Kewullay Conteh (born 31 December 1977) is a

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an former professional Association football, footballer who played as a defender. He spent most his career in Italy while representing the Sierra Leone national team at international level.

Career

Kewullay was born and raised in

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, a neighbourhood in Freetown, Sierra Leone to Limba parents. He attended the

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Secondary school in Freetown. Conteh first moved to Italy in November 1995, joining Serie A team

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from Swedish side FC Café Opera (now

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). He played two times for Atalanta, all in his first season with the ''nerazzurri'', making his debut in a 1–0 loss against

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on 20 April 1996. After a short stint back to FC Café Opera, Conteh then joined

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side

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in January 1998. He played three seasons for the ''flying donkeys'', before signing for

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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

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bought the Sicilian team. He played for Palermo since then, initially as a regular, and later as a backbench player. Conteh made his debut in the 2005–2006 season on January, after having been ignored by coach

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during all his time in Palermo, and however being reconsidered by substitute

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, who made him play first in a

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match played away against

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, 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. In August 2006 he moved on loan to

, but failed to break into the starting lineup in the 2006–07 season. In August 2007, he rescinded his contract with Palermo and joined Serie B side AlbinoLeffe in a free transfer, signing a one-year-long contract with the ''seriani''. 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. He was also a regular for the Sierra Leone national team. In December 2011, Conteh was confirmed to be under investigation from the Magistrature of Cremona for briberies related to the

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, being accused to have agreed to fix a number of Serie B football games while at AlbinoLeffe together with teammates

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and

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* * http://www.goal.com/en-us/Giocatore.aspx?IdPersona=2986 {{DEFAULTSORT:Conteh, Kewullay 1977 births Living people Sierra Leonean men's footballers Sierra Leone men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Atalanta BC players AC ChievoVerona players Venezia FC players Palermo FC players US Grosseto 1912 players UC AlbinoLeffe players AFC Eskilstuna players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players Serie A players Serie B players Sierra Leonean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Footballers from Freetown 1996 African Cup of Nations players