The Hatayspor player had been missing since February 6 after his residence collapsed.
A sad news has been confirmed in the last hours. The Ghanaian footballer christian atsu was found under the rubble of his residence in the Turkish city of Hatay one of the most affected areas after the earthquakes of February 6, which also affected Syria.
The information was confirmed by both his representative, Murat Uzunmehmet, and his team, Hatayspor.
“The remains of our footballer Christian Atsu, who lost his life in the collapse, is about to be sent to his home country of Ghana. We won’t forget you, Atsu. Peace be with you, beautiful person. There are no words to describe our sadness. Rest in peace was the message from the club which was shared on Twitter.
The 31-year-old striker in his career had defended the shirts of Chelsea, Porto and Newcastle among other teams. He had also been part of his country’s team with an appearance in 60 games and scoring ten goals.
In turn, club manager Fatih Ilek pointed out that Atsu planned to leave the club and bought a plane ticket to France on the day of the earthquake. However, the striker had a change of heart after scoring a goal in the last minute of the game against Kasimpasa, so he ended up canceling the trip.
“He had a plane ticket, but he gave up because he played well and scored. It was hit by an earthquake on its finest day Ilek commented.
In this way, Atsu became one more victim of the earthquake which has so far caused the death of 39,672 people in Turkey, bringing the total death toll to 43,360, also taking into account the victims in Syria.
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After news of Atsu’s death was announced, some of the teams where he developed his career made their grief known through social media.
One of them was Málaga who wrote: “We deeply regret the death of Christian Atsu, MálagaCF player during the 15/16 season. A very strong hug for the family, friends and colleagues of his club, Hatayspor. rest in peace christian ”.
For their part, Chelsea said that “Everyone at Chelsea Football Club is devastated to learn of the tragic passing of our former player, Christian Atsu. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. ”.
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