John Paintsil - International Appearances (original) (raw)


The outstanding Ghanaian player obtained 91 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Born: 15- 6-1981 Country: Ghana
Caps: 91 (W46-D20-L25 � GF130-GA85 � %61.54) Age First Cap: 20 yr 173 d 5-12-2001 vs. Algeria 1-1 Age Last Cap: 31 yr 236 d 6- 2-2013 vs. Burkina Faso 1-1 National Team Career: 11 yr 63 d


Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 5-12-01 Alger Algeria 1-1 2 24- 1-02 S�gou South Africa 0-0 African Nations Cup 3 30- 1-02 Mopti Burkina Faso 2-1 African Nations Cup 4 3- 2-02 Bamako Nigeria 0-1 African Nations Cup 5 17- 5-02 Ljubljana Slovenia 0-2 6 8-10-02 Accra Lesotho 2-1 7 13-10-02 Accra Rwanda 4-2 African Cup Qual. 8 19-10-02 Freetown Sierra Leone 2-1 9 15-12-02 Accra Nigeria 0-1 10 13- 6-03 Accra Kenya 1-3 11 6- 7-03 Kigali Rwanda 0-1 African Cup Qual. 12 5- 6-05 Kumasi Burkina Faso 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 13 18- 6-05 Pretoria South Africa 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 14 17- 8-05 London Senegal 0-0 15 4- 9-05 Kumasi Uganda 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 16 8-10-05 Praia Cape Verde 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 17 11- 1-06 Monastir Togo 0-1 18 15- 1-06 Rad�s Tunisia 0-2 19 23- 1-06 Port Said Nigeria 0-1 African Nations Cup 20 27- 1-06 Port Said Senegal 1-0 African Nations Cup 21 31- 1-06 Ismailia Zimbabwe 1-2 African Nations Cup 22 26- 5-06 Bochum Turkey 1-1 23 4- 6-06 Edinburgh South Korea 3-1 24 12- 6-06 Hannover Italy 0-2 World Cup 25 17- 6-06 K�ln Czech Republic 2-0 World Cup 26 22- 6-06 N�rnberg United States 2-1 World Cup 27 27- 6-06 Dortmund Brazil 0-3 World Cup 28 15- 8-06 London Togo 2-0 29 6- 2-07 London Nigeria 4-1 30 24- 3-07 Graz Austria 1-1 31 27- 3-07 Stockholm Brazil 0-1 32 21- 8-07 London Senegal 1-1 33 8- 9-07 Le Pt.-Quevilly Morocco 2-0 34 11- 9-07 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 0-5 35 18-11-07 Accra Togo 2-0 36 20- 1-08 Accra Guinea 2-1 African Nations Cup 37 24- 1-08 Accra Namibia 1-0 African Nations Cup 38 28- 1-08 Accra Morocco 2-0 African Nations Cup 39 3- 2-08 Accra Nigeria 2-1 African Nations Cup 40 7- 2-08 Accra Cameroon 0-1 African Nations Cup 41 9- 2-08 Kumasi Ivory Coast 4-2 African Nations Cup 42 28- 3-08 London Mexico 1-2 43 23- 5-08 Sydney Australia 0-1 44 1- 6-08 Kumasi Libya 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 45 8- 6-08 Bloemfontein Lesotho 3-2 World Cup Qualifier 46 14- 6-08 Libreville Gabon 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 47 22- 6-08 Accra Gabon 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 48 9- 9-08 Tripoli Libya 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 49 11-10-08 Sekondi-Tak. Lesotho 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 50 19-11-08 Accra Tunisia 0-0 51 11- 2-09 Cairo Egypt 2-2 52 28- 3-09 Kumasi Benin 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 53 31- 5-09 Tamale Uganda 2-1 54 7- 6-09 Bamako Mali 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 55 12- 8-09 London Zambia 4-1 56 5- 9-09 Accra Sudan 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 57 9- 9-09 Utrecht Japan 3-4 58 11-10-09 Cotonou Benin 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 59 15-11-09 Kumasi Mali 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 60 18-11-09 Luanda Angola 0-0 61 1- 6-10 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-4 62 13- 6-10 Pretoria Serbia 1-0 World Cup 63 19- 6-10 Rustenburg Australia 1-1 World Cup 64 23- 6-10 Johannesburg Germany 0-1 World Cup 65 26- 6-10 Rustenburg United States 2-1 World Cup 66 12- 7-10 Jonannesburg Uruguay 1-1 [1] World Cup 67 8- 9-10 Lobamba Swaziland 3-0 African Cup Qual. 68 10-10-10 Accra Sudan 0-0 African Cup Qual. 69 17-11-10 Dubai Saudi Arabia 0-0 70 8- 2-11 Antwerpen Togo 4-1 71 27- 3-11 Brazaville Congo-Brazz. 3-0 African Cup Qual. 72 29- 3-11 London England 1-1 73 3- 6-11 Kumasi Congo-Brazz. 3-1 African Cup Qual. 74 7- 6-11 Jeonju South Korea 1-2 75 2- 9-11 Accra Swaziland 2-0 African Cup Qual. 76 5- 9-11 London Brazil 0-1 77 8-10-11 Khartoum Sudan 2-0 African Cup Qual. 78 11-10-11 Watford Nigeria 0-0 79 24- 1-12 Franceville Botswana 1-0 African Nations Cup 80 25- 1-12 Franceville Mali 2-0 African Nations Cup 81 1- 2-12 Franceville Guinea 1-1 African Nations Cup 82 11- 2-12 Malabo Mali 0-2 African Nations Cup 83 29- 2-12 Chester Chile 1-1 84 12-10-12 Lilongwe Malawi 1-0 African Cup Qual. 85 14-11-12 Lisboa Cape Verde Isl. 1-0 86 13- 1-13 Abu Dhabi Tunisia 4-2 87 20- 1-13 Port Elizabeth Congo-Kinshasa 2-2 African Nations Cup 88 24- 1-13 Port Elizabeth Mali 1-0 African Nations Cup 89 28- 1-13 Port Elizabeth Niger 3-0 African Nations Cup 90 2- 2-13 Port Elizabeth Cape Verde Isl. 2-0 African Nations Cup 91 6- 2-13 Nelspruit Burkina Faso 1-1 [2] African Nations Cup

[1] Ghana lost 2-4 on penalty kicks. [2] Ghana lost 2-3 on penalty kicks.

NB: the match on 15- 1-2012 vs South Africa (in Rustenburg, 1-1) is not considered a full A-international (too many substitutions) and therefore not included here

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 91 46 20 25 130- 85 112 61.54

Types of Matches

Friendlies 37 African Nations Cup 21 World Cup Qualifier 15 World Cup 9 African Cup Qualifier 9

Total 91


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