player from ghana in uncertain whereabouts in the earthquake in Turkey.
Turkish club Hatayspor, where Ghana striker Christian Atsu is currently playing, said the athlete remains missing after the earthquake, although there are contradictory reports that claim he was rescued a day after the disaster.
The Turkish Football Association announced after the earthquake that all matches were postponed indefinitely.
Whereabouts of Christian Atsu
Christian Atsu remains missing in Turkey after devastating earthquakes hit the country and Syria, his club told news agencies, although there was a previous report claiming he had been rescued.
On Tuesday, according to the vice president of Hatayspor, Christian Atsu, 31, was buried under the rubble of a building in Hatay province, in southern Turkey, after earthquakes of magnitude 7,8 and 7,6 of Monday and its aftershocks, but he was allegedly taken out alive and transported to the hospital.
But on Wednesday, Hatayspor coach Volkan Demirel said the hunt for Christian Atsu was continuing.
"There is still no information about his whereabouts, we do not know where he is, nor is there any record of him having been removed or taken elsewhere".
Demirel told the Reuters news agency.
However, club vice-president Mustafa Ozat had informed the media that Atsu had been rescued despite club sporting director Taner Savut remaining under the rubble.
On the other hand, Hatayspor doctor Gurbey Kahveci told the media that they had not yet been able to locate Atsu or Savut.
"The club was informed that Atsu had been taken to Dortyol Hospital, when we received the news we went to look for him, but he was not there."
"Unfortunately, at this time, we have accepted that Taner and Christian Atsu have yet to be found," Kahveci said.
Atsu's agent, Gaynor Frascione, said she was worried about her client.
“We don't know if he's alive. There were also 18 students from Ghana in that building, the Turkish ambassador said he was rescued.”
"The vice-president of the club also stated the same, but the doctor and the coach made an opposite statement, it is complete chaos," she added.
Christian Atsu
Christian Atsu, 31, spent four seasons at Chelsea before a permanent move to Newcastle in 2017. He signed in September for Hatayspor, a Turkish Super League club based in Hatay, near the epicenter of the earthquake.
Completed 60 caps for Ghana as of September 2019.
The Earthquake
This Monday, February 6, 2023, there were two earthquakes of magnitude 7,8 and 7,6 in the Kahramanmaras region, hitting Turkey and Syria and more than 650 aftershocks have been recorded so far.
The death toll from the earthquake is currently 20.411, according to the latest update from Turkey's Presidency's Emergency and Disaster Management body.
Rescue teams continued to remove people who had been trapped in the rubble for days and according to the WHO, as well as several experts, said that the number of victims should continue to increase in the coming days, and could reach 150.000.
Turkey announced that it has received pledges of aid from 95 countries and 16 international organizations since Monday, with 6.479 rescue teams from 56 countries currently operating in the 10 provinces affected by the earthquake, with teams from another 19 countries ready to go into action. action in the next 24 hours.
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