PLAYER PROFILE 
Richard Kingston
Richard Kingston 05.06
CLUB: Wigan (United Kingdom)
POSITION: Goalkeeper
BORN: 1978-06-13
BIRTHPLACE:
PREVIOUS CLUBS Great Olympics(Ghana), Galatasaray, Sakaryaspor, Antalyaspor, Göztepe, Elazığsporspor(TUR), BB Ankaraspor K(TUR), Hammarby(SWE, loan), Birmingham City(ENG)
HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 186cm/85kg
NICKNAME: Olele
GHANA DEBUT: 0000-00-00
CAPS/GOALS: 40/1
Honors/Achievements
 
  • Member of the National team at the world cup in Germany 2006
  • More Information
      As an 18-year-old, he went to the Atlanta Olympic Games as part of the Ghana squad who reached the quarter-finals. Signed up by Turkish club Galatasaray as a junior. Since moving to Turkey, he has taken Turkish nationality and is known by his Turkish name of Farok Gursoy.

    Kingston is the older brother of midfielder Laryea.

    • Moved to Sweden in March 2007 on a loan deal
    • Moved to Birmingham city in July 2007 and quit the club in May 2008 after being labelled as "waste of space" by the club owner

    • MOved to Wigan in Aug 2008




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