The Professional Footballer Association of Ghana (PFAG) have mourned the passing away of Christian Atsu.
The 31-year-old, who played for Turkish side Hatayspor, has been confirmed dead following an earthquake in Turkey on February 6.
The football world have been thrown into a state of shock and mourning after news broke of his unfortunate demise.
We are profoundly saddened to learn of the passing of Black Stars winger Christian Atsu.
The thoughts of everyone at PFAG are with his family, friends and the entire Ghana football fraternity at this awful time.
Rest well, Christian 🙏 pic.twitter.com/xrrA4TJrl8
— PFAG (@PFAGofficial) February 18, 2023
The winger joined Hatayspor for free on September 6, 2022, after leaving the Saudi Arabian team Al-Raed. He scored 1 goal in 4 matches he took part in for Hatayspor.
In his career, the Ghanaian football player also played for teams such as Feyenoord Ghana, Porto U19, Porto, Chelsea, Vitesse, Everton, Bournemouth, Malaga, Newcastle United and Al-Raed.
Atsu spent eight years signed to Premier League clubs including Chelsea, Bournemouth, Everton and Newcastle.
He was signed by Chelsea in 2013 before being sent on loan to Dutch club Vitesse.
Atsu played 65 times for Ghana, scoring nine goals and was a member of the Black Stars squad that featured at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.