The coffin of Christian Atsu right via his funeral on the Convey Condominium in Accra, Ghana, on March 17.© AFP
Ghana gave insist funeral honours to customary Shadowy Stars and Chelsea player, Christian Atsu, who died in last month’s earthquake in Turkey, with a ceremony led by President Nana Akufo-Addo. Tributes had been paid to the customary Newcastle winger as he became laid to relaxation in a coffin draped in Ghana’s nationwide colours of red, yellow, inexperienced and dusky with calls to preserve alive the legacy of the player who “gave his lifestyles to humanity”. At the insist-assisted funeral held on the forecourt of Accra’s Convey Condominium, Atsu’s widow Marie-Claire Rupio broke down whereas reading a tribute, saying he left with an ingredient of her.
“You potentially did no longer sail on my own for fragment of me went with you. Your love is easy my handbook, and though I cannot sight you, you are continually so filled with lifestyles,” Rupio acknowledged.
“You regarded as if it can per chance per chance be immortal. Your smile, your love, I sight you in our kid’s smile.”
Passe performers had been among those paying tribute whereas customary group mates wore dusky-shirts with images of Atsu on the front. Grieving followers lined as much as sight his coffin which pay below a white marquee tent.
The 31-yr-outmoded footballer became came upon ineffective on February 18 following the 7.8-magnitude quake that hit southern Turkey and Syria on February 6, killing more than 50,000 of us in both international locations.
Dignitaries at the side of Ghana’s vice president Mahamudu Bawumia, customary president John Mahama, officers from Atsu’s last club Hatayspor in Turkey, the Ghana FA and the not unusual public attended the ceremony.
He will be buried in his hometown of Ada on Ghana’s southeast fling.
Previous the pitch, Atsu became admired and appreciated for his philanthropic actions at the side of giving scholarships to unpleasant schoolchildren in Ghana and also paying fines for prisoners to produce their freedom.
Atsu beforehand played for Cheetah FC, Rio Ave, FC Porto, AFC Bournemouth, Everton FC, and Malaga CF. He made 65 appearances for Ghana and played on the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea the build apart he became named the finest player of the tournament.
Atsu became also a member of Ghana’s squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Atsu is survived by his wife and three formative years.
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