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Ghanaian Defender, John Paintsil has confirmed his retirement from football.
The 34-year-old former Black Stars Right Back made his retirement public on social media on Wednesday.
“John Paintsil the Jeonju Man will like to announce my retirement from being a soccer player”, Paintsil wrote on his official Instagram page.
“I thank God for bringing me this far. Was a long journey from 1999 to 2016. 2 world cups and 5 AFCON and 89 CAPS FOR GHANA”, he added.
Paintsil played professional football for 17 years during which he had stints with Berekum Arsenal and Liberty Professionals before on the local scene before departing Ghana for Europe where he played for Maccabi Tel Aviv , Hapoel Tel Aviv, West Ham United, Fulham, Leicester City.
After his European stint, he return to South Africa where he played for Santos and later Maritzburg United.
John Paintsil played in the 2010 AFCON finals with the Black Stars and was a member of Roy Hodgson’s Fulham that reached the final of the Europa Cup in 2010.
