{"id":162840,"date":"2024-03-18T14:32:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T14:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/18\/paintsil-is-stars-deputy-coach\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T14:32:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T14:32:50","slug":"paintsil-is-stars-deputy-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/18\/paintsil-is-stars-deputy-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Paintsil Is Stars Deputy Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>John Paintsil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former West Ham United and Fulham right back John Paintsil has been named as part of the newly constituted Black Stars backroom staff.<\/p>\n<p>The former Ghana defender, 42, represented the country 89 times over a decade, winning a Bronze medal with the team when Ghana hosted the AFCON in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Paintsil holds a CAF Licence B, and joined the Kaizer Chiefs coaching team as assistant right after retiring at the club.<\/p>\n<p>Last Friday, Paintsil was appointed as one of the backroom team for new coach Otto Addo.<\/p>\n<p>He is joined by Joseph Laumann and Fatawu as assistant coaches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Kofi Owusu Aduonum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Paintsil \u00a0 Former West Ham United and Fulham right back John Paintsil has been named as part of the newly constituted Black Stars backroom staff. 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