The tragic fate of Serge Aurier's brother, shot dead in Toulouse

The life of Christopher Aurier, 26, ended on Monday at dawn. Serge's one-year-old cadet, a former PSG sidekick now in Tottenham, was shot dead in front of a dancing bar in an industrial area on the outskirts of Toulouse. Injured in the abdomen, he died on his arrival at the Rangueil hospital center. In charge of the investigation, the Regional Judicial Police Service (SRPJ) is still looking for the author of the shots.

Both trained at RC Lens, the Aurier brothers did not have the same football destiny. Ironically, however, it was Christopher, striker, who was the most gifted and had insisted that the Sang et Or also welcome his elder during a joint test from FC Villepinte.

Two ruptures of the cruciate ligaments in four years and a few misconducts will put an end to his dreams of glory. Lens does not keep it. He misses a golden opportunity to go to Nantes. These journeys begin to distort youth. Tests in England, Qatar ... "I lost too much time because of bad advice from my agents at the time," he explained to the Parisian in January 2019 when he came back to Chantilly (N3) after Templeuve ( Belgian D4), Toulouse Rodeo (N3), Rebecq (Belgian D5) or Gueugnon (N3).

"Serge didn't do the same bullshit as me"

“I’m not hiding from you that when I was young I was making mistakes and that’s what slowed me down. I was not serious. I answered the coach, I didn't want to go to training anymore, I was doing bullshit at school. Serge did not do the same bullshit as me, "he said in an interview with So Foot.

"He was a nice, good-natured boy who liked to go out," recalls Amer Arroum, a former partner at the Lens training center. On the field, he had good athleticism, he kept the ball back to play, he was powerful with a good strike from the left. Reasonable basics. "

Today in Reims, Arroum is behind the arrival of Aurier in the Oise, at US Chantilly (USC). "We hadn't seen each other for three or four years and we met in a traffic jam on the ring road," he smiles. He told me he was looking for a club and I thought it would be a good proposition to make to my coach. The Cantilian stay however came to an end. An official match and a half and a few training sessions before disappearing as it came…

All our thoughts go out to the family and loved ones of Christopher #Aurier, a former Racing trained player, who died tragically this morning. # Rclens pic.twitter.com/NXQUnfprsb

"He looked very correct with his teammates but we didn't know him much," blows Babacar Mbaye, deputy president of the USC. We took it in a hurry and it left us in the lurch. We remained without news, then he apologized, explaining that he had family concerns (note: linked to his mother) and had to stay in Toulouse. Too bad because he really had qualities. We didn't take it just because he was the other's brother… ”

Messages of support from Mbappé and Kurzawa

Christopher had almost hung up his crampons. But seeing his brother, who received the support of Mbappé and Kurzawa on Monday, and some former Lensois (Varane or Kondogbia) shine in Europe had given him the desire to continue. He was still playing at the Young Entente Toulousaine (Departmental 1) in recent months and was preparing to join Juventus Papus (R1), another formation from the Pink City. "Rest in peace, brother!" A nice guy who deserved so much better posted the JET. We will keep in your hearts your kindness, your smiles and all the times when you were ready to help us. "

I'm with you 🕊❤️🙏🏽 ... @Serge_aurier

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Arroum had lost sight of him lately. "Football is played more in the head than in the legs," he says. And he didn't have too much head in football. He had little problems, but seeing him end up like that, I'm still in shock. "

Anonymous on the lawns despite his surname, Aurier was however known to the justice system. In May 2017, while moving to Rebecq, he was sentenced to ten months suspended prison sentence for the assault of a prostitute in Lille. Confused by his DNA which was already in the police files.