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18 / Ghana · 2001–2013
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18 / Ghana · 2001–2013John Paintsil
Caps · Ghana
89
Goals · Ghana
0
Life
1981
Clubs
Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Fulham
#18
Editorial rank of 33 for Ghana
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
Paintsil pulled an Israeli flag from his sock after Ghana beat the Czech Republic in Cologne on 17 June 2006, a thank you, he later explained, to the Tel Aviv clubs who had seen him off at the airport. Career record: 89 caps and 0 goals for Ghana; club career at Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Fulham.
Career record
| 1999–2000 | Berekum Arsenal |
| 2000–2001 | Liberty Professionals |
| 2001–2002 | Berekum Arsenal |
| 2002–2004 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 2004–2006 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| 2006–2008 | West Ham United |
| 2008–2011 | Fulham |
| 2011–2012 | Leicester City |
| 2012–2013 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| 2013–2014 | Santos |
| 2014–2016 | Maritzburg United |
| Ghana | 89 caps, 0 goals |
Sources
- Senior international years checked 4 October 2026
- Caps · Ghana checked 4 October 2026
- Goals · Ghana checked 4 October 2026
Shared the era
Ghana legends whose careers overlapped Paintsil's
Around Paintsil in the almanac
One rank above: Richard Kingson at #17.
One rank below: Kwasi Owusu at #19.
Ghana's editorial top five: Michael Essien · Abedi Pele · Samuel Kuffour · Asamoah Gyan · Stephen Appiah.