Ghana soccer star Christian Atsu still missing following Turkey earthquake, agent tells CNN

    By Sammy Mngqosini, CNN

    Updated 1209 GMT (2009 HKT) February 15, 2023

    Atsu -- who has represented several different English clubs, including Chelsea, Everton, Bournemouth and Newcastle -- is still missing following the devastating earthquake.
    Atsu -- who has represented several different English clubs, including Chelsea, Everton, Bournemouth and Newcastle -- is still missing following the devastating earthquake.

    (CNN)Ghana soccer star Christian Atsu is still missing 10 days after last Monday's magnitude 7.8 earthquake devastated Turkey and Syria, his agent told CNN Sport on Wednesday.

    "We are still searching for Christian. We have asked AFAD (The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency) to place his picture in all local and national hospitals," Atsu's agent Nana Sechere told CNN in a WhatsApp message on Wednesday.
    Tens of thousands of people have been killed in Syria and Turkey, and survival stories are becoming few and far between as rescue and recovery efforts continue in both countries.
      Sechere, who is in southern Turkey's Hatay province with the winger's family, pleaded for more resources and help to locate the Hatayspor player on Tuesday.
        Personnel conduct search and rescue operations in the debris of the building where Atsu lives in Hatay, Turkey, on February 12.