Christian Atsu

2023 - 2 - 9

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Christian Atsu: 'We dey panic now' - Missing Ghanaian international ... (BBC News)

Family of Ghanaian international player, Christian Atsu Twasam currently dey panic afta news emerge say e still dey miss under de wreckage for Turkey.

“En agent confam give we say dem find am so he dey hospital. “Wen I talk to de agent, he talk me say still dem no find am…Now we dey panic” he reveal. But dem no find Atsu for any hospital, until later wen de club talk say be like de news about Atsu en rescue be mistaken identity.

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Christian Atsu mystery deepens as missing star's agent rushes out to ... (The Irish Sun)

CHRISTIAN Atsu's agent has flown to Turkey to find out what's happened to the player, who was buried in the rubble of the earthquake.Mystery surrounds.

He was in an 11-storey building and he was on the ninth floor.” [amid reports](https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/10191647/christian-atsu-plunges-quake-fear/) he was pulled from the wreckage of his apartment but couldn't be found in hospital. "I am currently in Istanbul. “They told me that he was in hospital and that he is stable," he said. [Newcastle.](https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/team/252075/newcastle-united/) [ Sun Earthquake Appeal](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10183208/the-sun-earthquake-appeal-turkey-syria/) will be donated to the British Red Cross for a major on-the-ground mobilisation. Happy to be on the scoresheet," he tweeted. “I was hoping he was awake and that the earthquake hadn’t happened while he was sleeping. [ told the Mirror.](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/turkey-earthquake-christian-atsu-update-29158673) "When we heard the news about Taner Savut and Christian Atsu that they were taken to the Dortyol Hospital, we went to the hospital and they were not there," said Gurbey Kahveci, [Atsu](https://www.thesun.ie/who/christian-atsu/) was found alive in the wreckage after plunging from the ninth floor of the apartment building in Kahramanmaras, his agent initially said. The situation remains the same, Christian Atsu is yet to be found," he tweeted.

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Confusion over footballer Christian Atsu's safety in Turkey (Aljazeera.com)

Ghanaian winger Christian Atsu remains missing in Turkey after devastating earthquakes struck the country and Syria, his club has told news agencies, ...

Dozens of nations have offered aid since the earthquake hit with freezing weather hampering emergency efforts. Atsu, 31, spent four seasons at Chelsea before a permanent transfer to Newcastle in 2017. [Satellite images show scale of destruction in Turkey-Syria quakes](/news/longform/2023/2/8/satellite-images-show-scale-of-destruction-in-turkey-syria-earthquake?traffic_source=KeepReading) [Outrage over Charlie Hebdo’s Turkey-Syria earthquake cartoon](/news/2023/2/8/outrage-over-charlie-hebdos-turkey-syria-earthquake-cartoon?traffic_source=KeepReading) [Infographic: How big were the earthquakes in Turkey, Syria?](/news/2023/2/8/infographic-how-big-were-the-earthquakes-in-turkey-syria?traffic_source=KeepReading)

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Turkiye: Footballer Christian Atsu still missing after earthquake (Middle East Monitor)

The former Newcastle United and Chelsea player, who signed a one-year contract with Turkish Super Lig club Hatayspor last year, was initially believed to have ...

"People are working day and night, I hope both of them will be saved. I will share it as soon as the news comes." Wouldn't I share this if they were in the hospital?

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Turkey-Syria Earthquake Live Updates: Death Toll Climbs Past 19000 (The Wall Street Journal)

A Ghanaian soccer star who was caught up in the powerful earthquakes in southern Turkey is still missing, his agent said Thursday, a reversal from earlier ...

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Ghana football star, Christian Atsu, still missing after Turkey ... (Daily Trust)

Despite insinuations by the Ghana Football Association that one of their star players, Christian Atsu, has been found alive following Monday's earthquake.

The tweet read, “Update: We’ve received some positive news that Christian Atsu has been successfully rescued from the rubble of the collapsed building and is receiving treatment. In a tweet via the football association’s official handle, it said Atsu was in a hospital receiving treatment. Despite insinuations by the Ghana Football Association that one of their star players, Christian Atsu, has been found alive following Monday’s earthquake in southern Turkey, there are speculations that the footballer is still missing.

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Ghana soccer player Atsu still missing in Turkey earthquake (USA TODAY)

Ghana international soccer player Christian Atsu is still missing after the earthquake in Turkey despite earlier...

Atsu scored late in injury time to give Hatayspor a 1-0 win over Istanblul-based Kasimpaşa S.K. Ghana's ambassador to Turkey said she was also searching for Atsu. The club is based in the southern city of Antakya, near the epicenter of the earthquake that struck in the early hours of Monday and devastated the region.

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Confirmed reports and u-turns: The lowdown on the Christian Atsu ... (GhanaWeb)

It has been a whirlwind four days for Ghanaians particularly the family and loved ones of footballer Christian Atsu owing to the report and misreport on his ...

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In reversal, Ghana soccer star Christian Atsu is 'yet to be found,' says ... (CNN)

The agent of Ghanaian soccer star Christian Atsu says the player's whereabouts are still not known, reversing course just a few days after telling CNN Sport ...

“On Tuesday, the [Turkish] Ministry of Foreign Affairs here informed me that they wanted to confirm if Christian Atsu had been found and rescued, and sent to a medical centre. “Following yesterday’s (Tuesday’s) update from the club that Christian had been pulled out alive, we are yet to confirm Christian’s whereabouts. Unless I see Christian, or speak with him, I have no further updates,” Nana Sechere said on “On Wednesday again, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has assured me they are working feverishly to find out which facility he was sent to and will get back to me as soon as possible because I have been on them that I need to go and see him.” Sechere had originally told CNN on Tuesday that he had “official confirmation” from Hatayspor that Atsu “was in hospital and that he is stable.” “I am currently in Istanbul.

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Ghana Football Star Atsu Still Missing in Turkey Earthquake (Bloomberg)

Earlier reports said he was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building and taken to a hospital.

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In reversal, agent says soccer player Christian Atsu 'yet to be found ... (USA TODAY)

Ghanaian soccer player Christian Atsu is still missing after a powerful earthquake hit Turkey and parts of Syria earlier this week after his agent told news ...

“Following yesterday’s update from the club that Christian had been pulled out alive, we are yet to confirm Christian’s whereabouts. Unless I see Christian, or speak with him, I have no further updates,” Nana Sechere Ghanaian soccer player Christian Atsu is still missing after a powerful earthquake hit Turkey and parts of Syria earlier this week after his agent told news media that Atsu had been pulled from the rubble and was safe and stable.

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Soccer star Christian Atsu remains missing after Turkey earthquake (NBC News)

Despite reports that he had been pulled from the rubble, a soccer star remained missing Thursday after the devastating earthquakes in Turkey, ...

This followed an earlier tweet that said Sechere was doing everything he could to locate Atsu, 31, who has starred 61 times for his national team. Hours later, a second quake, registering at a magnitude-7.6, struck nearby. The first temblor struck Turkey and neighboring Syria in the early hours, and registered at magnitude-7.8, a “major” earthquake on the official magnitude scale. [Chelsea](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/europe/chelsea-fc-decries-horrific-invasion-ukraine-oligarch-owner-seeks-dist-rcna17861), [Newcastle United](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/saudi-newcastle-soccer-takeover-prompts-sportswashing-concerns-rcna2845) and several other teams in the [English Premier League](https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/champions-league-final-liverpool-real-madrid-english-soccer-win-rcna30911), had been reported safe by his agent Nana Sechere on Tuesday. Later the Ghanaian Football Association also tweeted that Atsu had “been successfully rescued from the rubble of the collapsed building and is receiving treatment.” Sechere tweeted that officials at Atsu’s current club Hatayspor, who play in Turkey’s top Super Lig, had told him that Atsu had been “pulled out of the rubble alive.”

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