2006 FIFA World Cup Germany - Player Profile Page - PANTSIL John (original) (raw)

Date of birth: 15 June 1981Height: 178 cmWeight: 80 kgPosition: DefenderCurrent Club: Hapoel Tel-Aviv (ISR)Int'l Caps: 25 (as of 27-Jun-2006)First Int'l Cap: Algeria v. Ghana ( 5-Dec-2001)

Stats

MP MinP GF PG A SOG S SP
4 360 0 0 0 1 3 119
LP CRS YC RC TC TS FC FS
41 16 1 0 13 2 10 1

Club History

2002-2004 Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR)
Since 2005 Hapoel Tel Aviv (ISR)

Profile

Pantsil is normally used as a right back but can also play on the left or in midfield. He was a member of the Ghana team which finished as runners-up at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship and was selected for full international honours soon afterwards. At club level, the versatile Pantsil has played in Israel since 2002, and he made five appearances for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the UEFA Champions League. He started all three of Ghana�s matches at the 2006 African Cup of Nations and four matches in qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup�. He also represented Ghana at the 2002 African Cup of Nations and the 2004 Olympic Games.

Previous WC Preliminaries Matches

8 October 2005 Cape Verde Islands : Ghana 0:4 (0:2)FIFA WC 2006 Prel. Comp. African Zone
4 September 2005 Ghana : Uganda 2:0 (2:0)FIFA WC 2006 Prel. Comp. African Zone
18 June 2005 South Africa : Ghana 0:2 (0:0)FIFA WC 2006 Prel. Comp. African Zone
5 June 2005 Ghana : Burkina Faso 2:1 (0:1)FIFA WC 2006 Prel. Comp. African Zone

Group E

Team MP W D L GF GA Pts
ITA 3 2 1 0 5 1 7
GHA 3 2 0 1 4 3 6
CZE 3 1 0 2 3 4 3
USA 3 0 1 2 2 6 1

Squad