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George Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah (born October 1,
1966 in Monrovia) is a Liberian football (soccer)
player.  In 1995, he earned FIFA World Player of
the Year (he is the only African to have won this
coveted title), European Footballer of the Year,
and African Footballer of the Year. He is widely
considered the best African player of all time.

On the club level, Weah has played for Invincible
Eleven in his native Liberia, Tonnerre Yaoundé in
Cameroon, AS Monaco FC|Monaco, Paris Saint
Germain, and Olympique Marseille in Ligue
1|France, A.C. Milan|AC Milan in Serie A|Italy,
Chelsea FC|Chelsea and Manchester City in FA
Premier League|England and Al Jazeera FC|Al
Jazeera in United Arab Emirates|UAE. He won the
French league with PSG in 1995 and the Italian
league with Milan in 1996 and 1999.

As successful as he was at club level, Weah was
not able to bring over that success to the Liberia
national football team|Liberian national team. He
has done everything with the squad from playing to
coaching to financing it, but Liberia failed to
make a single Football World Cup|World Cup,
falling just a point short in qualifying for the
Football World Cup 2002|2002 tournament.

Weah is a devoted humanitarian for his war-torn
country. At the 2004 ESPY Awards, he won the
Arthur Ashe Courage Award for his efforts. Weah
was named by Pelé as one of the FIFA 100|top 125
greatest living footballers in March 2004.

In mid-November 2004, Weah announced his intention
to stand in the October 2005 Liberia elections,
2005|presidential election, having previously been
the subject of a petition urging him to run; he
received a hero's welcome upon his arrival in
Monrovia in late November and is widely considered
a favorite in the election. His eligibility was
initially questioned due to debates over his
citizenship (Weah having allegedly adopted French
citizenship whilst at PSG; he has also lived in
The Bronx for many years now) but he was
officially confirmed on 13 August 2005 as the
candidate for the Congress for Democratic Change
when the election commission published its final
list.

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Year|before=Hristo Stoichkov |after=Matthias
Sammer|years=1995
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Year|before=Romário|after=Ronaldo|years=1995
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