Richard Kingson

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Richard Kingson
Richard Kingston.jpg
Kingson
in the national team jersey on March 26, 2008
Personnel
Surname Richard Paul Franck Kingston
birthday June 13, 1978
place of birth Accra ,  Ghana
size 182 cm
position goalkeeper
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1995-1998 Great Olympics
1998-1999 Sakaryaspor 21 (0)
1999-2001 Goztepe Izmir 29 (0)
2001-2002 Antalyaspor 15 (0)
2002-2003 Elazığspor 20 (0)
2003-2004 Ankaraspor 0 (0)
2004-2005 Galatasaray Istanbul 1 (0)
2005-2007 Ankaraspor 4 (0)
2007 →  Hammarby IF  (loan) 11 (0)
2007-2008 Birmingham City 1 (0)
2008-2010 Wigan Athletic 4 (0)
2010-2011 Blackpool FC 20 (0)
2013 Doxa Katokopia 10 (0)
2014 Balıkesirspor 13 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
1996– Ghana 89 (1)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2013/14

2 As of March 29, 2011

Richard Kingson (* 13. June 1978 in Accra as Richard Paul Franck Kingston ) is a Ghanaian football goalkeeper . In addition to Ghanaian citizenship, Kingson also has Turkish citizenship and therefore does not occupy a quota of foreigners in his activities in Turkey. Since playing in Turkey, he also has a Turkish passport and played there under the name Faruk Gürsoy . His brother Laryea Kingston is a midfielder.

Career

In the club

Kingson began his career in Ghana at Great Olympics , for which he played from 1996 to 1998. The rest of his career, however, he denied in Turkey, first in the 1998/99 season at Sakaryaspor , then for two years at Göztepe Izmir . At Antalyaspor , for whom he played from 2001 to 2002, he only stayed one year, as well as for Elazigspor in the following season. From 2003 to 2005 he played for Galatasaray Istanbul before moving to Ankaraspor . In June 2005 he was tested positive for testosterone in a doping control and banned for six months. From April 2007 he was loaned to Hammarby IF . For the 2007/08 season he moved to Birmingham City for a year . The following year he joined Wigan Athletic , where he acted as a substitute goalkeeper. Kingson signed for Blackpool FC in September 2010 .

In the spring of 2014, Kingson moved to the Turkish second division club Balıkesirspor . At the end of the season he left his club again.

In the national team

Since 1996 Kingson has played a total of 92 internationals for his home country. This makes him the record player for the Ghanaian national team. In 2008 the goalkeeper scored his first goal for the national team.

In 1996 he took part in the Olympic Games for Ghana .

Confusion about his name

During the 2006 World Cup, the player wore the name "Kingson" on his shirt, after he was previously known as "Richard Kingston". The Ghanaian Association then confirmed “Kingston” as the correct spelling. The goalkeeper decided, however, to take over the misspellings of FIFA and henceforth to appear as "Kingson".

Richard's brother Laryea, however, plays as Laryea Kingston .

successes

With Balıkesirspor

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kingston'a 6 ay ceza hurriyet.com.tr September 8, 2005
  2. ↑ Kingston Appeals UEFA Ban modernghana.com September 13, 2005
personal data
SURNAME Kingson, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kingston, Richard Paul Franck (full name); Gürsoy, Faruk (Turkish name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ghanaian-Turkish soccer goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Accra , Ghana