John Paintsil 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.
A player comfortable at right back or in midfield, Paintsil had stints in his native Ghana with Berekum Arsenal and Liberty Professionals and a brief spell with Polish side Widzew Łódź before moving to Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2002.
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.
He was also 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.
During the weekend, John Paintsil was present as guest alongside Asamoah gyan, Nana Ainoo-Kwagyan III and Kofi Kinaata at the 2023 super middle league finals in the western region of Ghana.
The Chief of Esiama Nana Ainoo-Kwagyan III, presented a citation to the former Black Stars player.
