Crans-Montana Bar Fire Hero Achieves Career Milestone

Pulse Sports Team 13:14 - 21 April 2026

French footballer Tahirys Dos Santos has signed his first professional contract after surviving a deadly bar fire in Switzerland on New Year's Day. He inked the deal with French club FC Metz.

The Ligue 1 club announced the signing of a one-year contract on Monday evening, nine days after the 19-year-old defender returned to action with the reserve team. Dos Santos sustained severe burns in a bar fire at the Crans Montana ski resort in the early hours of January 1st. The tragedy resulted in 41 fatalities and over 100 injuries.

"This moment holds even greater significance for me after the difficult months I spent in the hospital. This ordeal has strengthened me and taught me never to give up," Dos Santos stated in a club announcement, according to the AP agency.