Africa-Press – Cape verde. The Cape Verdean international Zé Luís, formerly of FC Porto and Braga, currently playing for Hatayspor, in Turkey, is safe and well after the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria in the early hours of this Monday, 6th . Christian Atsu, a colleague of Zé Luís who was missing, has already been found alive and taken to the hospital with injuries.
In addition to Zé Luís, Rúben Ribeiro, a former Sporting and Rio Ave player, currently also at Hatayspor, managed to escape safely from the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria this morning.
Christian Atsu, a former FC Porto player currently at Hatayspor, was missing, but has since been found alive and taken to the hospital with injuries.
In addition to Christian Atsu, at least one more physical trainer and the sporting director of the Turkish club are missing.
Djaniny Semedo also plays in Turkey
In the same championship, there is another Cape Verdean player playing, Djaniny Semedo, but in another club, Trabzonspor. We were unable to gather information.
It is known that the Turkish football league has been canceled and players are collecting donations.
It should be recalled that an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale hit southern Turkey early this Monday morning and killed around 3,000 people in that country and in Syria.
The earthquake was followed by a strong aftershock of 6.7 and two new aftershocks have already been registered, with the epicenter in central Turkey, with magnitudes of 7.7 and 5.7.
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