Richard Paul Franck Kingson (née Kingston, born 13 June 1978 in Accra), also known as Faruk Gürsoy, is an association football player who plays as agoalkeeper. He is currently playing for Wigan Athletic, having been released from his contract with the then English Championship club Birmingham City. He represents the Ghana national football team as an international.
Kingson is 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 the2010 Africa Cup of Nations.
During the 2006 World Cup, the Ghanaian FA stated that his name is Kingston; however, the player’s shirt used the correct spelling of his name, as confirmed by Kingson himself.
He was voted as an All-Star Goalkeeper during the 2008 African Cup of Nations Tournament in Ghana. The Team of the Tournament was decided by the Technical Study Group (TSG) after careful observations of all the tournament’s matches.
In 2008, he scored a goal for Ghana in a friendly – a late equaliser in a 1-1 draw against Tanzania.
As first-choice goalkeeper and team captain he was instrumental in leading Ghana to the final of the 2010 tournament, and was again selected for the all-star team along with Egypt custodian Essam El-Hadary.
In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa Kingston was selected in Ghanas opening game against Serbia.
Kingson is the brother of Laryea Kingston, who is also a member of the Ghana national team. He is a naturalised citizen of Turkey and his Turkish name is Faruk Gürsoy.
Mahmoud El-Khatib Arabic: محمود الخطيب) (born 30 October 1954)[1] popularly nicknamed Bibo, is a former Egyptian football player.
