British police said in a statement that the body of Emiliano Sala, the professional football player born in Argentina, was officially identified after it was transported to the Port of Portland on Thursday. Sala, 28, was on his way from Nantes in western France on January 21 to participate in his first match with his new team, Cardiff City, which plays in the English Premier League, when his plane disappeared over the English Channel. The wreckage of the plane was found on Sunday. The Argentine striker joined Cardiff City in a record deal worth about 15 million pounds ($19.63 million) from French club Nantes. It is believed that he and the pilot died after the single-engine plane, a Pepper Malibu, fell into the sea. For more on Euronews: French club Nantes demands that Cardiff City pay Sala's value despite his plane crash and his loss A body was recovered from the wreckage of Premier League player Emiliano Sala