Profile of Christian Atsu Twasam, 1992 - 2023

At an early age of about five, his football talent was so evident and his late father used to tell everybody his son will be the next big player in Ghana.

By age 10, he was scouted by the Coach of the then Ga District under 12 football team to represent the district in the Greater Accra Region under 12 inter district football competition that was hosted in Tema when he was playing for La Nkwanta Primary School.

Though the Ga district team came as the runner up of the competition, Atsu won the best player of that tournament and was subsequently chosen to represent Greater Accra in the national Milo under 12 championship in Kumasi.

Before the tournament in Kumasi, he was seen by scouts of Feyenoord Fetteh Football Academy in one of his games for Peace Boys Football Club at Achimota, Accra and was picked for further trials at their academy in Gomoa Fetteh.

Atsu, never returned to the youth ranks and was made a permanent first team player.

Chelsea Football Club reportedly brought the rumours to an end by signing him for an amount believed to be in the region of £3.5 million and was immediately loaned to Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem for the 2013–14 season.

On his debut against Lesotho at the Babayara Sports Stadium, he scored in the process and from that time became an integral part of coach Kwesi Appiah’s team and subsequent coaches of the senior national team