Abdul Thompson Conteh
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abdul Thompson Conteh | ||
Date of birth | July 2, 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Freetown, Sierra Leone | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1991–1992 | UDC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1994 | |||
1994–1995 | Atlético Marte | ||
1995–1996 | Toluca | ||
1996–1998 | Monterrey | 15 | (3) |
1999 | Motagua | ||
1999–2000 | Comunicaciones | ||
2000 | San Jose Earthquakes | 31 | (8) |
2001–2002 | D.C. United | 30 | (15) |
2002 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 2 | (0) |
National team | |||
1993–1997 | Sierra Leone | 17 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Abdul Thompson Conteh (born July 2, 1970 in Freetown) is a former Sierra Leonean football striker.
Conteh played three seasons in Major League Soccer, with San Jose Earthquakes in 2000 and D.C. United in 2001 and 2002.[1] He scored a total 15 goals in league play. Conteh also played in Mexico (Toluca and Monterrey), El Salvador (Atlético Marte) and Guatemala (Comunicaciones), as well as the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the USL A-League. He used number 690 in his shirt when he played with Monterrey in 1998.
In 2000, Conteh was named MLS Humanitarian of the Year for his work with the American Red Cross to "raise funds to try to allieve the suffering in Sierra Leone".[2]
References[]
- ^ "MLS: D.C. United waives Thompson Conteh". Retrieved 2018-05-16.
- ^ "MLSnet: News". 2001-08-03. Archived from the original on 2001-08-03. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
External links[]
- "contehtraining.com". Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2008.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - Abdul Thompson Conteh at Major League Soccer
- Abdul Thompson Conteh at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile[permanent dead link] at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
Categories:
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Freetown
- Sierra Leonean footballers
- Sierra Leone international footballers
- 1994 African Cup of Nations players
- Sierra Leonean expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Guyana
- C.D. Atlético Marte footballers
- Expatriate footballers in El Salvador
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Liga MX players
- Deportivo Toluca F.C. players
- C.F. Monterrey players
- Expatriate footballers in Guatemala
- Comunicaciones F.C. players
- F.C. Motagua players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Major League Soccer players
- San Jose Earthquakes players
- Sierra Leonean emigrants to the United States
- D.C. United players
- USL First Division players
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC players
- Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Association football forwards
- Sierra Leonean football biography stubs