zwolle | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| SPAL | 2021–22 | Serie B | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tabor Sežana | 2022–23 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Koper | 2023–24 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 119 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 125 | 3 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 0 | ||