{"id":379904,"date":"2011-04-13T20:06:36","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T20:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/13\/kingson-eyes-nations-cup-trophy-before-retirement\/"},"modified":"2011-04-13T20:06:36","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T20:06:36","slug":"kingson-eyes-nations-cup-trophy-before-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/13\/kingson-eyes-nations-cup-trophy-before-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingson Eyes Nations Cup Trophy Before Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"54\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start -->Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Patrick Akoto<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/33114545kingsonole.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27096\" title=\"Richard Kingson\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/33114545kingsonole.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Richard Kingson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Ghana goalkeeper Richard Kingson is eager to land a silverware for Ghana before he hangs up his gloves in 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Blackpool man has played at five Nations Cup finals and a member of the young Ghana side which lost 1-0 to Egypt in the final of the last edition in Angola 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Kingson, 33, who has confirmed his desire to call time on football after the 2014 World Cup finals, says his career will be unfulfilled without a title for the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>He told Citi Sports: \u201cIt\u2019s a shame we not anything for so long and my dream is to win a trophy for Ghana before I retire\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever I cannot do it alone but with the support of my team-mates and I do believe we need to win something for our country and I\u2019m very desperate for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is massive pressure on Africa\u2019s number one ranked team to win the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations to be co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.<\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div><\/div>\n\n --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/33114545kingsonole.jpg-130x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View the original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/04\/kingson-eyes-nations-cup-trophy-before-retirement\/\" title=\"Kingson Eyes Nations Cup Trophy Before Retirement\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kingson Eyes Nations Cup Trophy Before Retirement<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. 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