Seku Conneh

Seku Conneh (born 10 November 1995) is a Liberian professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Las Vegas Lights in the USL Championship.

Seku Conneh
Conneh playing for Bethlehem Steel FC in 2017
Personal information
Full name Seku Conneh
Date of birth (1995-11-10) 10 November 1995
Place of birth Voinjama, Liberia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward or
right winger
Club information
Current team
 Las Vegas Lights
Number 22
Youth career
Elinkwijk
SV Geinoord
Ajax
RKC Waalwijk
Almere City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Fortuna Sittard 35 (9)
2015 Oss 10 (2)
2016–2017 Bethlehem Steel 43 (12)
2018 Ansan Greeners 26 (2)
2019 Vojvodina 3 (0)
2020– Las Vegas Lights 2 (0)
National team‡
2015– Liberia 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2018

Career

Youth

Born in Voinjama, Liberia, and raised in the Netherlands, Conneh began his youth development across several development academies and youth clubs, including Ajax and Almere City.

Fortuna Sittard and FC Oss

Conneh began his professional career in the Netherlands playing for Fortuna Sittard and Oss of the Eerste Divisie for a season each scoring a total of 11 goals from 45 appearances.[1]

Bethlehem Steel FC

Ahead of the 2016 USL season, Conneh joined the newly formed Bethlehem Steel, the USL affiliate of the Philadelphia Union. His first season was limited by injury but managed 2 goals in 18 appearances for Steel FC.[1] During the 2017 season, Conneh would earn his first USL Player of the Week honors after scoring a brace against Cincinnati.[2] Conneh was released by Bethlehem Steel on 2 November 2017.[3]

Ansan Greeners

Two months after being released by Steel FC, Conneh joined Ansan Greeners of the K League 2, the second division of South Korean football.[4] On 22 April, Conneh scored his first goal to equalize for the Greeners in a 3–1 victory against Bucheon.[5]

Vojvodina

On 23 January 2019, after spending a month on a trial, Conneh signed a two-year-deal with Serbian club Vojvodina.[6] 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.[7]

Las Vegas Lights

In December 2019, it was announced that Conneh was making his return to the USL Championship signing with Las Vegas Lights FC.[8]

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 World Cup qualifying match against Ivory Coast. Conneh has since been called up for Liberia's 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification run.[9]

References
  1. "Seku Conneh Profile". Bethlehem Steel FC. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  2. "Conneh Named USL Player of the Week". USLsoccer.com. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  3. USLSoccer.com Staff (2 November 2017). "Steel FC Announces Roster Moves". United Soccer League. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  4. T Kla Wesley Jr. (9 January 2018). "Seku Conneh Joins South Korean Second Tier Club". The Bush Chicken. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  5. "Ansan Greeeners vs Bucheon 1995 3-1". soccerway.com. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  6. Потписао и Секу Коне at FK Vojvodina official website, 23 January 2019 (in Serbian)
  7. Nenad Lalatović odgovarao na pitanja vojvodinaša at fkvojvodina.com, 10-7-2019, retrieved 12-4-2020 (in Serbian)
  8. "African Trio Reinforces Lights FC". lasvegaslightsfc.com. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  9. "Seku Conneh Called Up To Liberian National Team". USLsoccer.com. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
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