Christian Atsu
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Born
1992-01-10
Ada Foah, GhanaDied
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Position
Midfielder
Status
Deceased
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1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
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Left
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Christian Atsu Twasam (10 January 1992 – c. 18 February 2023) was a Ghanaian professional footballer who primarily played as a winger, although he was also 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 Arnhem, Everton, AFC 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.
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 English Championship |  Newcastle | 2016-2017 | |
 Portuguese Primeira Liga |  FC Porto | 2012-2013 | |
 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | FC Porto | 2012 |
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Former Youth Teams
 FC Porto | 2009-2011 | Youth | - | - |
Former Senior Teams
| FC Porto | 2011-2013 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Rio Ave | 2011-2012 | Loan | - | - | |
 Ghana | 2012-2019 | International | - | - | |
 Chelsea | 2013-2017 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Vitesse | 2013-2014 | Loan | - | - | |
 Everton | 2014-2015 | Loan | - | - | |
 Bournemouth | 2015-2016 | Loan | - | - | |
 Malaga | 2016 | Loan | - | - | |
| Newcastle | 2016-2017 | Loan | - | - | |
| Newcastle | 2017-2021 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Al-Raed | 2021-2022 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Hatayspor | 2022-2023 | Permanent | - | - |
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 Newcastle | 2017-2021 | - |
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