Abdul Thompson Conteh
Personal information
Full name	Abdul Thompson Conteh
Date of birth	July 2, 1970 (1970-07-02) (age 39)
Place of birth	Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth career
1991–1992	UDC
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-98 1999-00 2000 2001-02 2002	Georgetown Cobras Atlético Marte Toluca Monterrey Comunicaciones San Jose Earthquakes D.C. United Pittsburgh Riverhounds	15 0(3) 31 0(8) 30 (15) 2 0 (0)
National team
1993-1997	Sierra Leone	17 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Abdul Thompson Conteh (born July 2, 1970 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a former soccer striker.

Conteh played three seasons in Major League Soccer, with San Jose Earthquakes in 2000 and D.C. United in 2001 and 2002. 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 was notorious for using 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"[1].

[edit] External links

• All-Time Player Register at Mlsnet.com
• Profile at MedioTiempo.com (Spanish)
• http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=14773
• http://www.contehtraining.com/Biography.html

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