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Los Angeles GalaxyMidfielderMajor League Soccer

About him

Shirt number
28
Nationality
Ghana
Born
Feb 1, 1998
Age
28
Height
169 cm

Midfielder

Plays in the middle, helping defend and create attacks.

The player’s fantasy position. Their own goal is at the bottom of the field.

Last match

Los Angeles Galaxy v San Diego
Rating
6.7
Minutes
24
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots on target
0
Key passes
2
Passes
6
Pass accuracy
4%
Tackles
1
Interceptions
2
Duels won
1
Dribbles
0
Fouls
1
Offsides
0

Key figures

Price
4.5
of a 100.0 budget
Total points
23
Fantasy points from finished rounds
Form
2.3
Average points over up to four recent finished rounds

Next matches

How hard each match looks for his team, from Very easy to Very hard, based on the opponent’s record and where the match is played.

This season

7.0Avg rating

Real matches this season, in this competition.

Appearances
23
Games started
19/23
Sat on the bench
4
Minutes
1,663
Goals
5
Assists
3
Shots on target
20/34
Key passes
22
Tackles
13
Interceptions
9
Successful dribbles
24
Yellow cards
3
Red cards
0

Games started counts the matches he began on the pitch. Shots on target are out of all his shots. A key pass sets up a teammate's shot. The rating is the match data provider's score out of 10, averaged over his matches.

Recent rounds

Fantasy points he scored in each of his last rounds, oldest on the left. The number under each bar is the round.

Fantasy points per round
RoundPoints
Gameweek 184 points
Gameweek 2010 points
Gameweek 221 point
Gameweek 231 point
Gameweek 281 point
Gameweek 294 points
Gameweek 302 points

Matches

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Career history

All recorded seasons and events. Coverage varies by player.

Height
169 cm
Weight
70 kg

2026

  1. Season

    Los Angeles Galaxy

    Appearances
    26
    Goals
    6
    Assists
    3
    Minutes
    1,851
    Rating
    7

2025

  1. Season

    Ghana

    Appearances
    1
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Minutes
    8
    Rating
    6.9

    Los Angeles Galaxy

    Appearances
    35
    Goals
    18
    Assists
    4
    Minutes
    2,721
    Rating
    7.5

  2. Injuries & suspensions

    Thigh Injury

    Start date
    May 6, 2025
    End date
    May 18, 2025

  3. Injuries & suspensions

    Thigh Injury

    Start date
    Feb 10, 2025
    End date
    Mar 28, 2025

2024

  1. Season

    Genk

    Appearances
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Minutes
    0
    Rating
    -

    Ghana

    Appearances
    1
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Minutes
    0
    Rating
    -

    Los Angeles Galaxy

    Appearances
    34
    Goals
    14
    Assists
    8
    Minutes
    2,799
    Rating
    7.3

  2. Injuries & suspensions

    Hamstring

    Start date
    Oct 7, 2024
    End date
    Oct 19, 2024

  3. Injuries & suspensions

    Hamstring

    Start date
    May 18, 2024
    End date
    Jun 15, 2024

  4. Transfer · Feb 21, 2024

    Genk → Los Angeles Galaxy

    € 8.5M

  5. Honor · 2024

    MLS

    Winner · USA

2023

  1. Season

    Genk

    Appearances
    33
    Goals
    9
    Assists
    6
    Minutes
    621
    Rating
    7.2

    Ghana

    Appearances
    6
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    1
    Minutes
    230
    Rating
    6.5

2022

  1. Season

    Genk

    Appearances
    39
    Goals
    18
    Assists
    11
    Minutes
    2,903
    Rating
    7.1

    Ghana

    Appearances
    1
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Minutes
    0
    Rating
    -

  2. Honor · 2022/2023

    First Division A

    2nd Place · Belgium

2021

  1. Season

    Genk

    Appearances
    36
    Goals
    7
    Assists
    2
    Minutes
    1,413
    Rating
    6.8

    Ghana

    Appearances
    3
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Minutes
    141
    Rating
    6.6

  2. Transfer · Jul 1, 2021

    Ankaragucu → Genk

    N/A

  3. Honor · 2021

    Super Cup

    2nd Place · Belgium

2020

  1. Season

    Ankaragücü

    Appearances
    33
    Goals
    11
    Assists
    0
    Minutes
    2,219
    Rating
    6.8

    Genk

    Appearances
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Minutes
    0
    Rating
    -

  2. Injuries & suspensions

    Knock

    Start date
    Nov 30, 2020
    End date
    Dec 10, 2020

  3. Transfer · Sep 10, 2020

    Genk → Ankaragucu

    Loan

2019

  1. Season

    Genk

    Appearances
    23
    Goals
    1
    Assists
    0
    Minutes
    1,038
    Rating
    6.6

  2. Honor · 2019

    Super Cup

    Winner · Belgium

2018

  1. Transfer · Jul 1, 2018

    Ferencvarosi TC → Genk

    N/A

  2. Honor · 2018/2019

    First Division A

    Winner · Belgium

2017

  1. Honor · 2017/2018

    NB I

    2nd Place · Hungary

1998

  1. Born

    Feb 1, 1998

    Accra, Ghana

Date unknown

  1. Honor · Date unknown

    First Division A

    2nd Place · Belgium

  2. Honor · Date unknown

    First Division A

    Winner · Belgium

  3. Honor · Date unknown

    MLS

    Winner · USA

  4. Honor · Date unknown

    NB I

    2nd Place · Hungary

  5. Honor · Date unknown

    Super Cup

    2nd Place · Belgium

  6. Honor · Date unknown

    Super Cup

    Winner · Belgium

History and connections

SeasonAll seasons

Recorded data only. Coverage varies by season; missing values are shown as unknown.

Nationality
Ghana
Appearances
271
Minutes
15,944
Goals
84
Assists
35

Connections

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J. Paintsil

Season trends

Totals may cover different amounts of playing time. Changes compare recorded totals.

  1. 202626

    -10 compared with 2025

  2. 202536

    +1 compared with 2024

  3. 202435

    -4 compared with 2023

  4. 202339

    -1 compared with 2022

  5. 202240

    +1 compared with 2021

  6. 202139

    +6 compared with 2020

  7. 202033

    +10 compared with 2019

  8. 201923

Records

  1. Match · 2026 · Oct 18, 2026
    Los Angeles Galaxy · San Diego
    Home goals
    2
    Away goals
    2
  2. Match · 2026 · Oct 15, 2026
    Los Angeles Galaxy · Portland Timbers
    Home goals
    2
    Away goals
    0
  3. Match · 2026 · Oct 11, 2026
    St. Louis City · Los Angeles Galaxy
    Home goals
    6
    Away goals
    2
  4. Match · 2026 · Sep 6, 2026
    Los Angeles Galaxy · New England Revolution
    Home goals
    2
    Away goals
    1
  5. Match · 2026 · Aug 30, 2026
    San Diego · Los Angeles Galaxy
    Home goals
    3
    Away goals
    1
  6. Match · 2026 · Aug 22, 2026
    CF Montreal · Los Angeles Galaxy
    Home goals
    2
    Away goals
    2
  7. Match · 2026 · Aug 20, 2026
    Los Angeles Galaxy · San Jose Earthquakes
    Home goals
    1
    Away goals
    0
  8. Match · 2026 · Aug 16, 2026
    Houston Dynamo · Los Angeles Galaxy
    Home goals
    1
    Away goals
    0
  9. Match · 2026 · Aug 2, 2026
    Los Angeles Galaxy · FC Dallas
    Home goals
    0
    Away goals
    0
  10. Match · 2026 · Jul 26, 2026
    San Jose Earthquakes · Los Angeles Galaxy
    Home goals
    1
    Away goals
    1
  11. Match · 2026 · Jul 23, 2026
    Los Angeles Galaxy · St. Louis City
    Home goals
    1
    Away goals
    3
  12. Match · 2026 · Jul 18, 2026
    Los Angeles Galaxy · Los Angeles FC
    Home goals
    0
    Away goals
    3
  13. Match · 2026 · May 24, 2026
    Los Angeles Galaxy · Houston Dynamo
    Home goals
    1
    Away goals
    1
  14. Match · 2026 · May 17, 2026
    Seattle Sounders · Los Angeles Galaxy
    Home goals
    0
    Away goals
    2
  15. Match · 2026 · May 14, 2026
    Sporting Kansas City · Los Angeles Galaxy
    Home goals
    3
    Away goals
    1
  16. Match · 2026 · May 9, 2026
    Atlanta United FC · Los Angeles Galaxy
    Home goals
    1
    Away goals
    2
  17. Match · 2026 · May 3, 2026
    Los Angeles Galaxy · Vancouver Whitecaps
    Home goals
    1
    Away goals
    1
  18. Match · 2026 · Apr 26, 2026
    Los Angeles Galaxy · Real Salt Lake
    Home goals
    2
    Away goals
    1
  19. Match · 2026 · Apr 22, 2026
    Columbus Crew · Los Angeles Galaxy
    Home goals
    2
    Away goals
    1
  20. Match · 2026 · Apr 19, 2026
    FC Dallas · Los Angeles Galaxy
    Home goals
    2
    Away goals
    2
  21. Match · 2026 · Mar 8, 2026
    Colorado Rapids · Los Angeles Galaxy
    Home goals
    4
    Away goals
    1
  22. Match · 2026 · Mar 1, 2026
    Los Angeles Galaxy · Charlotte
    Home goals
    3
    Away goals
    0
  23. Match · 2026 · Feb 23, 2026
    Los Angeles Galaxy · New York City FC
    Home goals
    1
    Away goals
    1
  24. Career season · 2026
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Appearances
    26
    Minutes
    1,851
    Goals
    6
    Assists
    3
    Rating
    7
  25. Injury or absence · 2025 · May 6, 2025
    Thigh Injury