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John Paintsil

Ghanaian footballer
Person human Q213129

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[5]
Date of birth
June 15, 1981
Place of birth
Kumasi
Country of citizenship
Ghana[4]
Occupation
association football player
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[20]
Country for sport
Ghana[21]
Family name
Paintsil[9]
Given name
John[10]
Height
+178
League or competition
Premier League[6]
Mass
+68
Member of sports team
Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C., Liberty Professionals F.C., West Ham United F.C., Berekum Arsenal, Leicester City F.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C., Fulham F.C., Santos F.C., Berekum Arsenal, Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C., Maritzburg United F.C., Ghana men's national football team, Ghana national under-20 football team
P14750
DFDB-D7A8-5BFA-D757-75DD
Participant in
2004 Summer Olympics, 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2002 African Cup of Nations, 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, 2026 FIFA World Cup[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
Position played on team / speciality
full-back[7]
Sport
association football[8]
Sport number
5[22]
Start of work period
1999[23]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 29
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
John Paintsil England v Ghana 23 June 2026-082.jpg ↗
11v11 player ID
224352
15min.lt theme ID
15181
90minut player ID
3894
AS.com athlete ID
pantsil/16175
BDFA player ID
46830
BDFutbol player ID
94902
Barry Hugman's Footballers player ID
24864
BeSoccer player ID
65522
FBref player ID
2def72a3
FIFA player ID (archived)
184557
FootballDatabase.eu person ID
10687
Show all 29 identifiers +17
Fotbolltransfers.com ID
spelare/john-pantsil/3465
Freebase ID
/m/04yjb_
Israel Football Association player ID
41769
JRC Names ID
53703
Kicker.de player ID
john-pantsil
National-Football-Teams.com player ID
2619
Olympedia people ID
102988
Playmakerstats.com player ID
4748
Premier League player ID (archived)
3280
Soccerbase player ID
35786
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived)
pa/john-pantsil-1
StatMuse Premier League player ID
3083
Statbunker player ID
18766
Trading Card Database name ID
35534
Transfermarkt manager ID
47567
Transfermarkt player ID
35235
WorldFootball.net person ID (old)
john-paintsil

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🔗 Connections
Member of sports team 13
Leicester City F.C., West Ham United F.C., Fulham F.C., Ghana men's national football team, Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C., Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C., Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C., Liberty Professionals F.C. +5 more
Participant in 9
2010 FIFA World Cup, 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2026 FIFA World Cup, 2004 Summer Olympics, 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, 2002 African Cup of Nations +1 more
Country for sport 1
Ghana
Country of citizenship 1
Ghana
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
League or competition 1
Premier League
Occupation 1
association football player
Place of birth 1
Kumasi
Position played on team / speciality 1
full-back
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
association football
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Summary

John Paintsil's place of birth was Kumasi[1]. He was born on June 15, 1981[2]. He worked as an association football player[3].

FAQs

Where was John Paintsil born?

John Paintsil's place of birth was Kumasi[1].

What did John Paintsil do for work?

John Paintsil worked as association football player[3].

Related Entities

Ghana

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Roger.ec1 · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BeSoccer player ID → 65522
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ BeSoccer player ID: 65522, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273593|batch #273593]]"
  2. 11w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → DFDB-D7A8-5BFA-D757-75DD
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46470|batch #46470]]: HAND ID (9)"
  3. 17w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sport → association football
    Place of birth → Kumasi
    Work period start → —
    Fotbolltransfers.com ID → spelare/john-pantsil/3465
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: John Paintsil England v Ghana 23 June 2026-082.jpg"
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