Kewullay Conteh

Infobox Football biography
playername = Kewullay Conteh


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|12|31
cityofbirth = Freetown
countryofbirth = Sierra Leone
currentclub = AlbinoLeffe
clubnumber =
position = Right/centre back
height = height|m=1.85
youthyears = 1994–1995
youthclubs = FC Café Opera
years = 1995–1997 1997–1998
1998–2000 2000–2002 2002–2006 2006–2007 2007–
clubs = Atalanta
FC Café Opera
Chievo Verona
Venezia Palermo
Atalanta
AlbinoLeffe
caps(goals) = 02 (0)
00 (0)
60 (1)
44 (0)
69 (1)
01 (0)
34 (0)
nationalyears = 1996-
nationalteam = Sierra Leone
nationalcaps(goals) = 120 (2)
pcupdate = 6 June 2007
ntupdate = N/A

Kewullay Conteh (born 31 December 1977 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean footballer currently playing for Serie B side Albinoleffe. He is also a player for the Leone Stars, Sierra Leone national football team.

Conteh first moved to Italy in November 1995, joining Serie A team Atalanta from Swedish side FC Café Opera (now FC Väsby United). He played two times for Atalanta, all in his first season with the "nerazzurri", making his debut in a 1-0 loss against Fiorentina on April 20, 1996. After a short stint back to FC Café Opera, Conteh then joined Serie B side Chievo Verona on January 1998. He played three seasons for the "flying donkeys", before signing for Venezia in 2000. After two seasons for Venezia, one in Serie B and one in Serie A, Conteh, together with many other team players, left Venezia for Palermo in 2002 after chairman Maurizio Zamparini bought the Sicilian team. He played for Palermo since then, initially as a regular, and later as a backbench player.

Kewullay Conteh made his debut in the 2005–2006 season on January, after having been ignored by coach Luigi Del Neri during all his time in Palermo, and however being reconsidered by substitute Giuseppe Papadopulo, who made him play first in a UEFA Cup match played away against SK Slavia Praha, in which Conteh scored a goal. After a number of impressive showings, Conteh renewed his contract for Palermo, which was due in June 2006, for two more years. On August 2006 he was loaned to Atalanta B.C., but failed to break into the starting lineup in the 2006-07 season. On August 2007, he rescinded his contract with Palermo and joined Serie B side AlbinoLeffe in a free transfer, singing a one-year long contract with the "seriani". [cite web|publisher=UC AlbinoLeffe|language=Italian|accessdate=2007-08-03|title=Ecco il difensore che mancava, Kewullay Conteh|url=http://www.albinoleffe.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=326&Itemid=74|date=2007-08-02] He left AlbinoLeffe in June 2008, as he initially failed to agree for a new contract, but re-joined the team on September as a free agent. [cite news|publisher=L'Eco di Bergamo|language=Italian|accessdate=2008-09-01|title=AlbinoLeffe, torna Conteh|url=http://www.eco.bg.it/EcoOnLine/SPORT/2008/09/01_CONTEH_giusto.shtml|date=2008-09-08]

He is also a regular for the Sierra Leone national football team.

References

External links

*http://www.goal.com/en-us/Giocatore.aspx?IdPersona=2986

Persondata
NAME= Conteh, Kewullay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Conteh, Kewullay
SHORT DESCRIPTION=footballer
DATE OF BIRTH= 1977-12-31
PLACE OF BIRTH= Freetown , Sierra Leone
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=