Yaw Paintsil
Yaw Paintsil (born 19 August 1999) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Tromsø IL.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Winston Robin Yaw Paintsil | ||
| Date of birth | 19 August 1999 | ||
| 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) |
| 2022–2022 | Kjelsås | 84 | (16) |
| 2023– | Tromsø | 36 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024 | |||
Career
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
- As of 8 June 2024[2]
| 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[lower-alpha 1] | 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 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Total | 36 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 136 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 151 | 31 | ||
- Appearance in 4. divisjon play-offs
References
- 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.
- Yaw Paintsil at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- "Young Ghanaian striker Yaw Paintsil emerges as star for Tromsø with match-winning performance". Ghanasoccernet. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- "Ghanaian forward Yaw Paintsil over the moon after netting winning goal for Tromsø". FootballGhana. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.