{"id":410271,"date":"2017-08-08T09:02:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T09:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/08\/ghanaians-forced-me-to-retire-richard-kingson\/"},"modified":"2017-08-08T09:02:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T09:02:02","slug":"ghanaians-forced-me-to-retire-richard-kingson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/08\/ghanaians-forced-me-to-retire-richard-kingson\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaians forced me to retire &#8211; Richard Kingson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday,  8 August 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-08-08<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/50141998.295.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Kingston22\" title=\"Richard Kingston22\" width=\"295\" height=\"167\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former Ghana goalkeeper Richard &#8216;Olele&#8217; Kingson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150106940086186\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150106940086186\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1502182922_813_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The former goalkeeper has claimed players are wrongfully criticised in Ghana leading to their early retirement from the game.<\/p>\n<p>Former Ghana goalkeeper Richard &#8216;Olele&#8217; Kingson has revealed that constant criticisms from Ghanaians led to his early exit from the sport.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old made his debut with the Black Stars in 1996 as a teenager, hanging up his boots in 2015 after Great Olympics were relegated from the Ghana Premier League, before opting for a coaching course.<\/p>\n<p>He is the current goalkeeping coach of the Black Stars following the return of Kwesi Appiah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like they (Ghanaians) are now blaming themselves but I don\u2019t blame them,&#8221; Kingson told Starr FM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes, when we [the retired players] go and play in [fun games], some people come and say Richard you are still strong, you can still play for the national team but I say no, I\u2019ve stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhanaians don\u2019t look at your performance, they only consider where you come from, your age and that leads to retirement but age is just a number,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Kingson made 90 appearances and scored one goal for Ghana. 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