During the 2006 World Cup, the Ghanaian FA stated that his name is Kingston;[citation needed] however, the player's shirt used the correct spelling of his name, as confirmed by Kingson himself. Richard's problem is his inability to save a penalty, he has never saved a PK in his Black Stars career. It could possibly put me in the race for the all-time best goalkeepers in Ghana”, Richard Kingson said in an interview with Accra-based Angel FM. To his dismay, his wife threatened a divorce should he attempt betraying his country and accepting the bribe offer. Kingson was the starting goalkeeper of the Ghana national football team, and was called up for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The ceremony took place in Ghana. [5] and also the surname of his brother Laryea Kingston. After leaving his home country, he played for several clubs in Turkey, for Hammarby in Sweden, and in England for Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic and Blackpool, who released him at the end of the 2010–11 season. Following an injury to first-choice goalkeeper Matthew Gilks, Kingson had an extended run in the first team. Kingson's national teammates Asamoah Gyan and John Paintsil were among the guests at the wedding. [29] Kingson is married to Adelaide Tawiah. It is not to be confused with, http://ghanasoccernet.com/ex-ghana-stars-laryea-and-richard-kingson-complete-coaching-course, http://ghanasoccernet.com/former-ghana-goalkeeper-richard-kingson-wanted-to-go-into-farming-after-retirement, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/blackpool/9535139/Former-Blackpool-goalkeeper-Richard-Kingstons-wife-claims-she-used-her-evil-powers-to-trouble-his-career.html, http://www.modernghana.com/sports/607485/2/richard-kingson-avram-grant-and-andre-ayew-the-thr.html, "Richard Kingson in a rage over Blues 'slur, "Premier League clubs submit squad lists", "Blackpool offer contract extension and release players", "Ghana goalkeeper Richard Kingson seals one-year move to Cypriot club Doxa", "Kingson keeps clean sheet on debut for Cypriot club Doxa", Old Galatasaray player to set a new Balıkesirspor goalkeeper, http://ghanasoccernet.com/veteran-ghana-goalie-richard-kingson-yet-to-decide-great-olympics-future, http://ghanasoccernet.com/richard-kingson-says-dream-to-play-for-asante-kotoko-before-retirement-still-alive, http://ghanasoccernet.com/asante-kotoko-to-offer-richard-olele-kingson-a-year-deal, http://www.pulse.com.gh/sports/ghana-premier-league-kotoko-deny-richard-kingson-interest-id5147874.html, "Bajens nya målvakt Richard Kingson efter sin första träning med laget", "Goalkeeper scores late equaliser in Ghana friendly", Top of the Match sponsored by Turkish Airlines: Richard Kingson (Ghana), HABER: Faruk Gürsoy da (Kingston) Premier Lig'te haberi, "Former Blackpool goalkeeper Richard Kingson", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Kingson&oldid=972294815, Association football goalkeepers who have scored, Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in England, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2008, Pages using national squad without sport and with team link, Pages using national squad without sport or team link, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only, This page was last edited on 11 August 2020, at 08:54. document.write(''); [2][3] He is also known by his Turkish name Faruk Gürsoy[4] and sometimes by the surname Kingston, which is the surname he used in his UEFA registration. The former Blackpool goalkeeper reminisced that his wife’s advice to put Ghana first is what inspired him to turn down the offer. [6] Even in his native Ghana, he was quoted as "the man who got the 't' off his surname".[7]. In his next game he made a mistake in the 11th minute to give the lead to Australia in a group game which finished 1–1. Robert Mensah and Joseph Carr still remains our number one and two respectively. 19 minutes ago, Missing Voter Names Found; 17,000 Left, We’re Not Out To Che... On 28 August 2007, Kingson made his debut for Birmingham in a League Cup third round tie against Hereford United. Kingson left his native Accra in 1996 to pursue a career in Turkey, where he represented six different clubs, and became a naturalised citizen, taking a Turkish name, Faruk Gürsoy, coming from Faruk Süren and Ergun Gürsoy. They even promised to give me other incentives. [10] Don't forget he was the goalie for our 2010 World Cup. Kingson defended his wife by saying that it was not she who spoke but a spirit that spoke through her. He made his first Premier League appearance for the club when he replaced the injured Chris Kirkland after 10 minutes of the away match against West Bromwich Albion on 9 May 2009.