Christian Atsu

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Christian Atsu
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Christian Atsu, 2015
Personnel
Surname Christian Atsu Twasam
birthday January 10, 1992
place of birth Ada ,  Ghana
size 172 cm
position Left winger
Juniors
Years station
2009-2011 FC Porto
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2011-2013 FC Porto 17 0(1)
2011–2012 → Rio Ave FC (loan) 27 0(6)
2013-2016 Chelsea FC 0 0(0)
2013-2014 → Vitesse Arnhem (loan) 26 0(5)
2014-2015 → Everton FC (loan) 5 0(0)
2015-2016 → AFC Bournemouth (loan) 0 0(0)
2016 → Málaga CF (loan) 12 0(2)
2016– Newcastle United 106 0(8)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2012– Ghana 60 (10)
1 Only league games are given.
As of January 21, 2020

2 As of June 29, 2019

Christian Atsu Twasam (born January 10, 1992 in Ada ) is a Ghanaian football player .

Career

society

At the age of 17, Atsu moved to Portugal in the youth department of FC Porto . In the 2010/11 season he was appointed to the professional squad for the first time on May 14, 2011 for the game against Marítimo Funchal by then coach André Villas-Boas . However, he was not substituted in in the 2-0 away win.

For the 2011/12 season he was loaned to Rio Ave FC together with his teammate Kelvin to gain match practice. He made his first appearance on the third matchday in the home defeat against SC Olhanense . He scored his first goal in the third game on matchday five in a 3-2 home defeat by Sporting Lisbon . On December 16, 2011 in the game against Benfica Lisbon Atsu scored the opening goal for his club in the 24th minute. Nevertheless, Benfica won 5-1 in the end. In his last game for Rio Ave on the last day of the season Atsu met his home club, FC Porto . At this point Porto was already the champions and won the match 5-2 in the Rio Ave stadium. Atsu scored the second goal to make it 2: 3.

On September 1, 2013 Atsu signed a five-year contract with Chelsea FC until June 30, 2018 and was loaned to Vitesse Arnhem in the Dutch Eredivisie until the end of the 2013/14 season .

For the 2014/15 season Atsu was loaned to Everton FC . A season later Atsu was awarded to the Premier League promoted AFC Bournemouth . After Atsu did not play in the league there, he was awarded to the Spanish Primera División on January 26, 2016 at FC Málaga .

After only twelve appearances and two goals, Atsu signed on August 31, 2016, initially as a loan player at Newcastle United . He was firmly committed to the 2017/18 season and signed a contract until June 30, 2021.

National team

He played his first international match for Ghana on June 1, 2012 in the qualifier for the 2014 World Cup against Lesotho . At home in Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi , he was substituted on in the 67th minute by coach James Kwesi Appiah and scored the fifth goal in Ghana's 7-0 win.

successes

FC Porto

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ATSU MOVES TO CHELSEA FROM PORTUGAL ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.chelseafc.com
  2. ^ Everton loan for Atsu
  3. ↑ Christian Atsu: Chelsea winger joins AFC Bournemouth on loan BBC Sport.
  4. ↑ Chelsea FC: Atsu in Malaga loan , January 26, 2016, accessed January 26, 2016.
  5. ^ Newcastle United: Magpies confirm Atsu arrival , May 24, 2017, accessed May 24, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Atsu, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Atsu Twasam, Christian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ghanaian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Ada , Ghana