{"id":45048,"date":"2023-03-17T08:28:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T08:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/17\/christian-atsu-journeys-home\/"},"modified":"2023-03-17T08:28:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T08:28:56","slug":"christian-atsu-journeys-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/17\/christian-atsu-journeys-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Atsu Journeys Home &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Funeral for the late Black Stars player, Christian Atsu Twasam has started today, Friday, March 17.<\/p>\n<p>A burial and thanksgiving service is underway at the Forecourt of the State House after filing past started at 6:30am.<\/p>\n<p>His mortal remains will be taken to Dogobome in Ada in the Greater Accra for interment.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a family gathering later on Sunday, March 19 for the final funeral rites.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-394203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20230317-WA0004-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The Friday\u2019s service at the Forecourt of the State House is expected to see family and friends including past and present Black Stars players filing past the body.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Guest of Honour will be President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Atsu met his untimely death in February after a deadly earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria with the southern city where the footballer is plying his trade hardest-hit.<\/p>\n<p>After 12 days of search, the Ghanaian footballer\u2019s body was found under the rubble of his apartment.<\/p>\n<p>His body was brought back to Ghana on Sunday, February 19 via Turkish Airlines.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-394204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20230317-WA0005-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old Atsu played 65 times for the Black Stars and contributed 19 goals.<\/p>\n<p>He also featured for European giants like FC Porto, Chelsea and Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>Until his death, he was a player of Turkey\u2019s Hatayspor, whose officials are expected to be in town for the funeral service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Vincent Kubi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Funeral for the late Black Stars player, Christian Atsu Twasam has started today, Friday, March 17. 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