George Weah
President of Liberia from 2018 to 2024 (born 1966)
George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah (born 1 October 1966)[1] is a Liberian politician and retired footballer. He was the 25th President of Liberia from 2018 until 2024. He was elected president during the 2017 general election in December 2017. He has played for Liberia national team.
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| 25th President of Liberia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 22 January 2018 – 22 January 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice President | Jewel Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Joseph Boakai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberia Senator for Montserrado County | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 14 January 2015 – 22 January 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Joyce Musu Freeman-Sumo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah 1 October 1966[1] Monrovia, Liberia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Congress for Democratic Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3, including George and Timothy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Christopher Wreh (Cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Parkwood University DeVry University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 1989, 1994 and 1995, he was named the African Footballer of the Year, and in 1996, he was named African Player of the Century.
After his football career with his high popularity, he ran unsuccessfully for president in the 2005 election, losing to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the second round of voting. In the 2011 election, he ran for vice president on Winston Tubman's ticket. Running as a Congress for Democratic Change candidate, Weah was elected to the Senate in 2014.
Weah won the presidency while a candidate for President of Liberia in the 2017 general election against Vice President Joseph Boakai.[2][3] He lost his re-election bid to Joseph Boakai, in an election re-match.[4]
Career statistics change
Club change
Europe change
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Super Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Monaco | 1988–89 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | 38 | 17 |
| 1989–90 | 17 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 3 | 24 | 8 | |
| 1990–91 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 3 | 40 | 18 | |
| 1991–92 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 4 | 47 | 23 | |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 1992–93 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 7 | 45 | 23 |
| 1993–94 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | 40 | 14 | |
| 1994–95 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 11 | 8 | 53 | 18 | |
| A.C. Milan | 1995–96 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 15 |
| 1996–97 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 3 | 35 | 16 | |
| 1997–98 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 13 | |
| 1998–99 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 9 | |
| 1999–2000 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | |
| Chelsea | 1999–2000 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 5 |
| Manchester City | 2000–01 | 7 | 1 | – | -– | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 4 |
| Marseille | 2000–01 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 |
| Total | 350 | 134 | 58 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 35 | 478 | 193 | |
International goals change
- Scores and results list Liberia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Liberia goal.
Honors change
Club change
- Mighty Barrolle
- Liberian Premier League: 1985–86
- Liberian Cup: 1985–86
- Invincible Eleven
- Liberian Premier League: 1986–87
- Monaco
- Paris Saint-Germain
- A.C. Milan
- Chelsea
International change
Liberia
- CSSA Nations Cup runner-up: 1987[9]
Individual change
- African Footballer of the Year: 1989, 1994, 1995[10]
- FIFA XI: 1991, 1996 (Reserve), 1997, 1998[11]
- French Division 1 Foreign Player of the Year: 1990–91[12]
- UEFA Champions League Top Scorer: 1994–95[13]
- BBC African Footballer of the Year: 1995[14]
- Onze d'Or: 1995[15]
- Ballon d'Or: 1995[16]
- FIFA World Player of the Year: 1995[17]
- ESM Team of the Year: 1995–96[18]
- Onze d'Argent: 1996[15]
- FIFA Fair Play Award: 1996[19]
- FIFA World Player of the Year – Silver award: 1996[17]
- IFFHS African Player of the Century: 1996[20]
- World Soccer's 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time: 1999[21]
- FIFA 100: 2004[22]
- Arthur Ashe Courage Award 2004[23]
- Golden Foot Legends Award: 2005[24]
- A.C. Milan Hall of Fame[8]
- IFFHS Legends[25]
- Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Cuttington University: 29 June 2018.[26]
References change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FIFA Magazine – An idol for African footballers". FIFA. Archived from the original on 19 July 2006. Retrieved 6 December 2006.
- ↑ Liberia’s election threatens its fragile stability Financial Times, 8 April 2016
- ↑ "Weah maintains lead in Liberia election's early results". ABC News.
- ↑ Mehnpaine, Tina S. "Liberia Election: Joseph Boakai Emerges as President-Elect". www.liberianobserver.com.
- ↑ "George Weah". footballdatabase.eu.
- ↑ "George Weah – Football Stats – No Club – Age 50 – 1988–2008 – Soccer Base". soccerbase.com.
- ↑ "George Weah". RSSSF.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "A.C. Milan Hall of Fame: George Weah". acmilan.com. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ↑ https://www.11v11.com/players/george-weah-106/
- ↑ "African Player of the Year". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 5 January 2001. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ↑ "Matches of FIFA XI". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ↑ "France – Footballer of the Year". Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ↑ Roberto Di Maggio; Roberto Mamrud; Jarek Owsianski; Davide Rota (11 June 2015). "Champions Cup/Champions League Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ↑ Piers Edwards (13 October 2015). "History of the BBC African Footballer of the Year award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 José Luis Pierrend (6 March 2012). ""Onze Mondial" Awards: Onze de Onze 1976–2011". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ↑ Rob Moore; Karel Stokkermans (21 January 2011). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 José Luis Pierrend (12 February 2015). "FIFA Awards". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ↑ "ESM XI". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ↑ "FACTSheet FIFA awards" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ↑ "Africa – Player of the Century". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ↑ "World Soccer Players of the Century". World Soccer. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ↑ Christopher Davies (5 March 2004). "Pele open to ridicule over top hundred". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ↑ "The 2004 ESPY Awards – Weah selected for Arthur Ashe Courage Award". ESPN. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ↑ "Legends". Golden Foot. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ↑ "IFFHS announce the 48 football legend players". IFFHS. 25 January 2016. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ↑ "President Weah Receives Honorary Doctorate Degree". Archived from the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
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