Christian Atsu

Christian Atsu

Atsu with Ghana in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Christian Atsu Twasam[1]
Date of birth	(1992-01-10)10 January 1992
Place of birth	Ada Foah, Ghana
Date of death	18 February 2023(2023-02-18) (aged 31)
Place of death	Antakya, Turkey
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
	Feyenoord Fetteh
	Cheetah
2009–2011	Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2013	Porto	17	(1)
2011–2012	→ Rio Ave (loan)	27	(6)
2013–2017	Chelsea	0	(0)
2013–2014	→ Vitesse (loan)	28	(5)
2014–2015	→ Everton (loan)	5	(0)
2015–2016	→ Bournemouth (loan)	0	(0)
2016	→ Málaga (loan)	12	(2)
2016–2017	→ Newcastle United (loan)	32	(5)
2017–2021	Newcastle United	75	(3)
2021–2022	Al Raed	8	(0)
2022–2023	Hatayspor	3	(1)
Total		207	(23)
International career
2012–2019	Ghana	65	(9)
Medal record Representing  Ghana Men's football Africa Cup of Nations Runner-up 2015 Equatorial Guinea
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christian Atsu Twasam (10 January 1992 – 18 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, 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.