Lamin Conteh

Lamin Conteh (20 June 1976 – 5 May 2022), widely known by his nickname Junior Tumbu, was a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He represented the Sierra Leone national team from 1994 until 2002.

Biography
Conteh was born and raised in Freetown to Sierra Leone limba parents.As a teenager, he was frequently seen playing street football across Freetown with boys much older than he was. As a teenager, he was considered the best secondary school footballer in Sierra Leone. He dropped out of the Ahmmadiyya Muslim Secondary School in Freetown in 1992 to become a professional footballer.

Conteh made his international debut for Sierra Leone in 1994, at the age of seventeen.

Conteh died in the early hours of 5 May 2022.

Career
At the age of 18, Conteh was selected to play for Sierra Leone in the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations held in Tunisia. He was also picked in the squad for the following tournament in South Africa two years later. After a match against Nigeria in 2000, Conteh claimed that the Sierra Leone Football Association owed him $2,000, and refused to play for his country until the money was paid to him. The matter was later resolved, and in 2002, he took over the captaincy of the national team from Mohamed Kallon.

Honours
Al Wahda
 * UAE Pro League: 1998–99, 2000–01
 * UAE President's Cup: 1999–2000
 * UAE Federation Cup: 2001

Perlis F.A.
 * Malaysia Super League: 2005
 * Malaysia Cup: 2004, 2006