1981 - Today
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Paintsil has received more than 281,037 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. John Paintsil is the 9,345th most popular soccer player (down from 7,654th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Ghana (down from 46th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Ghanaian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, John Paintsil ranks 9,345 out of 16,880. Before him are Bruno Ecuele Manga, Dario Dainelli, Abdulaziz Khathran, Júlio Sérgio, Éverton Santos, and Goran Vasilijević. After him are Michael Keane, Shane Smeltz, Yohan Mollo, Fernando Varela, Roman Sharonov, and Sei Muroya.
1988 - Present
HPI: 30.81
Rank: 9,339
1979 - Present
HPI: 30.80
Rank: 9,340
1973 - Present
HPI: 30.80
Rank: 9,341
1978 - Present
HPI: 30.80
Rank: 9,342
1986 - Present
HPI: 30.80
Rank: 9,343
1965 - Present
HPI: 30.80
Rank: 9,344
1981 - Present
HPI: 30.80
Rank: 9,345
1993 - Present
HPI: 30.80
Rank: 9,346
1981 - Present
HPI: 30.80
Rank: 9,347
1989 - Present
HPI: 30.79
Rank: 9,348
1987 - Present
HPI: 30.79
Rank: 9,349
1976 - Present
HPI: 30.78
Rank: 9,350
1994 - Present
HPI: 30.78
Rank: 9,351
Among people born in 1981, John Paintsil ranks 718. Before him are Filippo Volandri, Catherine Reitman, Paul Codrea, Sharon Van Etten, Roel Brouwers, and Jussi Veikkanen. After him are Shane Smeltz, Travie McCoy, John White, Lucie Décosse, Dino Drpić, and Mario Eggimann.
1981 - Present
HPI: 30.89
Rank: 712
1981 - Present
HPI: 30.89
Rank: 713
1981 - Present
HPI: 30.87
Rank: 714
1981 - Present
HPI: 30.86
Rank: 715
1981 - Present
HPI: 30.84
Rank: 716
1981 - Present
HPI: 30.82
Rank: 717
1981 - Present
HPI: 30.80
Rank: 718
1981 - Present
HPI: 30.80
Rank: 719
1981 - Present
HPI: 30.77
Rank: 720
1981 - Present
HPI: 30.77
Rank: 721
1981 - Present
HPI: 30.76
Rank: 722
1981 - Present
HPI: 30.76
Rank: 723
1981 - Present
HPI: 30.75
Rank: 724
Among people born in Ghana, John Paintsil ranks 62 out of 121. Before him are Abdul Majeed Waris (1991), Frank Acheampong (1993), Alfred Duncan (1993), Junior Agogo (1979), Daniel Opare (1990), and Sammy Adjei (1980). After him are John Boye (1987), Harrison Afful (1986), Abubakari Yakubu (1981), Emmanuel Frimpong (1992), Alex Tachie-Mensah (1977), and Peter Ofori-Quaye (1980).
1991 - Present
HPI: 32.60
Rank: 56
1993 - Present
HPI: 32.20
Rank: 57
1993 - Present
HPI: 31.43
Rank: 58
1979 - 2019
HPI: 31.36
Rank: 59
1990 - Present
HPI: 30.89
Rank: 60
1980 - Present
HPI: 30.89
Rank: 61
1981 - Present
HPI: 30.80
Rank: 62
1987 - Present
HPI: 30.50
Rank: 63
1986 - Present
HPI: 29.67
Rank: 64
1981 - 2017
HPI: 29.62
Rank: 65
1992 - Present
HPI: 29.57
Rank: 66
1977 - Present
HPI: 29.46
Rank: 67
1980 - Present
HPI: 29.41
Rank: 68
Among soccer players born in Ghana, John Paintsil ranks 36. Before him are Abdul Majeed Waris (1991), Frank Acheampong (1993), Alfred Duncan (1993), Junior Agogo (1979), Daniel Opare (1990), and Sammy Adjei (1980). After him are John Boye (1987), Harrison Afful (1986), Abubakari Yakubu (1981), Emmanuel Frimpong (1992), Alex Tachie-Mensah (1977), and Peter Ofori-Quaye (1980).
1991 - Present
HPI: 32.60
Rank: 30
1993 - Present
HPI: 32.20
Rank: 31
1993 - Present
HPI: 31.43
Rank: 32
1979 - 2019
HPI: 31.36
Rank: 33
1990 - Present
HPI: 30.89
Rank: 34
1980 - Present
HPI: 30.89
Rank: 35
1981 - Present
HPI: 30.80
Rank: 36
1987 - Present
HPI: 30.50
Rank: 37
1986 - Present
HPI: 29.67
Rank: 38
1981 - 2017
HPI: 29.62
Rank: 39
1992 - Present
HPI: 29.57
Rank: 40
1977 - Present
HPI: 29.46
Rank: 41
1980 - Present
HPI: 29.41
Rank: 42