ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana international winger Christian Atsu is among those missing after the collapse of an apartment building in Hatay, Turkey, following Monday's huge earthquake.
He scored a 97th minute winner for Turkish top-flight side Hatayspor on Sunday night as they beat Kasımpasa 1-0, but just hours later was reported missing following the 7.8 magnitude quake that brought down whole apartment blocks in several Turkish and Syrian cities.
He told BeIN Sports several players and officials had been rescued and the club was working to help others. Newcastle, who Atsu helped to promotion from the Championship in the 2016/17, tweeted they were"praying for some positive news". Chelsea also tweeted their prayers.
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