John Paintsil
| John Paintsil | ||
 John Paintsil on August 26, 2009
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | June 15, 1981 | |
| place of birth | Berekum , Ghana | |
| size | 178 cm | |
| position | Defense | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1997-1999 | Berekum Arsenal | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1999-2000 | Berekum Arsenal | |
| 2000-2001 | Liberty professionals | 10 (0) |
| 2001 | Berekum Arsenal | 12 (1) |
| 2002 | Widzew Łódź | 19 (1) |
| 2002-2005 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 36 (0) |
| 2005-2006 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 42 (3) |
| 2006-2008 | West Ham United | 19 (0) |
| 2008-2011 | Fulham FC | 75 (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Leicester City | 6 (0) |
| 2012-2013 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 9 (0) |
| 2013-2014 | Santos Cape Town | 17 (0) |
| 2014-2016 | Maritzburg United | 34 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 2001-2013 | Ghana | 89 (0) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 2016-2017 | Kaizer Chiefs (Assistant Trainer) | |
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1 Only league games are given. Status: end of career |
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John Paintsil (often incorrectly John Pantsil ; born June 15, 1981 in Berekum , Ghana ) is a former Ghanaian football player .
Career
In the club
Paintsil began his career at Berekum Arsenal , where he was under contract until 2000. In the 2000/01 season he then moved briefly to the Liberty Professionals . Then he played again for half a year for Berekum Arsenal and then went to Widzew Łódź . Paintsil only stayed in Poland for six months, however, and moved to Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel in the summer of 2002 and to Hapoel Tel Aviv two years later . In the summer of 2006, in turn, he moved to the Premier League for West Ham United . Together with his teammate Bobby Zamora , Paintsil was transferred to city rivals Fulham FC in the summer of 2008 as a "total package" for around eight million euros . In the summer of 2011, it was announced that Paintsil was transferring to the English second division club Leicester City on a free transfer. A year later he moved on to Hapoel Tel Aviv in Israel.
From 2013 he played in South Africa . First one season for Santos Cape Town and then two for Maritzburg United , where he ended his career in the summer of 2016.
In the national team
On December 5, 2001 Paintsil played his first international match for the Ghanaian national soccer team against Algeria .
Paintsil took part with the Ghanaian national soccer team in the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2006 World Cup and the 2008 African Cup .
In a game of the Ghanaian national team, he pulled an Israeli flag out of his pants after a goal and caused a stir.
In total, he played 89 games by 2013 in which he could not score.
As a trainer
In the 2016/17 season he was assistant coach of the South African first division club Kaizer Chiefs .
Titles and awards
- Israeli champion : 2003
- Israeli Cup Winner : 2005, 2006
- Ghana's Footballer of the Year 2009
Name spelling
Due to a typing error in the transfer documents prior to his move from Hapoel Tel Aviv to West Ham United, his last name was incorrectly given as “Pantsil”. Previous submissions to the English FA were unsuccessful. The only correct spelling of his name is John Paintsil.
Web links
- John Paintsil in the database of weltfussball.de
- John Paintsil in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Paintsil in the database of soccerbase.com (English). Retrieved January 6, 2011.
- ↑ In some sources Accra is named as the capital, for example at ESPN Soccernet .
- ↑ weltfussball.de: John Paintsil
- ↑ bbc.co.uk: Leicester City sign defender John Pantsil (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Paintsil, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pantsil, John; Panstil, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ghanaian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berekum |