Yaw Paintsil (born 19 August 1999) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Tromsø IL.

Yaw Paintsil
Personal information
Full name Winston Robin Yaw Paintsil
Date of birth (1999-08-19) 19 August 1999 (age 25)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Tromsø
Number 17
Youth career
2004–2016 Årvoll
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Årvoll 15 (9)
2017–2022 Kjelsås 84 (16)
2023– Tromsø 47 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2024

Career

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Hailing from Oslo, Paintsil began playing in the club Årvoll IL at the age of 5. Paintsil was also accepted into law school, having taken the law course in upper secondary school and watched the TV series Suits. He did not play football professionally, but moved on from Årvoll to the third-tier club Kjelsås.[1]

In Kjelsås, he eventually showed enough promise to be signed by Tromsø IL in August 2022, effective from the end of the year. Paintsil would become fully professional, and quit his current part-time job as a front desk clerk in a law firm.[1] Paintsil made his Eliteserien debut in April 2023 at home against Molde.[2] After his first goal for Tromsø, Paintsil, who is of Ghanaian descent, was praised by several Ghanaian news outlets.[3][4]

Career Statistics

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As of 15 September 2024[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Årvoll 2016 4. divisjon 12 8 1 0 1[a] 1 14 9
2017 3 1 0 0 3 1
Total 15 9 1 0 1 1 17 10
Kjelsås 2017 2. divisjon 3 0 0 0 3 0
2018 11 0 0 0 11 0
2019 10 5 1 0 11 5
2020 13 3 0 0 13 3
2021 26 6 2 0 28 6
2022 22 2 3 0 25 2
Total 85 16 6 0 91 16
Tromsø 2023 Eliteserien 26 5 4 0 30 5
2024 21 0 3 0 4 0 28 0
Total 47 5 7 0 4 0 58 5
Career total 147 30 14 0 5 0 166 31
  1. ^ Appearance in 4. divisjon play-offs

References

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  1. ^ a b Lübeck, even (25 August 2022). "Yaw (23) jobber som resepsjonist i et advokatfirma. Nå blir han proff fotballspiller: – Gleder meg veldig". Nordre Aker Budstikke (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b Yaw Paintsil at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ "Young Ghanaian striker Yaw Paintsil emerges as star for Tromsø with match-winning performance". Ghanasoccernet. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Ghanaian forward Yaw Paintsil over the moon after netting winning goal for Tromsø". FootballGhana. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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