{"id":1239375,"date":"2022-10-31T10:56:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T10:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/31\/highly-rated-ghana-star-joseph-paintsil-named-in-belgium-pro-league-team-of-the-week\/"},"modified":"2022-10-31T10:56:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T10:56:43","slug":"highly-rated-ghana-star-joseph-paintsil-named-in-belgium-pro-league-team-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/31\/highly-rated-ghana-star-joseph-paintsil-named-in-belgium-pro-league-team-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Highly-Rated Ghana Star &#8211; Joseph Paintsil Named In Belgium Pro League Team of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Was very impressive this week, helping his side clinch an important victory in the Belgium Pro League as they remain leaders with seven points clear of the table.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2cc36bdb9b6945d78f62e59ed795cec4\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Highly-rated Ghanaian star &#8211; Joseph Paintsil has been named in the Team of the Week for round 15.<\/p>\n<p>Made his 12th appearance for KRC Genk against KV Mechelen, the 24-year-old received high praise for his performance &#8211; took home the man of the match with his two goals contributions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/0fb0e634fceb4c1ab387ebaa0a380968\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In a 3-1 win at home [Cegeka Arena], Paintsil played the full 90-minute &#8211; took his overall rating according to sofascore to 8.3 after scoring and assisting alongside satiable statistics of &#8211; 3 key passes, 2 shots on target, 7 won duels, 4 received fouls and a pass accuracy of 85.7%.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian winger was featured along with Burkinabe stopper <strong>Herve Koffi<\/strong> as the only two named Africans.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2d061ef31bb243498fc8453f329145b4\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is the Belgium Pro League Team of the Week for round 15<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goalkeeper<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Herve Koffi (Charleroi)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maxim De Cuyper (Westerlo), Brandon Mechele (Brugge), Noe Dussenne (Standard Liege), Daniel Munoz (Genk)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/26397c48e80941c29236af76373b6d54\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Charles Vanhoutte (Cercle), Lior Refaelov (Anderlecht), Stef Peeters (Eupen), <strong>Joseph<\/strong> <strong>Paintsil (Genk)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Forwards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stipe Perica (Liege), Gianni Bruno (Saint-Truidense).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/0691369c71944787a5e166b37c3d4538\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: BerBea-nt (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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