Ex-Ghana goalie Damba backs calls for Richard Kingson to be included in next Black Stars call ups

Published on: 15 April 2015
Ex-Ghana goalie Damba backs calls for Richard Kingson to be included in next Black Stars call ups
Ex-Ghana goalie Richard Kingson

By Rahman Osman

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Former Ghana international Abubakar Damba has joined a growing list of Ghanaians who are championing a campaign to recall Richard Olele Kingson into the Black Stars.

Olele, 36 , has rolled back the years since his return to First Capital Plus Premier League.

The former Blackpool goalkeeper has kept three clean sheets this season and more impressively has been hugely dominant in Great Olympics surge up the league table.

The Black Stars have struggled since the veteran goalkeepers departures with Adam Kwarasey, Fatau Dauda and now Razak Braimah all failing to live up to the task.

“I think it is a good call because we have been unable to replace him,” Damba told Citi FM

“You have to look at the way the Black Stars is playing and tell if he is relevant and can contribute and my call is yes.”

“He will also still give on the experience he has on the younger once.”

Damba’s call adds up to former international Godwin Attram’s claims that Olele still had all it took to still compete at the highest level.

 

 

Comments

  • jimmy
    says: 9 years ago
    So are we using the three clean sheets kept by Olele to mean that he is back to top form and so should be included in the foreign-based Black Stars? I think he should first be invited to the local Black Stars for the CHAN qualifiers and not the main Black Stars. The fact that Olele has kept three clean sheets does not mean he is back to his former best. It is because the strikers in the First capital Premier league are very poor in shooting. For example, look at what Kotoko strikers, especially Ata Kusi were doing in front of Olympics' goal. they could not shoot. Can Olele still prevent Senegalese, Algerian, Congolese, Malian, Tunisian, Moroccan, German, English, Uruguayan, Brazilian, etc strikers from scoring against him at this stage of his career?
  • Dr Who
    says: 9 years ago
    Olele's era is past and gone.Is George Owu not doing similar exploits with Hasmal?
  • CHRISTIAN22
    says: 9 years ago
    Give a chance. Buffon is still there, rogerio ceni is still there