Former Hearts of Oak striker Laryea Kingston is set to join Great Olympics in the second round of the First Capital Plus Premier League.

In an exclusive interview with Joy Sports, the player said he has not retired, pointing out that he is currently training to rejoin his boyhood club.

"I really love the game and I still believe I can come back and play good football," he began.

"I came back to Ghana to play for my former team Hearts of Oak and Olympics is my former team as well so I will be more than happy to play for my boyhood club since some of my colleagues are there - hopefully in the second round of the league," he revealed.

Kingson started his career with Great Olympics at the age of 16, before moving to Libyan side Al-Ittihad in Tripoli in 2000 on loan and back to Hearts of Oak in 2001-2003.

The player turns 35 in November and has also played for many clubs in Israel and Russia.

In January 2012, he returned to Ghana to play for Hearts of Oak for the second time, signing for a year and a half. But soon into the stint, problems with coaches and club officials limited him to a handful of appearances for the Phobians which led to his release before the deal finished.

Looking at the Black Stars

Kingston, whose brother Richard has also returned to play for Olympics in goal, further declared an intention to get a place in the Black Stars.

"Since I have not retired, there is still hope to to come back to play for the Stars. I'm looking forward to play for a team and start playing actively again," said the man who has scored six times in 41 caps for Ghana at senior level.

This comes on the back of widespread public approval of the impact Kingston's compatriots - Godwin Attram, Dan Quaye, Richard Kingson and Osei Boateng (all for Olympics) - on the league this season.

Laryea's storied career

1999–2001    Great Olympics (Ghana)        
2000             Al-Ittihad Tripoli (loan, Libya)        
2001–2003    Hearts of Oak (Accra)       
2003             Maccabi Ahi Nazareth (Israel) 
2003–2004    Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel)  
2004–2005    Krylia Sovetov Samara (Israel)
2005–2007    Terek Grozny (Israel)
2006             Lokomotiv Moscow (loan, Russia)
2007             Heart of Midlothian (loan, Scotland)
2007–2010    Heart of Midlothian 
2010             Vitesse (Holland)
2011–2012    Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Israel)
2012–2013    Hearts of Oak       
2013             Phoenix FC (USA)

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