Seku Conneh (born 10 November 1995) is a Liberian professional

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who plays as a

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Career

Youth

Born in

Voinjama Voinjama is a small city that serves as the capital of Lofa County, Liberia and is located in the hilly, far northern part of the country near the Guinean border. As of the 2008 national census, the population stood at 26,594. Before the Liberia ...

, Liberia, and raised in the Netherlands, Conneh began his youth development across several development academies and youth clubs, including

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and

Almere City Almere City Football Club is a Dutch professional football club based in Almere, Flevoland. Founded in 2001, plays in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, and hosts home matches at the Yanmar Stadion. The club builds on form ...

Club

Fortuna Sittard and Oss

Conneh began his professional career in the Netherlands playing for

Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ) is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger ...

and

Oss OSS or Oss may refer to: Places * Oss, a city and municipality in the Netherlands * Osh Airport, IATA code OSS People with the name * Oss (surname), a surname Arts and entertainment * ''O.S.S.'' (film), a 1946 World War II spy film about O ...

of the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as th ...

for a season each scoring a total of 11 goals from 45 appearances.

Bethlehem Steel

Ahead of the

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, Conneh joined the newly formed

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, the

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affiliate of the

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. His first season was limited by injury but managed 2 goals in 18 appearances for Steel. During the 2017 season, Conneh would earn his first USL Player of the Week honors after scoring a brace against

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. Conneh was released by Bethlehem Steel on 2 November 2017.

Ansan Greeners

Two months after being released by Steel, Conneh joined

Ansan Greeners Ansan Greeners FC ( ko, 안산 그리너스 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Ansan that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. Founded in 2017, they play their home matches at Ansan Wa~ Sta ...

of the

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, the second division of South Korean football. On 22 April, Conneh scored his first goal to equalize for the Greeners in a 3–1 victory against

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Vojvodina

On 23 January 2019, after spending a month on a trial, Conneh signed a two-year-deal with Serbian club

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. Unfortunatelly, with the arrival of coach Nenad Lalatovic, who admitted in an interview to fkvojvodina.com that since his arrival, Conneh has been removed from the main team and that he did not even saw him neither has any interess in doing so, it clearly meant that the new coach's discriminatory, anti-foreigners, stance meant Conneh was doomed to leave the club.

Las Vegas Lights

In December 2019, it was announced that Conneh was making his return to the

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signing with

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Monterey Bay

On February 2, 2022, it was announced that Conneh would make another return to the USL Championship by signing with expansion side

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. He was recruited by

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, who was manager while Conneh was playing for Las Vegas. His contract option was declined by the club at the end of the season.

International

While raised in the Netherlands, Conneh was born in Liberia and represents them in international football. He made his debut for the Lone Stars on 15 November 2015 as a substitute in a

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match against

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

. Conneh has since been called up for Liberia's

2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches were organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, the 31st edition of the international men's football champions ...

run.

References

External links

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Bethlehem Steel FC - 2016 Regular Season - Roster - #36 - Seku Conneh
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Bethlehem Steel FC profile
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