Former Black Stars captain Stephen Appiah says he still feels pained because Laryea Kingston was unable to play at any of the World Cups with the senior national team.

Kingston was dropped from Ghana's squad for the 2006 World Cup due to carrying suspension from the Africa Cup of Nations which he had played months earlier before the Mundial.

In the 2010 edition, where the Black Stars were set to compete in the World Cup for the second time, the winger was once again not part of the final squad.

Kingston, who was then 29, was key in Ghana's qualification to the tournament to be staged in South Africa. However, he did not make Milovan Rajevac's final squad for the competition.

And Appiah, who once shared a dressing room with Kingston says the Black Stars without the latter was 'incomplete.'

"We were naive [in 20006] about the rules...England took Rooney to the World Cup despite him being on suspension. If we had that knowledge in 2006, we would have pleaded with the GFA to add Laryea to the team because it was two games," he said in an interview on Joy Sports' Prime Take.

"I am [pained] because Laryea was one of the players that when I look back, even though we played at the World Cup in 2006 and 2010, it looks as if we were not complete.

"Not because of his football but he should have been there because of his sacrifices. He was part of those who sacrificed. To date, I still feel bad."

On several occasions, Laryea has revealed his frustration as to how he couldn't play at the World Cup with the Black Stars.

He is currently the assistant coach of Ghana's U-17 side and recently led them on their tour in Europe where they won the UEFA four-nation tournament in Serbia.