They rescue the lifeless body of football player Christian Atsu

The lifeless body of a Ghanaian football player Christian Atsuformer Málaga player, was found under the ruins of a residence in a Turkish city hataione of the most devastating in the strong earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria last day 6

This was reported to the Turkish media by Atsu’s representative in Turkey, Murat Uzunmehmet, confirming the death of the international player of the Ghana national team and the Turkish club Hatayspor, who is missing.

31-year-old striker, who was also a member Porthe Chelsea or Newcastleamong other clubs, he died under the ruins of his house in “Ronesans Residence”, where his relatives, who moved to Turkey, followed the rescue operations for days.

Manager of Hatayspor Fatih IlekHe said Atsu had planned to leave the club, and bought a plane ticket to France on the same day as the earthquake, but abandoned that plan after scoring a goal in the last minute of the match against Kasimpas Istanbul and canceled the trip.

“He had a plane ticket, but he refused to leave because he was playing well and scoring goals. The earthquake caught him on his happiest day,” said Ilek.

Atsu had been missing since the first day of the earthquake, well 7.7 and 7.6 degrees of magnitude, which left the least 45,000 killed in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria.

Taner Savut, sports director of Hatayspor, was also found under the ruins of the residence of the Ronesans, where Atsu lived, but nothing is known about him yet.

Experts estimate that there are still tens of thousands of bodies under the collapsed buildings.

The Turkish Football Federation has approved the withdrawal from leagues of nine teams, including Hatayspor (Super League), which lost players or suffered heavy damage in the earthquakes.