Ankaraspor goalkeeper Richard Kingston had not played for Ghana for over two years when he was called into the squad for April's friendly against German club side VfB Stuttgart. He obviously did enough in the 1-1 draw and the subsequent 3-0 defeat against French outfit Nice to impress coach Ratomir Dujkovic, as he was surprisingly named ahead of Philemon McCarthy in the final 23-man party for Germany 2006. Kingston has spent the majority of his professional career in Turkey after joining Galatasaray as a youngster and is now a Turkish citizen.