J. Paintsil

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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

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
Round	Points
Gameweek 18	4 points
Gameweek 20	10 points
Gameweek 22	1 point
Gameweek 23	1 point
Gameweek 28	1 point
Gameweek 29	4 points
Gameweek 30	2 points

Matches

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Career history

All recorded seasons and events. Coverage varies by player.

Height: 169 cm
Weight: 70 kg

2026

Season
Los Angeles Galaxy
Appearances
26
Goals
6
Assists
3
Minutes
1,851
Rating
7

2025

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
Injuries & suspensions
Thigh Injury
Start date
May 6, 2025
End date
May 18, 2025
Injuries & suspensions
Thigh Injury
Start date
Feb 10, 2025
End date
Mar 28, 2025

2024

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
Injuries & suspensions
Hamstring
Start date
Oct 7, 2024
End date
Oct 19, 2024
Injuries & suspensions
Hamstring
Start date
May 18, 2024
End date
Jun 15, 2024
Transfer · Feb 21, 2024
Genk → Los Angeles Galaxy
€ 8.5M
Honor · 2024
MLS
Winner · USA

2023

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

Season
Genk
Appearances
39
Goals
18
Assists
11
Minutes
2,903
Rating
7.1
Ghana
Appearances
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Minutes
0
Rating
-
Honor · 2022/2023
First Division A
2nd Place · Belgium

2021

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
Transfer · Jul 1, 2021
Ankaragucu → Genk
N/A
Honor · 2021
Super Cup
2nd Place · Belgium

2020

Season
Ankaragücü
Appearances
33
Goals
11
Assists
0
Minutes
2,219
Rating
6.8
Genk
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Minutes
0
Rating
-
Injuries & suspensions
Knock
Start date
Nov 30, 2020
End date
Dec 10, 2020
Transfer · Sep 10, 2020
Genk → Ankaragucu
Loan

2019

Season
Genk
Appearances
23
Goals
1
Assists
0
Minutes
1,038
Rating
6.6
Honor · 2019
Super Cup
Winner · Belgium

2018

Transfer · Jul 1, 2018
Ferencvarosi TC → Genk
N/A
Honor · 2018/2019
First Division A
Winner · Belgium

2017

Honor · 2017/2018
NB I
2nd Place · Hungary

1998

Born
Feb 1, 1998
Accra, Ghana

Date unknown

Honor · Date unknown
First Division A
2nd Place · Belgium
Honor · Date unknown
First Division A
Winner · Belgium
Honor · Date unknown
MLS
Winner · USA
Honor · Date unknown
NB I
2nd Place · Hungary
Honor · Date unknown
Super Cup
2nd Place · Belgium
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.

Measure

202626
-10 compared with 2025
202536
+1 compared with 2024
202435
-4 compared with 2023
202339
-1 compared with 2022
202240
+1 compared with 2021
202139
+6 compared with 2020
202033
+10 compared with 2019
201923

Records

Injury or absence · 2025 · Feb 10, 2025
Thigh Injury
Career season · 2025
Ghana
Appearances
1
Minutes
8
Goals
0
Assists
0
Rating
6.9
Career season · 2025
Los Angeles Galaxy
Appearances
35
Minutes
2,721
Goals
18
Assists
4
Rating
7.5
Injury or absence · 2024 · Oct 7, 2024
Hamstring
Injury or absence · 2024 · May 18, 2024
Hamstring
Transfer · 2024 · Feb 21, 2024
Genk → Los Angeles Galaxy · € 8.5M
Honor · 2024
MLS · Winner
Career season · 2024
Genk
Appearances
0
Minutes
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Rating
Unknown
Career season · 2024
Ghana
Appearances
1
Minutes
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Rating
Unknown
Career season · 2024
Los Angeles Galaxy
Appearances
34
Minutes
2,799
Goals
14
Assists
8
Rating
7.3
Career season · 2023
Genk
Appearances
33
Minutes
621
Goals
9
Assists
6
Rating
7.2
Career season · 2023
Ghana
Appearances
6
Minutes
230
Goals
0
Assists
1
Rating
6.5
Honor · 2022-2023
First Division A · 2nd Place
Career season · 2022
Genk
Appearances
39
Minutes
2,903
Goals
18
Assists
11
Rating
7.1
Career season · 2022
Ghana
Appearances
1
Minutes
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Rating
Unknown
Transfer · 2021 · Jul 1, 2021
Ankaragucu → Genk · N/A
Honor · 2021
Super Cup · 2nd Place
Career season · 2021
Genk
Appearances
36
Minutes
1,413
Goals
7
Assists
2
Rating
6.8
Career season · 2021
Ghana
Appearances
3
Minutes
141
Goals
0
Assists
0
Rating
6.6
Injury or absence · 2020 · Nov 30, 2020
Knock
Transfer · 2020 · Sep 10, 2020
Genk → Ankaragucu · Loan
Career season · 2020
Ankaragücü
Appearances
33
Minutes
2,219
Goals
11
Assists
0
Rating
6.8
Career season · 2020
Genk
Appearances
0
Minutes
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Rating
Unknown
Honor · 2019
Super Cup · Winner
Career season · 2019
Genk
Appearances
23
Minutes
1,038
Goals
1
Assists
0
Rating
6.6

About him

Midfielder

Last match

Key figures

Next matches

This season

Recent rounds

Matches

Career history

2026

Los Angeles Galaxy

2025

Ghana

Los Angeles Galaxy

Thigh Injury

Thigh Injury

2024

Genk

Ghana

Los Angeles Galaxy

Hamstring

Hamstring

Genk → Los Angeles Galaxy

MLS

2023

Genk

Ghana

2022

Genk

Ghana

First Division A

2021

Genk

Ghana

Ankaragucu → Genk

Super Cup

2020

Ankaragücü

Genk

Knock

Genk → Ankaragucu

2019

Genk

Super Cup

2018

Ferencvarosi TC → Genk

First Division A

2017

NB I

1998

Born

Date unknown

First Division A

First Division A

MLS

NB I

Super Cup

Super Cup

History and connections

Connections

Season trends

Records