Career
Conteh played three seasons in Major League Soccer, with San Jose Earthquakes in 2000 and District of Columbia 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 Master of Library Science Humanitarian of the Year for his work with the American Red Cross to "raise funds to try to allieve the suffering in Sierra Leone".