Christian Atsu

Christian Atsu was a Ghanaian footballer (10 January 1992 – 6 February 2023). Atsu played as a winger for Newcastle United and Porto. Atsu scored 32 goals in 272 league and international games and won 4 trophies, including 2 league titles.

Atsu's career stats

GamesGoals
Clubs, league games20723
Ghana659
Total27232

Goals per game: 0.12.

Atsu's trophies and awards

  • Trophies with club and country: 4
  • League titles: 2
  • Domestic cups: 1
  • Other international club trophies: 1
  • Individual awards: 8

Porto Youth

  • Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup: 1 (2011)

Porto

  • Primeira Liga: 1 (2012–13)
  • Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1 (2012)

Newcastle United

  • EFL Championship: 1 (2016–17)

Individual

  • Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup Golden Ball: 1 (2011)
  • Vitesse Player of the Year: 1 (2013–14)
  • Africa Cup of Nations Player of the Tournament: 1 (2015)
  • Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2 (2015, 2017)
  • Africa Cup of Nations Goal of the Tournament: 1 (2015)
  • Dragão de Ouro – Young Athlete of the Year: 1 (2011)
  • Cyrille Regis Players Award: 1 (2018)

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

  1. 2011–2013: Porto, 17 games, 1 goal
  2. 2011–2012: Rio Ave (loan), 27 games, 6 goals
  3. 2013–2017: Chelsea, 0 games, 0 goals
  4. 2013–2014: Vitesse (loan), 28 games, 5 goals
  5. 2014–2015: Everton (loan), 5 games, 0 goals
  6. 2015–2016: Bournemouth (loan), 0 games, 0 goals
  7. 2016: Málaga (loan), 12 games, 2 goals
  8. 2016–2017: Newcastle United (loan), 32 games, 5 goals
  9. 2017–2021: Newcastle United, 75 games, 3 goals
  10. 2021–2022: Al Raed, 8 games, 0 goals
  11. 2022–2023: Hatayspor, 3 games, 1 goal

What fans say about Atsu

More Ghanaian footballers