Ghanaian former professional footballer (born 1981)
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John Paintsil
Paintsil with Fulham in 2009
Personal information
Full name
John Paintsil[1]
Date of birth
(1981-06-15) 15 June 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth
Berekum, Brong-Ahafo, Ghana
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s)
Full back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Kaizer Chiefs (assistant manager)
Youth career
1997–1999
Berekum Arsenal
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1999–2000
Berekum Arsenal
0
(0)
2000–2001
Liberty Professionals
10
(0)
2001–2002
Berekum Arsenal
12
(1)
2002–2004
Maccabi Tel Aviv
46
(0)
2004–2006
Hapoel Tel Aviv
46
(4)
2006–2008
West Ham United
19
(0)
2008–2011
Fulham
75
(0)
2011–2012
Leicester City
6
(0)
2012–2013
Hapoel Tel Aviv
9
(0)
2013–2014
Santos
17
(0)
2014–2016
Maritzburg United
34
(0)
Total
274
(5)
International career
2001–2013
Ghana[3]
89
(0)
Managerial career
2016–
Kaizer Chiefs (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
John Paintsil (born 15 June 1981) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who was an assistant coach at Kaizer Chiefs in the South African Premier Soccer League. He played club football for Berekum Arsenal, Liberty Professionals, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv, West Ham United, Fulham, Leicester City, Santos and Maritzburg United as well as internationally for Ghana.
His family name is Paintsil but at birth it was registered as Pantsil in error. This then subsequently appeared on his passport and his registration with the Premier League.[4]
^"2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Ghana" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
^"John Pantsil". Premier League. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
^"Paintsil, John". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
^"Fulham's John Pantsil reveals secret life playing for Arsenal". People.co.uk. 18 January 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
JohnPaintsil (born 15 June 1981) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who was an assistant coach at Kaizer Chiefs in the South African Premier...
Maxi Pereira then hit his penalty kick over the bar. Muslera saved Captain John Mensah's, and Ghana's fifth, penalty. Sebastián Abreu converted Uruguay's...
add-ons. He is the third Ghanaian player to play for West Ham following JohnPaintsil and André Ayew.Kudus becomes the second most expensive Ghanaian footballer...
GK 22 Richard Kingson RB 4 JohnPaintsil CB 15 Isaac Vorsah 26' CB 5 John Mensah (c) LB 2 Hans Sarpei CM 6 Anthony Annan CM 23 Kevin-Prince Boateng 90+1'...
competitions for West Ham, scoring 40 goals. In July 2008, Zamora and teammate JohnPaintsil were signed by Fulham for a joint total of £6.3 million, Zamora accounting...
Pele (1992–1998) Charles Akonnor (1999–2001) Stephen Appiah (2002–2010) John Mensah (2010–2012) Asamoah Gyan (2012–2019) André Ayew (2019–) Ghana have...
£12 million. Other signings included striker Bobby Zamora and defender JohnPaintsil for a combined £6.3 million and striker Andy Johnson for £10.5 million...
GK 22 Richard Kingson RB 15 JohnPaintsil CB 5 John Mensah CB 4 Samuel Kuffour LB 6 Emmanuel Pappoe 46' RM 10 Stephen Appiah (c) CM 18 Eric Addo CM 8...
took the lead in the 20th minute after English defenders Matthew Upson and John Terry were at fault in allowing Miroslav Klose to latch on to a long goal...
Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010. Mikel John Obi replaced by Brown Ideye after he was ruled out due to injury. "Ideye...
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playing any part in the match. "Germany 2-0 Sweden". 24 June 2006. Ashdown, John (24 June 2006). "Germany 2 - 0 Sweden". The Guardian. "2006 FIFA World Cup...
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into consideration. His club was said to have produced players such as JohnPaintsil, a former Ghanaian defender and also Agyeman Badu, a former Black Stars'...
Fulham, where first he filled in very successfully at right-back when JohnPaintsil was injured, and then due to the injuries to Dickson Etuhu and Danny...
manager Ernst Middendorp on disciplinary grounds together with team-mate JohnPaintsil. On 18 February 2016, Hartog signed a short-term contract with Ajax...
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