Joseph Paintsil (an haife shi 1 a watan Fabrairu 1998) ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne ɗan ƙasar Ghana wanda ke taka leda a matsayin ɗan wasan tsakiya a ƙungiyar Genk ta Belgium, da kuma ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ghana.[1][2]
Aikin kulob/Ƙungiya
Matasan Tema
Paintsil ya fara buga wasansa na farko a gasar firimiya ta Ghana tare da matasan Tema a ranar 12 ga watan Fabrairun 2017 bayan da kungiyar ta samu daukaka daga mataki na daya a kakar data gabata. Ya zura kwallaye 10 a wasanni 22 a kakar wasa daya tilo da ya buga, kafin ya bar Ghana zuwa Turai a lokacin hutun kakar wasanni na wata daya a watan Agusta. Paintsil ya kasance na biyar a gasar tseren takalmin zinare a lokacin da ya tafi, kuma ya kammala kakar wasa tare da matsayi na takwas, wanda ya fi cin kwallo a Tema.[3]
Ferencvárosi
A ranar 31 Agusta, Paintsil ya sanya hannu tare da babban kulob na Hungarian Ferencváros, yana wasa a babban kulob ɗin kasar, NBI. Da farko an sanya hannu a matsayin aro, Paintsil yana da zaɓi tare da ƙungiyar da za a sanya hannu na dindindin a ƙarshen kakar wasa. Paintsil ya fara buga wasansa na farko a ranar 9 ga Satumba da Vasas, inda ya zira kwallo ta farko a cikin nasara da ci 5-2, inda ya maye gurbin Rui Pedro a cikin jeri. Ya zira kwallaye hudu a wasanni biyar na farko, kuma ya kasance babban jigo a cikin jeri na manajan Thomas Doll. A ranar 2 ga Disamba, Paintsil ya zira kwallo a bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida da Videoton wanda ya nuna tafiyarsa da sarrafa kwallo, kuma daga baya za a zabe shi a matsayin Goal na Gwarzon Shekara ta 2017 ta masu sha'awar kwallon kafar Hungary. A karshen kakar wasa ta bana Paintsil ya zura kwallaye shida sannan kuma ya zura kwallaye hudu, kuma Nemzeti Sport ta ayyana shi a matsayin dan wasan da ya fi kowa taka leda a gasar. Paintsil ya raba lokacin sa yana farawa daga hagu da tsakiya, a matsayin #10.[4] Ya kammala kakar wasan da kwallaye 10 a wasanni 25, yana da kyau a matsayi na uku a kungiyar kuma na tara a gasar. Ferencváros ta kammala gasar a matsayi na biyu, kuma bayan jita-jita na canja wurin lokacin hunturu da kulob din bai yarda ya shiga ba, Paintsil ya bar kulob din bayan kakar wasa. [5]
Genk
A ranar 3 ga watan Yuli 2018, Paintsil ya bayyana a matsayin dan wasan kulob na Belgium Genk, 'yan makonni bayan da aka amince da kwangila tare da kulob din. Paintsil ya fara kakar wasa ta bana da rauni, inda bai buga wasanni uku na gasar cin kofin zakarun Turai ba, da kuma wasannin neman gurbin shiga gasar Europa. Wasan sa na farko ya zo ne a ranar 19 ga Agusta a rukunin A na farko da R. Charleroi SC, kuma cikakken wasansa na farko ya zo mako mai zuwa da Waasland-Beveren. Kwallaye na farko sun zo ne lokacin da ya zura kwallaye biyu a ragar Gent a ranar 7 ga Oktoba. Wasan nasa na farko na nahiyar ya zo ne lokacin da aka yi amfani da Paintsil daga benci na wasan zagaye na biyu da kungiyar Danish Brøndby. Ya fito daga benci a rabin lokaci da Sarpsborg a ranar 4 ga Oktoba, ya maye gurbin Dieumerci Ndongala. Bayan haka, ya fara sauran wasanni hudu na matakin rukuni, inda ya zira kwallaye a wasanni biyun da suka gabata, yayin da Genk ta lashe rukuninsu. Genk ta zana Slavia Prague a matakin bugun gaba, kuma Paintsil ba ta fara ko wanne kafa ba yayin da aka fitar da Genk 1-4 a jumulla. Paintsil kuma ya fara duk wasanni uku na yakin Genk a gasar cin kofin Belgian, wanda ya ƙare a cikin quarterfinals tare da shan kashi a bugun fanareti wanda Paintsil ya sha zuwa Union SG. Tsarinsa a gasar bai yi karfi ba, kuma kwallayen da ya ci Gent shi ne kawai kwallayen da ya ci a kakar wasa ta yau da kullun. Paintsil ya zira kwallo a wasan farko na wasan, nasara da Anderlecht da ci 3-0 a ranar 30 ga Maris 2019. Farasa na farko a cikin watanni uku ya zo ne a ranar ƙarshe ta kakar wasa, bayan da Genk ya riga ya lashe kambin farko a cikin yanayi takwas. A gasar, Paintsil ya buga wasanni 25, inda ya zura kwallaye uku.[6]
Paintsil ya kasance a benci nasarar da kulob din ya samu a gasar Super Cup na Belgium, amma bai shiga wasan ba. Bayan sayar da Leandro Trossard zuwa Ingila a cikin kaka-kakar, Paintsil ya sami damar da'awar matsayin reshe na hagu, kuma ya zira kwallo ta farko a ranar 17 ga Agusta a kan Waasland-Beveren. Ya yi wasanni shida a cikin kungiyar don fara kakar wasa har zuwa lokacin da ya bar wasan ranar 13 ga Satumba da Charleroi a farkon rabin lokaci saboda rauni. Paintsil ya dawo bayan shafe kusan watanni biyu yana jinya, inda ya fara karawa da Mouscron ranar 23 ga Nuwamba. Ya buga gasar zakarun Turai karon farko a ranar 2 ga Oktoba da Napoli na Italiya, yana karbar mintuna na ƙarshe daga benci. Ya kara buga wasa sau biyu a matakin rukuni, ciki har da fara wasan karshe da Napoli, domin an riga an cire kungiyar daga ci gaba da wasan nahiyoyi, inda ta taka rawar gani a wasan da aka doke su daci 4-0. Paintsil zai fara wasa biyu ne kawai a sauran kakar wasa, wanda aka dakatar a watan Maris saboda cutar sankarau ta COVID-19 a Belgium, wurin da Théo Bongonda ya fi dauka.[7]
Rayuwa ta sirri
An haife shi kuma ya girma a Fadama, wani yanki na Accra, Paintsil ya tsara wasansa bayan gunkinsa, Andrés Iniesta. Babban ɗan'uwansa Seth shima ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne, a halin yanzu yana wasa a Austria tare da Admira Wacker[8]
