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SOCCER PLAYER

John Paintsil

1981 - Today

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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 277,275 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 30.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, John Paintsil ranks 9,345 out of 16,880Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, John Paintsil ranks 718Before 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.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, John Paintsil ranks 62 out of 121Before 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).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ghana

Among soccer players born in Ghana, John Paintsil ranks 36Before 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).