A former Premier League footballer pulled from the wreckage of his collapsed apartment block had plunged from the ninth floor of an 11-storey building.
Christian Atsu, 31, was on the books at Chelsea and played for Everton, Bournemouth and Newcastle before moving to Turkish club Hatayspor in September last year. The Ghanaian scored in the final minute of the club’s match against rivals Kasimpasa on Sunday afternoon and returned home to his apartment after celebrating with a late-night game of poker with his team-mates before the earthquake struck.
Atsu’s agent, Nana Sechere, who is in London, said: “The last I heard from him was at midnight on Sunday. Christian and his team-mates were playing poker until 3:30am at a friend's apartment.
