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{{Infobox officeholder
|name           = George Weah
|image          = George Weah 2023.jpg
|office         = 25th [[President of Liberia]]
|vicepresident  = [[Jewel Taylor]] 
|term_start     = 22 January 2018
|term_end       = 22 January 2024
|predecessor    = [[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]]
|successor      = [[Joseph Boakai]] 
|office1        = [[Senate of Liberia|Liberia Senator for]] [[Montserrado County]]
|term_start1    = 14 January 2015
|term_end1      = 22 January 2018
|predecessor1   = Joyce Musu Freeman-Sumo
|successor1     = 
|birth_name     = George Tawlon Manneh Oppong<br>Ousman Weah
|birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1966|10|1|df=y}}<ref name = "fifamag">{{cite web |url= https://www.fifa.com/fifa/pub/magazine/fm2-96.2.html|title= FIFA Magazine – An idol for African footballers|accessdate= 6 December 2006|publisher = FIFA |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060719025546/http://www.fifa.com/fifa/pub/magazine/fm2-96.2.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 19 July 2006}}</ref>
|birth_place    = [[Monrovia]], [[Liberia]]
|death_date     = 
|death_place    = 
|party          = [[Congress for Democratic Change]]
|children       = 3, including [[George Weah Jr.|George]] and [[Timothy Weah|Timothy]]
|relatives      = [[Christopher Wreh]] {{small|(Cousin)}}
|alma_mater     = [[Parkwood University]]<br>[[DeVry University]]
|module         = {{Infobox football biography
|embed          = yes
|header-color   = lavender
|position       = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]]
|youthyears1    = 1981–1984
|youthclubs1    = Young Survivors Claratown
|youthyears2    = 1984–1985
|youthclubs2    = Bongrange Company
|years1         = 1985–1986
|clubs1         = [[Mighty Barrolle]]
|caps1          = 10
|goals1         = 7
|years2         = 1986–1987
|clubs2         = [[Invincible Eleven]]
|caps2          = 23
|goals2         = 400
|years3         = 1987
|clubs3         = [[Africa Sports d'Abidjan|Africa Sports]]
|caps3          = 2
|goals3         = 1
|years4         = 1987–1988
|clubs4         = [[Tonnerre Yaoundé]]
|caps4          = 18
|goals4         = 14
|years5         = 1988–1992
|clubs5         = [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]
|caps5          = 103
|goals5         = 47
|years6         = 1992–1995
|clubs6         = [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|caps6          = 96
|goals6         = 32
|years7         = 1995–2000
|clubs7         = [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|caps7          = 114
|goals7         = 46
|years8         = 2000
|clubs8         = → [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] (loan)
|caps8          = 11
|goals8         = 3
|years9         = 2000
|clubs9         = [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
|caps9          = 7
|goals9         = 1
|years10        = 2000–2001
|clubs10        = [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
|caps10         = 19
|goals10        = 5
|years11        = 2001–2003
|clubs11        = [[Al Jazira Club|Al Jazira]]
|caps11         = 8
|goals11        = 13
|totalcaps      = 411
|totalgoals     = 193
|nationalyears1 = 1986-2002
|nationalteam1  = [[Liberia national football team|Liberia]]
|nationalcaps1  = 75
|nationalgoals1 = 18}}
}}
'''George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah''' (born 1 October 1966)<ref name = "fifamag"/>  is a [[Liberia]]n politician and retired [[footballer]]. He was the 25th [[President of Liberia|President]] of [[Liberia]] from 2018 until 2024. He was elected president during the [[Liberian general election, 2017|2017 general election]] in December 2017. He has played for [[Liberia national football team|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 [[Liberian general election, 2005|2005 election]], losing to [[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]] in the second round of voting. In the [[Liberian general election, 2011|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 of Liberia|Senate]] in [[Liberian Senate election, 2014|2014]].

Weah won the presidency while a candidate for [[President of Liberia]] in the [[Liberian general election, 2017|2017 general election]] against [[Vice President of Liberia|Vice President]] [[Joseph Boakai]].<ref name="ft">[https://next.ft.com/content/821bfe28-dbb9-11e5-a72f-1e7744c66818 Liberia’s election threatens its fragile stability] Financial Times, 8 April 2016</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/weah-takes-early-lead-liberia-elections-results-50454503|title=Weah maintains lead in Liberia election's early results|publisher=ABC News}}</ref> He lost his [[2023 Liberian general election|re-election bid]] to Joseph Boakai, in an election re-match.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mehnpaine |first1=Tina S. |title=Liberia Election: Joseph Boakai Emerges as President-Elect |url=https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-election-joseph-boakai-emerges-president-elect |website=www.liberianobserver.com |language=en |access-date=2023-11-18 |archive-date=2023-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117223018/https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-election-joseph-boakai-emerges-president-elect |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
====Europe====
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.george.weah.1289.en.html|title=George Weah|website=footballdatabase.eu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/home.sd?search=George+Weah&type=playerAll|title=George Weah – Football Stats – No Club – Age 50 – 1988–2008 – Soccer Base|website=soccerbase.com}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2" width="150"|Club
!rowspan="2" |Season
!colspan="2" |League
!colspan="2" |Cup
!colspan="2" |League Cup
!colspan="2" |Super Cup
!colspan="2" |Europe
!colspan="2" |Total
|-
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]
|[[1988–89 French Division 1|1988–89]]
||23||14||10||1||–||–||–||–||5||2||38||17
|-
|[[1989–90 French Division 1|1989–90]]
||17||5||–||–||–||–||–||–||7||3||24||8
|-
|[[1990–91 French Division 1|1990–91]]
||29||10||6||5||–||–||–||–||5||3||40||18
|-
|[[1991–92 French Division 1|1991–92]]
||34||18||4||1||–||–||–||–||9||4||47||23
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|[[1992–93 French Division 1|1992–93]]
||30||14||6||2||–||–||–||–||9||7||45||23
|-
|[[1993–94 French Division 1|1993–94]]
||32||11||3||2||–||–||–||–||5||1||40||14
|-
|[[1994–95 French Division 1|1994–95]]
||34||7||5||2||3||1||–||–||11||8||53||18
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[A.C. Milan]]
|[[1995–96 Serie A|1995–96]]
||26||11||3||1||–||–||1||0||6||3||36||15
|-
|[[1996–97 Serie A|1996–97]]
||28||13||2||0||–||–||–||–||5||3||35||16
|-
|[[1997–98 Serie A|1997–98]]
||24||10||8||3||–||–||–||–||–||–||32||13
|-
|[[1998–99 Serie A|1998–99]]
||26||8||4||1||–||–||–||–||–||–||30||9
|-
|[[1999–2000 Serie A|1999–2000]]
||10||4||2||0||–||–||1||0||1||1||14||5
|-
|[[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|[[1999–2000 FA Premier League|1999–2000]]
||11||3||4||2||–||–||–||–||–||–||15||5
|-
|[[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
|[[2000–01 FA Premier League|2000–01]]
||7||1||–||-–||2||3||–||–||–||–||9||4
|-
|[[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
|[[2000–01 French Division 1|2000–01]]
||19||5||1||0||–||–||–||–||–||–||20||5
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!350!!134!!58!!20!!5!!4!!2!!0!!63!!35!!478!!193
|}

=== International goals ===

:''Scores and results list Liberia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Liberia goal''.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by George Weah<ref>{{cite web |title=George Weah |url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/weah-intlg.html |website=RSSSF}}</ref>
|-
!scope=col | No.
!scope=col | Date
!scope=col | Venue
!scope=col | Opponent
!scope=col | Score
!scope=col | Result
!scope=col | Competition
!scope=col class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| align="center" | 1
|{{dts|30 January 1987}}
|[[Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex|SKD Stadium]], [[Monrovia]], Liberia
|{{fb|NGA}}
| align="center" |
| align="center" |2–0
|rowspan=3|[[1987 West African Nations Cup]]
|
|-
| align="center" | 2
|{{dts|1 February 1987}}
|[[Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex|SKD Stadium]], [[Monrovia]], Liberia
|{{fb|BFA}}
| align="center" |
| align="center" |2–0
|
|-
| align="center" | 3
|{{dts|6 February 1987}}
|[[Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex|SKD Stadium]], [[Monrovia]], Liberia
|{{fb|TOG}}
| align="center" |
| align="center" |3–0
|
|-
| align="center" | 4
|{{dts|26 July 1987}}
|[[Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex|SKD Stadium]], [[Monrovia]], Liberia
|{{fb|MAR}}
| align="center" |
| align="center" |2–1
| Friendly 
|
|-
| align="center" | 5
|{{dts|20 December 1987}}
|[[Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex|SKD Stadium]], [[Monrovia]], Liberia
|{{fb|BFA}}
| align="center" |1–0
| align="center" |1–0
| rowspan=2|[[CEDEAO Cup#1987 CEDEAO Cup|1987 CEDEAO Cup]]
|
|-
| align="center" | 6
|{{dts|23 December 1987}}
|[[Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex|SKD Stadium]], [[Monrovia]], Liberia
|{{fb|CIV}}
| align="center" |
| align="center" |1–2
|
|-
| align="center" | 7
|{{dts|21 August 1988}}
|[[Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex|SKD Stadium]], [[Monrovia]], Liberia
|{{fb|GHA}}
| align="center" |1–0
| align="center" |2–0
| rowspan=2|[[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|
|-
| align="center" | 8
|{{dts|11 June 1989}}
|[[Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex|SKD Stadium]], [[Monrovia]], Liberia
|{{fb|MWI}}
| align="center" |1–0
| align="center" |1–0
|
|-
| align="center" | 9
|{{dts|4 September 1994}}
|[[Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex|SKD Stadium]], [[Monrovia]], Liberia
|{{fb|TOG}}
| align="center" |1–0
| align="center" |1–0
| [[1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|
|-
| align="center" | 10
|{{dts|23 June 1996}}
|[[Accra Sports Stadium]], [[Accra]], Ghana
|{{fb|GAM}}
| align="center" |2–0
| align="center" |4–0
| rowspan=2|[[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|
|-
| align="center" | 11
|{{dts|6 April 1997}}
|[[Accra Sports Stadium]], [[Accra]], Ghana
|{{fb|EGY}}
| align="center" |1–0
| align="center" |1–0
|
|-
| align="center" | 12
|{{dts|22 June 1997}}
|[[Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex|SKD Stadium]], [[Monrovia]], Liberia
|{{fb|COD|1997}}
| align="center" |2–0
| align="center" |2–1
| [[1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|
|-
| align="center" | 13
|{{dts|20 June 1999}}
|[[Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex|SKD Stadium]], [[Monrovia]], Liberia
|{{fb|TUN}}
| align="center" |2–0
| align="center" |2–0
| [[2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|
|-
| align="center" | 14
|{{dts|16 July 2000}}
|[[Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex|SKD Stadium]], [[Monrovia]], Liberia
|{{fb|CPV}}
| align="center" |1–0
| align="center" |3–0
| [[2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|
|-
| align="center" | 15
|{{dts|22 April 2001}}
|[[Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex|SKD Stadium]], [[Monrovia]], Liberia
|{{fb|SUD}}
| align="center" |2–0
| align="center" |2–0
| rowspan=2|[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|
|-
| align="center" | 16
|{{dts|14 July 2001}}
|[[National Stadium (Sierra Leone)|National Stadium]], [[Freetown]], Sierra Leone
|{{fb|SLE}}
| align="center" |1–0
| align="center" |1–0
|
|-
| align="center" | 17
|{{dts|23 August 2001}}
|[[Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente]], [[Veracruz]], Mexico
|{{fb|MEX}}
| align="center" |1–2
| align="center" |4–5
| Friendly
|
|-
| align="center" | 18
|{{dts|19 January 2002}}
|[[Stade du 26 Mars]], [[Bamako]], Mali
|{{fb|MLI}}
| align="center" |1–0
| align="center" |1–1
| [[2002 Africa Cup of Nations]]
|
|-
|}

==Honors==
===Club===
;Mighty Barrolle
*[[Liberian Premier League]]: 1985–86
*[[Liberian Cup]]: 1985–86

;Invincible Eleven
*[[Liberian Premier League]]: 1986–87

;Monaco
*[[Coupe de France]]: [[1991 Coupe de France Final|1991]]

;Paris Saint-Germain
*[[Ligue 1]]: [[1993–94 French Division 1|1993–94]]
*[[Coupe de France]]: [[1992–93 Coupe de France|1992–93]], [[1994–95 Coupe de France|1994–95]]
*[[Coupe de la Ligue]]: [[1995 Coupe de la Ligue Final|1995]]

;A.C. Milan
*[[Serie A]]: [[1995–96 Serie A|1995–96]], [[1998–99 Serie A|1998–99]]<ref name="acmilan.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.acmilan.com/en/archive/show_player/George-Weah|title=A.C. Milan Hall of Fame: George Weah|website=acmilan.com|accessdate=1 April 2015}}</ref>

;Chelsea
*[[FA Cup]]: [[1999–2000 FA Cup|1999–2000]]

===International===
'''Liberia'''
*[[CSSA Nations Cup]] runner-up: [[1987 CSSA Nations Cup|1987]]<ref>https://www.11v11.com/players/george-weah-106/</ref>

===Individual===
*[[African Footballer of the Year]]: 1989, 1994, 1995<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afr-poy.html|title=African Player of the Year|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|date=5 January 2001|accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref>
*[[FIFA]] XI: 1991, 1996 (Reserve), 1997, 1998<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-xi.html |title=Matches of FIFA XI |accessdate=16 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033752/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-xi.html |archivedate=17 November 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref>
*[[French Division 1]] Foreign Player of the Year: 1990–91<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/franpoy.html |title=France – Footballer of the Year |accessdate=16 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905115225/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/franpoy.html |archivedate=5 September 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref>
*[[List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League top scorers|UEFA Champions League Top Scorer]]: [[1994–95 UEFA Champions League#Top goalscorers|1994–95]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec1tops.html#overall|title=Champions Cup/Champions League Topscorers|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|author1=Roberto Di Maggio|author2=Roberto Mamrud|author3=Jarek Owsianski|author4=Davide Rota|date=11 June 2015|accessdate=22 December 2015}}</ref>
*[[BBC African Footballer of the Year]]: 1995<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/24450345|title=History of the BBC African Footballer of the Year award|work=BBC Sport|author1=Piers Edwards|date=13 October 2015|accessdate=9 March 2016}}</ref>
*[[Onze d'Or]]: 1995<ref name="Onze Mondial Awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/onze-awards.html|title="Onze Mondial" Awards: Onze de Onze 1976–2011|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|author1=José Luis Pierrend|date=6 March 2012|accessdate=14 September 2015}}</ref>
*[[Ballon d'Or]]: [[1995 Ballon d'Or|1995]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html |title=European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |author1=Rob Moore |author2=Karel Stokkermans |date=21 January 2011 |accessdate=22 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116080615/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html |archivedate=16 January 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref>
*[[FIFA World Player of the Year]]: [[1995 FIFA World Player of the Year|1995]]<ref name="FIFA Awards RSSSF">{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html#player10 |title=FIFA Awards |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |author1=José Luis Pierrend |date=12 February 2015 |accessdate=5 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112042845/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html |archivedate=12 January 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref>
*[[European Sports Media|ESM Team of the Year]]: [[European Sports Media#1995–96|1995–96]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/esm-xi.html |title=ESM XI |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |accessdate=13 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207144925/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/esm-xi.html |archivedate=7 February 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref>
*[[Onze d'Or|Onze d'Argent]]: 1996<ref name="Onze Mondial Awards"/>
*[[FIFA Fair Play Award]]: 1996<ref name="FIFA Awards">{{cite web|title=FACTSheet FIFA awards|url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/r%26a-awards/52/01/02/144081_factsheet_fifaannualawards_english.pdf|publisher=[[FIFA]]|accessdate=19 January 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122103135/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/r%26a-awards/52/01/02/144081_factsheet_fifaannualawards_english.pdf|archivedate=22 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[FIFA World Player of the Year]] – Silver award: [[1996 FIFA World Player of the Year|1996]]<ref name="FIFA Awards RSSSF"/>
*[[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS African Player of the Century]]: 1996<ref name="Africa – Player of the Century">{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html#afpoy|title=Africa – Player of the Century|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=9 March 2016}}</ref>
*[[World Soccer Magazine|World Soccer's]] 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time: 1999<ref name="World Soccer Players of the Century">{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamHons/HonsWldSocPlyrsCent.html|title=World Soccer Players of the Century|publisher=World Soccer|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref>
*[[FIFA 100]]: 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/2374252/Pele-open-to-ridicule-over-top-hundred.html|title=Pele open to ridicule over top hundred|work=The Telegraph|author1=Christopher Davies|date=5 March 2004|accessdate=13 April 2015}}</ref>
*[[Arthur Ashe Courage Award]] 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/espy2004/s/04asheaward.html|title=The 2004 ESPY Awards – Weah selected for Arthur Ashe Courage Award|work=ESPN|accessdate=9 March 2016}}</ref>
*[[Golden Foot#Award legends|Golden Foot Legends Award]]: 2005<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenfoot.com/legends.php?l=en |title=Legends |publisher=Golden Foot |accessdate=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925120930/http://www.goldenfoot.com/legends.php?l=en |archivedate=25 September 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref>
*A.C. Milan Hall of Fame<ref name="acmilan.com"/>
*[[IFFHS]] Legends<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iffhs.de/iffhs-has-announced-the-48-football-legend-players/|title=IFFHS announce the 48 football legend players|publisher=IFFHS|date=25 January 2016|accessdate=14 September 2016|archive-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924082150/https://iffhs.de/iffhs-has-announced-the-48-football-legend-players/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Honorary degree|Honorary]] [[Doctor of Humane Letters]] degree from [[Cuttington University]]: 29 June 2018.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.emansion.gov.lr/2press.php?news_id=4568&related=7&pg=sp | title=President Weah Receives Honorary Doctorate Degree | access-date=2020-11-08 | archive-date=2020-08-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807021000/https://www.emansion.gov.lr/2press.php?news_id=4568&related=7&pg=sp | url-status=dead }}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Other websites==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150421011228/http://liberiansoccer.com/George%20Weah.htm Player profile and statistics] – www.liberiansoccer.com
*[http://www.theperspective.org/articles/1008200502.html Criticism of Weah's campaign for presidency]
*[http://www.unicef.org/people/people_george_weah.html Biography on UNICEF's homepage]
*[http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1996/gennaio/10/vie_Weah_sono_infinite_co_0_9601104443.shtml Italian Profile]
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{{BBC African Sports Personality of the Year}}

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