1. John Paintsil was born on 15 June 1981 and is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who was an assistant coach at Kaizer Chiefs in the South African Premiership.
18 Facts About John Paintsil
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John Paintsil 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.
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John Paintsil made 46 league appearances and five appearances in the Champions League.
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John Paintsil made 42 appearances for Hapoel, scoring three goals.
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John Paintsil was given the number 14 shirt at West Ham and competed for a place in the side with Tyrone Mears and Jonathan Spector.
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However, the defender remained at West Ham and in July 2008, with the majority of his 24 games for West Ham being substitute appearances, John Paintsil was given permission to speak to Fulham with a view to a move.
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On 21 July 2011, John Paintsil joined Leicester City on a free transfer.
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John Paintsil became manager Sven-Goran Eriksson's eighth signing of the summer.
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John Paintsil was released by Leicester in May 2012 having made seven appearances in all competitions.
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John Paintsil had made no appearances since the appointment of new Leicester manager, Nigel Pearson in November 2011 and had not played for Leicester since October 2011.
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On 12 August 2012, John Paintsil returned to Israel by signing at Hapoel Tel Aviv for one season.
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John Paintsil joined Santos in the National First Division on 10 October 2013 after failing to agree terms with Premiership team Polokwane City.
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John Paintsil was a member of the Ghana Under 21 team who were runner-up in the FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina in 2001 and played for the senior team in the African Cup of Nations in Mali in 2002 and Egypt in 2006.
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John Paintsil was a member of the Ghana 2004 Olympics football team who exited in the first round in Greece, having finished in third place in Group B Paintsil played in all the matches of Ghana's national team in the 2006 World Cup finals, where Ghana were beaten by Brazil in the second round.
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John Paintsil was a member of the Ghanaian 2010 World Cup team that reached the quarter-finals in South Africa before losing to Uruguay.
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On 27 June 2016, John Paintsil became the new assistant manager at Kaizer Chiefs.
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John Paintsil's visa expired and he was jailed whilst applying for political asylum pending immigration status decisions.
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In September 2024, John Paintsil was involved in a car crash along with Otto Addo and Fatau Dauda after their vehicle was damaged as it avoided a head-on collision with a pick-up truck that veered into their lane.