Friendly match between Vanuatu and Solomon Islands this afternoon will be observing a one-minute silence for Futsal keeper Atta Elayyan at Lawson Tama Stadium.
Atta Flayyan died in the Christchurch Terror Attack in New Zealand.
According to Stuff, Atta Elayyan was set to coach his Christchurch Boys’ High School futsal team at the secondary school nationals in a week’s time.
The 33-year-old goalkeeper, who played 19 A internationals for the New Zealand Futsal Whites, was one of the 50 victims of the terrorist attack in Christchurch on Friday afternoon.
Kuwait-born Elayyan was praying at the Masjid Al Noor Mosque next to South Hagley Park, as he regularly did on a Friday, when he was shot. He is survived by wife Farah and young daughter Aya.
Elayyan, a cornerstone of the Canterbury United Futsal Dragons, caught up with good friend Ronan Naicker, a day earlier on Thursday, to pick up gear for his Christchurch Boys’ futsal (indoor football) team.
