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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Winston Robin Yaw Paintsil[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 August 1999[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Oslo, Norway[2] | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lillestrøm | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2016 | Årvoll | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Årvoll | 15 | (9) |
| 2017–2022 | Kjelsås | 84 | (16) |
| 2017–2022 | Kjelsås 2 | 37 | (13) |
| 2023–2025 | Tromsø | 63 | (5) |
| 2023 | Tromsø 2 | 1 | (0) |
| 2025– | Lillestrøm | 22 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 July 2026 | |||
Yaw Paintsil (born 19 August 1999) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Lillestrøm.
Career
[edit]Early years
[edit]Hailing from Oslo, Paintsil began playing in the club Årvoll 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.[3]
Tromsø
[edit]In Kjelsås, he eventually showed enough promise to be signed by Tromsø 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.[3] Paintsil made his Eliteserien debut in April 2023 at home against Molde.[4] After his first goal for Tromsø, Paintsil, who is of Ghanaian descent, was praised by several Ghanaian news outlets.[5][6]
Lillestrøm
[edit]In July 2025, after two and a half seasons at Tromsø, Paintsil was signed by Lillestrøm. It was reported that while he was primarily used as a wing-back in Tromsø, he would be played as a winger at Lillestrøm.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Årvoll | 2016 | 4. divisjon | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 1 | 14 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 4. divisjon | 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 | 2. divisjon | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 2. divisjon | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 5 | |||
| 2020 | 2. divisjon | 13 | 3 | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | ||||
| 2021 | 2. divisjon | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 6 | |||
| 2022 | 2. divisjon | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 2 | |||
| Total | 84 | 16 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 90 | 16 | ||||
| Kjelsås 2 | 2017 | 4. divisjon | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | 10 | 2 | |||
| 2018 | 4. divisjon | 16 | 3 | — | — | — | 16 | 3 | ||||
| 2019 | 4. divisjon | 10 | 8 | — | — | — | 10 | 8 | ||||
| 2022 | 3. divisjon | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 37 | 13 | — | — | — | 37 | 13 | |||||
| Tromsø | 2023 | Eliteserien | 26 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 5 | ||
| 2024 | Eliteserien | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | Eliteserien | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 1 | |||
| Total | 63 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 76 | 6 | |||
| Tromsø 2 | 2023 | 3. divisjon | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Lillestrøm | 2025 | 1. divisjon | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 176 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 200 | 34 | ||
- ↑ Appearance in 4. divisjon play-offs
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Yaw Paintsil at Soccerway
- 1 2 "Yaw Paintsil: Profile". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- 1 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.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Horsinek, Jesper (24 July 2025). "Paintsil ferdig i Tromsø – klar for Lillestrøm" [Paintsil done at Tromsø – signs for Lillestrøm] (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
External links
[edit]- Yaw Paintsil at Soccerway
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Oslo
- Norwegian people of Ghanaian descent
- Norwegian men's footballers
- 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen
- Men's association football forwards
- Kjelsås Fotball players
- Tromsø IL players
- Lillestrøm SK players
- Norwegian Fourth Division players
- Norwegian Second Division players
- Norwegian Third Division players
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