Not to be confused with the English political pamphleteer and spy Richard Kingston.
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Richard Kingson
Kingson with Ghana in 2008
Personal information
Full name
Richard Kingson[1]
Date of birth
(1978-06-13) 13 June 1978 (age 46)[2]
Place of birth
Accra, Ghana
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)
Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1995–1996
Great Olympics
0
(0)
1996–2005
Galatasaray
27
(0)
1998–1999
→ Sakaryaspor (loan)
21
(0)
1999–2001
→ Göztepe (loan)
19
(0)
2001–2002
→ Antalyaspor (loan)
15
(0)
2002–2003
→ Elazığspor (loan)
20
(0)
2005–2007
Ankaraspor
4
(0)
2007
→ Hammarby (loan)
11
(0)
2007–2008
Birmingham City
1
(0)
2008–2010
Wigan Athletic
4
(0)
2010–2011
Blackpool
20
(0)
2013
Doxa Katokopias
10
(0)
2014
Balıkesirspor
13
(0)
2015
Great Olympics
0
(0)
Total
165
(0)
International career
1996–2012
Ghana
93
(1)
Managerial career
2017–2019
Ghana (goalkeeper coach)
2021
Ghana A' (goalkeeper coach)
2021–2024
Ghana (goalkeeper coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Richard Kingson (born 13 June 1978) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently serves as a goalkeeper coach for the Ghana national football team.[3][4] He is also known by his Turkish name Faruk Gürsoy[5] and sometimes by the surname Kingston, which is the surname he used in his UEFA registration[6] and also the surname of his brother Laryea Kingston. The different spelling of the surnames is due to "irregularity on his identity documents".[7] Even in his native Ghana, he was quoted as "the man who got the 't' off his surname".[8]
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.
Kingson was the vice-captain for the Ghana national football team.
^"Premier League clubs submit squad lists" (PDF). Premier League. 1 February 2011. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2011.
^ ab"Richard Kingson: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^"Ex-Ghana stars Laryea and Richard Kingson complete coaching course". 20 June 2017.
^"Former Ghana goalkeeper Richard Kingson wanted to go into farming after retirement". 11 August 2017.
^"Faruk Gürsoy". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.
^"Former Blackpool goalkeeper Richard Kingston's wife claims she used her 'evil powers to trouble his career'". The Daily Telegraph. 10 September 2012.
^Sannie, Ibrahim (4 July 2007). "Birmingham complete Kingson deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
^"Richard Kingson, Avram Grant and Andre Ayew: The three major talking points". Modern Ghana. 26 March 2015.
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