SOCCER PLAYER

Richard Kingson

1978 - Today

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Richard Kingson (born 13 June 1978) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently serves as a goalkeeper coach for the Ghana national football team. He is also known by his Turkish name Faruk Gürsoy and sometimes by the surname Kingston, which is the surname he used in his UEFA registration and also the surname of his brother Laryea Kingston. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Kingson has received more than 224,366 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Richard Kingson is the 7,906th most popular soccer player (down from 7,030th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Ghana (down from 45th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Ghanaian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Richard Kingsons by language

Over the past year Richard Kingson has had the most page views in the with 24,459 views, followed by Turkish (5,020), and Spanish (3,121). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hausa (380.17%), (153.51%), and Malagasy (113.13%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Richard Kingson ranks 7,906 out of 21,273. Before him are Miguel Layún, Shikabala, Julius Aghahowa, Gökhan Töre, Azzedine Ounahi, and Ever Hernández. After him are Ayan Sadakov, Timothée Atouba, Jean-Clair Todibo, Ángel Comizzo, David Navarro, and Jordi Amat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Richard Kingson ranks 449. Before him are Caroline Dhavernas, Fernandão, Óscar Hernández, Intars Busulis, Bryan Greenberg, and Taryn Manning. After him are Griselda Siciliani, Eric Addo, Rutina Wesley, Lauren Ambrose, Pierre Deladonchamps, and Paulo Costanzo.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Richard Kingson ranks 52 out of 162. Before him are Clement Quartey (1938), Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913), Freddy Adu (1989), John Mensah (1982), Mohammed Muntari (1993), and Hans Sarpei (1976). After him are Eric Addo (1978), Kofi Awoonor (1935), Matthew Amoah (1980), Nii Amaa Ollennu (1906), Kofi Kingston (1981), and Mohammed Kudus (2000).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ghana

Among soccer players born in Ghana, Richard Kingson ranks 24. Before him are Kwame Ayew (1973), Raphael Dwamena (1995), Freddy Adu (1989), John Mensah (1982), Mohammed Muntari (1993), and Hans Sarpei (1976). After him are Eric Addo (1978), Matthew Amoah (1980), Mohammed Kudus (2000), Dominic Adiyiah (1989), Yaw Preko (1974), and Junior Agogo (1979).

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