Christian Atsu Twasam (10 January 1992 – c. 6 February 2023) was a Ghanaian professional footballer who primarily played as a winger, although he was deployed as an attacking midfielder or left back.
Atsu began his career with Porto, also spending a season on loan at Rio Ave. In 2013, he was signed by Chelsea for £3.5 million, who subsequently loaned him to Vitesse Arnhem, Everton, Bournemouth and Málaga. After spending the 2016–17 season on loan at Newcastle United, he completed a permanent transfer to the club in May 2017. Following the end of his four-year contract he played for Al Raed in Saudi Arabia and Hatayspor in Turkey, where he died in the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake at age 31.
A full international with 65 caps from 2012 to 2019, Atsu represented Ghana at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and four Africa Cup of Nations tournaments. He helped the team finish as runners-up at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, in which he also won Player of the Tournament and Goal of the Tournament.
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ChristianAtsu Twasam (10 January 1992 – c. 6 February 2023) was a Ghanaian professional footballer who primarily played as a winger, although he was deployed...
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collapsed, trapping players and staff. All were rescued except player ChristianAtsu who died, and sporting director Taner Savut, whose body was found on...
After scoring his goal, he paid tribute to fellow Ghanaian footballer, ChristianAtsu, who died in the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake. He ran to the sideline...
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competition. Key players in the squad from this period included Davy Pröpper, ChristianAtsu and Bertrand Traoré. Vitesse announced on 13 June 2016 that Henk Fraser...
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February, in the same building collapse that killed Hatayspor player ChristianAtsu. He was 48, and his body was found on 21 February. "Taner Savut". World...
credited with the assists for the goals scored by Jamaal Lascelles and ChristianAtsu in wins over Swansea City and Stoke City. On 28 November, he assisted...
(1990–1995). Notable people killed during the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake: ChristianAtsu, 31, Ghanaian footballer (Newcastle United, Hatayspor, national team)...
his shot went straight to Ghanaian goalkeeper Brimah Razak. Ghana's ChristianAtsu had what writers for France 24 named the best chance of the match when...
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made his debut for the club on 11 December 2014, replacing the injured ChristianAtsu 11 minutes into a UEFA Europa League group match against FC Krasnodar...
coming from Premier League, Serie A and Ligue 1 rosters. Jordan Ayew, ChristianAtsu, Asamoah Gyan, Daniel Amartey, Mubarak Wakaso and André Ayew were some...
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