Enugu Rangers International goalkeeper, Seidu Mutawakilu has chosen ex-Black Stars stopper Richard Kingson as his all-time best.
The lanky shot-stopper, who featured at the 2015 Africa Youth Championship in Senegal and the New Zealand Fifa U-20 World Cup, tipped the ex-Ghana number one ahead of big names like Manuel Neuer and Gianluigui Buffon as his world best.
Speaking to Adamu Muftawu on Awake TV Sports, Mutawakilu pointed out the reasons for his choice.
“My best goalkeeper in the world?, I will choose Richard Kingson.
“He did very well with the national team, the Black Stars.
“A black goalkeeper to play outside for so many years, I think he has done well.
“For a black and a Ghanaian goalkeeper to play in England as well as Turkey for years and Cyprus is not a bad record.
“With Black Stars at the 2006 and the 2010 World Cups in Germany and South Africa is also a good record for a Black goalkeeper.
“We need to encourage our own and by fact, it will be difficult for the Europeans to play in Africa.
“They have all the facilities, good environment and that’s why Manuel Neuer is still playing.
“Richard Kingson is the best for me in the whole world.” Mutawakilu declared.
The 25-year-old started his juvenile career at Sunyani, his place of birth.
He spent six months with Dreams FC’s feeder side Still Believe FC, after graduating from the juvenile and youth ranks.
He left Accra for Kumasi where he had a 3-year successful stay with Kotoko’s U-20 before joining Hearts of Oak as a senior goalkeeper.
Seidu Mutawakilu currently plies his trade with Nigerian club, Enugu Rangers International with whom he has a year’s contract.
