Yaw Paintsil

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

Yaw Paintsil

Personal information
Full name	Winston Robin Yaw Paintsil[1]
Date of birth	(1999-08-19) 19 August 1999 (age 25)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
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	85	(16)
2023–	Tromsø	55	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 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.^[2]

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.^[2] Paintsil made his Eliteserien debut in April 2023 at home against Molde.^[3] After his first goal for Tromsø, Paintsil, who is of Ghanaian descent, was praised by several Ghanaian news outlets.^[4][5]

Career Statistics

As of 22 January 2025^[3][1]

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		29	0	3	0	4[b]	0	36	0
	2025		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		55	5	7	0	4	0	66	5
Career total			155	30	14	0	5	1	174	31

1. Appearance in 4. divisjon play-offs
2. Appearances in UEFA Conference League

References

1. Yaw Paintsil at Soccerway
2. 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.
3. Yaw Paintsil at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
4. "Young Ghanaian striker Yaw Paintsil emerges as star for Tromsø with match-winning performance". Ghanasoccernet. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
5. "Ghanaian forward Yaw Paintsil over the moon after netting winning goal for Tromsø". FootballGhana. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

External links

• Yaw Paintsil at Soccerway