{{short description|Liberian professional footballer (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Paddy John |image = |caption = |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|2|23|df=y}} |birth_place = Zwedru, Liberia |height = 1.75 m |position = Forward |currentclub = |clubnumber = |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = FC Twente VA |years1 = 2008–2010 |clubs1 = Heracles Almelo |caps1 = 5 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2010–2011 |clubs2 = RKC Waalwijk |caps2 = 9 |goals2 = 1 |years3 = 2011 |clubs3 = Fortuna Sittard |caps3 = 14 |goals3 = 2 |years4 = 2011–2012 |clubs4 = VfL Osnabrück |caps4 = 10 |goals4 = 0 |years5 = 2012–2013 |clubs5 = AGOVV Apeldoorn |caps5 = 11 |goals5 = 0 |years6 = 2016–2017 |clubs6 = GVVV |caps6 = 1 |goals6 = 0 |club-update = 19 February 2017 (UTC) }}
'''Paddy John''' (born 23 February 1990) is a Liberian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
==Early and personal life== John was born in Zwedru, Liberia, and grew up in the Netherlands. His two brothers Collins and Ola are also footballers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/john-collins-or-collins-john-6975400.html|title=John Collins or Collins John?|access-date=26 September 2010|date=20 February 2004|author=Leo Spall|newspaper=Evening Standard|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606120620/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/article-9255923-john-collins-or-collins-john.do|archive-date=6 June 2011}}</ref>
==Career== John began his career with the youth team of Twente, and began his professional career in the 2008-09 season with Heracles Almelo.<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler.htm?dbid=60068&typeofpage=84137 Voetbal International]</ref> He later played for RKC Waalwijk and Fortuna Sittard, before signing for German Club VfL Osnabrück in July 2011.<ref>{{Fussballdaten|johnpaddy|name=Paddy John}}</ref> After one season he returned to the Netherlands and signed with AGOVV Apeldoorn.
John signed for GVVV in August 2016.<ref name="gvvv">{{cite news |title=Paddy John per direct weg bij GVVV |url=https://www.gelderlander.nl/voetbal-de-vallei/paddy-john-per-direct-weg-bij-gvvv~afd41a47/ |access-date=9 February 2022 |work=de Gelderlander |date=20 January 2017 |language=nl}}</ref> He made one appearance in the Tweede Divisie as a substitute against Jong Sparta before leaving the club in January 2017.<ref name="gvvv"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerway|paddy-john/71616}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:John, Paddy}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:People from Grand Gedeh County Category:Dutch people of Liberian descent Category:Sportspeople of Liberian descent Category:Liberian emigrants to the Netherlands Category:Dutch men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Eredivisie players Category:Eerste Divisie players Category:Tweede Divisie players Category:3. Liga players Category:Heracles Almelo players Category:RKC Waalwijk players Category:Fortuna Sittard players Category:VfL Osnabrück players Category:AGOVV players Category:Dutch expatriate men's footballers Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Category:GVVV players Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen Category:Liberian footballers