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[the_engineer 1,415]

Turkish and Malatyaspor goalkeeper, Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan has died in the earthquake aged 28.

 

Christian Atsu 31 who used to play for Newcastle,Everton and Chelsea is missing under the rubble.

[OneManJury 84]

3 hours ago, the_engineer said:

Turkish and Malatyaspor goalkeeper, Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan has died in the earthquake aged 28.

 

Christian Atsu 31 who used to play for Newcastle,Everton and Chelsea is missing under the rubble.

Bad show!

[justonecornetto 948]

Leyton Orient midfielder Peter Allen has died aged 76. He is Orient's all-time appearance record holder and is their only player to have played more than 400 games.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Allen_(footballer)

[max_bossetti 149]

7 hours ago, the_engineer said:

Turkish and Malatyaspor goalkeeper, Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan has died in the earthquake aged 28.

 

Christian Atsu 31 who used to play for Newcastle,Everton and Chelsea is missing under the rubble.

Christian Atsu found alive, now in hospital.

EDIT: according to Mustafa Özat (Atsu's Manager), Atsu and Hatayspor's sporting director Taner Savutis are still under the rubble.

[Ulitzer95 12,577]

12 hours ago, the_engineer said:

Turkish and Malatyaspor goalkeeper, Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan has died in the earthquake aged 28.

 

Christian Atsu 31 who used to play for Newcastle,Everton and Chelsea is missing under the rubble.

Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan’s death has now been denied. However, he’s still still under the rubble.

[Ulitzer95 12,577]

4 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan’s death has now been denied. However, he’s still still under the rubble.

Confirmed again?

[diego 1,980]

František Cipro former Czech football player passed away at age 75, played 232 matches and scored 41 goals for Slavia Prague, as coach of the same team he was champion of the first Czech league and reached the semi final of the Uefa cup in 96

https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/domaci-zivot-v-cesku-zemrel-frantisek-cipro-legendarnimu-trenerovi-bylo-75-let-225256

[Sinbabad 1,115]

Former Ukrainian international Oleksandr Radchenko, 17 caps between 2002 and 2005, is dead aged 46 :

https://news.obozrevatel.com/ukr/sport/football/pomer-kolishnij-futbolist-dinamo-ta-zbirnoi-ukraini.htm

[drol 11,923]

Perenially dying football manager Miroslav "Ciro" Blazevic dead at 87, two days before turning 88.

[time 8,594]

John King  ex- player and manager with former FA Cup upset specialists Altrincham FC has died.

[YoungWillz 21,028]

4 hours ago, drol said:

Perenially dying football manager Miroslav "Ciro" Blazevic dead at 87, two days before turning 88.

DDP QO example  for Blazevic: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/feb/08/miroslav-ciro-blazevic-croatia-footballing-father-died-aged-87

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

4 hours ago, drol said:

Perenially dying football manager Miroslav "Ciro" Blazevic dead at 87, two days before turning 88.

 

I know it's cliche to say this whenever a football figure dies, but what a team that Croatia 98 side were. They probably would have won the tournament if it wasn't staged in France.

[gcreptile 10,964]

Blazevic is a DDP unique for Banana's B-team by the way. Only B-team because he thought there weren't any bonusses to Blazevic. But then apparently, everybody thought so, and so nobody really picked him.

 

(Also interesting for the discussion on whether unique picks in the DDP should get even higher scores. I'm against it, because you can get an almost game-breaking bonus by luck.)

[MarcJWallace 270]

Volkan Kahraman, an Austrian midfielder who had three caps for the national team, has been shot and killed by a friend in Vienna in what is being described as a murder-suicide.

 

https://www.krone.at/2925194

[the_engineer 1,415]

On 06/02/2023 at 21:10, max_bossetti said:

Christian Atsu found alive, now in hospital.

EDIT: according to Mustafa Özat (Atsu's Manager), Atsu and Hatayspor's sporting director Taner Savutis are still under the rubble.

 

Christian atsu has been alive ,dead saved, under rubble,out the rubble & back under again all in the space of a 48 hours. The reports of him being rescued seem to be another African man being rescued & assumed to be him. Not sure how accurate that is. This could literally go on for weeks/months until he's found. 

[YoungWillz 21,028]

On 07/03/2012 at 14:19, VSBfromH said:

Marquitos

 

Marcos "Marquitos" Alonso Imaz, who helped Real Madrid win a record five straight European Cups, has died. He was 78. His grandson is the current Bolton player, Marcos Alonso.

His son Marcos Alonso Pena, who was in the squad for runners up Spain at Euro 1984, dead aged 63: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21326956/marcos-alonso-pena-dead-at-63/

[The Old Crem 3,582]

31 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

His son Marcos Alonso Pena, who was in the squad for runners up Spain at Euro 1984, dead aged 63: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21326956/marcos-alonso-pena-dead-at-63/

The long illness explains why his son was desperate to leave Chelsea in the summer as it was reported he had personal reasons as to why he wanted to move back to Spain. 

[The Old Crem 3,582]

Alex Stepney was at Old Trafford last night and with the pictures on Social Media he looks well for 80. 

[DCI Frank Burnside 3,887]

Be interesting to see who the last man standing from the 1968 team will be. Stepney although 80 does have the advantage over others from that era in that he wasn't an  outfield player so wouldn't have been heading the ball when we see the amount of outfield players from that era suffering from Dementia

[YoungWillz 21,028]

Jason Bowen, Swansea, Birmingham City, Cardiff and briefly Wales player, has had MND since 2021: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64584307

[Sinbabad 1,115]

1 hour ago, DCI Frank Burnside said:

Be interesting to see who the last man standing from the 1968 team will be.

It would be nice if Bobby Charlton will be the last man standing from the 1966 England team AND the 1968 Manchester team

[Octopus of Odstock 2,186]

2 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Jason Bowen, Swansea, Birmingham City, Cardiff and briefly Wales player, has had MND since 2021: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64584307

 

You missed out his best club

 

Ex-Reading as well and I remember him well as a classy winger, decent crosser of the ball.

 

Worryingly, the statement didn't include a quote from Bowen directly, just his family which makes me fear he's more likely to be a quicker death than some of the 5/6 years on average for others.

 

Really sad, but these MND cases are only likely to increase.

[The Old Crem 3,582]

1 hour ago, Octopus of Odstock said:

 

You missed out his best club

 

Ex-Reading as well and I remember him well as a classy winger, decent crosser of the ball.

 

Worryingly, the statement didn't include a quote from Bowen directly, just his family which makes me fear he's more likely to be a quicker death than some of the 5/6 years on average for others.

 

Really sad, but these MND cases are only likely to increase.

I wonder why they will increase. With rugby we have the transition to  professionalism being a trigger for MND and Dementia Increase but while footballers have got stronger have they really increased their risk of Brain damage even further? Compared to previous generations? 

[Sean 6,313]

On 08/02/2023 at 22:13, the_engineer said:

 

Christian atsu has been alive ,dead saved, under rubble,out the rubble & back under again all in the space of a 48 hours. The reports of him being rescued seem to be another African man being rescued & assumed to be him. Not sure how accurate that is. This could literally go on for weeks/months until he's found. 

Partner confirms on BBC News that he is still missing .Well over 100 hours now.

[Sean 6,313]

https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Contractor-of-Christian-Atsu-s-apartment-arrested-after-attempting-to-flee-Turkey-1712624

 

Atsu still missing however in related news the contractor of the building he was staying in has been remanded in custody after trying to flee Turkey.