George Weah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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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.
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]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Super Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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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 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 30 January 1987 | SKD Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia | ![]() |
2–0 | 1987 West African Nations Cup | ||
2 | 1 February 1987 | SKD Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia | ![]() |
2–0 | |||
3 | 6 February 1987 | SKD Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia | ![]() |
3–0 | |||
4 | 26 July 1987 | SKD Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia | ![]() |
2–1 | Friendly | ||
5 | 20 December 1987 | SKD Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | 1987 CEDEAO Cup | |
6 | 23 December 1987 | SKD Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia | ![]() |
1–2 | |||
7 | 21 August 1988 | SKD Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–0 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
8 | 11 June 1989 | SKD Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | ||
9 | 4 September 1994 | SKD Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | 1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
10 | 23 June 1996 | Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana | ![]() |
2–0 | 4–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
11 | 6 April 1997 | Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | ||
12 | 22 June 1997 | SKD Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–1 | 1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
13 | 20 June 1999 | SKD Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
14 | 16 July 2000 | SKD Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–0 | 2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
15 | 22 April 2001 | SKD Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
16 | 14 July 2001 | National Stadium, Freetown, Sierra Leone | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | ||
17 | 23 August 2001 | Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz, Mexico | ![]() |
1–2 | 4–5 | Friendly | |
18 | 19 January 2002 | Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 | 2002 Africa Cup of Nations |
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