Ghanaian midfielder Christian Atsu, a former Málaga CF, Chelsea and Newclastle footballer, is among the many folks lacking after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale registered this Monday in southern Turkey, close to the border with Syria , report Turkish media.
Atsu, 30 years outdated and now within the ranks of Hatayspor within the Turkish Super League, might discover himself, together with sports activities director Taner Savut, among the many rubble of certainly one of 1000’s of buildings collapsed after the earthquake, from the place others have already been rescued alive. two gamers and two members of the workforce’s teaching workers.
Precisely, the Ghanaian midfielder, who’s going by means of his first season within the Ottoman entity, scored Hatayspor’s profitable objective towards Kasimpasa (1-0) on Sunday.
Concern in Malaga
Málaga, the workforce to which he was on mortgage from Chelsea in 2016, has proven its concern in regards to the state of its former footballer. “Turkish media studies that Christian Atsu, a former Malaguista participant, is trapped below rubble after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake. Our ideas are with him and his household in these moments of horrible anguish,” he stated on the social community. Twitter.
The stability of deaths attributable to the earthquake quantities to about 1,800, in response to knowledge offered by the authorities of Turkey, Syria and the ‘white helmets’, though it’s feared that the quantity might enhance within the subsequent few hours attributable to the truth that 1000’s of individuals they’ve been injured as many are nonetheless trapped within the rubble.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described the occasion as “the largest catastrophe for the reason that 1939 earthquake”, which left greater than 30,000 lifeless, and reported that 2,470 folks have been rescued, whereas confirming that greater than 2,800 buildings they’ve collapsed. The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) has identified that greater than 78 aftershocks have been registered, together with certainly one of magnitude 7.6 on the open Richter scale.