George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah (born 1 October 1966) is a Liberian politician and retired footballer. He is the 25th and current President of Liberia upon winning 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.
Career statistics
Club
Europe
Source:
International goals
Scores and results list Liberia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Liberia goal.
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
Paris Saint-Germain
Ligue 1: 1993–94
Coupe de France: 1992–93, 1994–95
Coupe de la Ligue: 1995
A.C. Milan
Serie A: 1995–96, 1998–99
Chelsea
FA Cup: 1999–2000
International
Liberia
CSSA Nations Cup runner-up: 1987
Individual
African Footballer of the Year: 1989, 1994, 1995
FIFA XI: 1991, 1996 (Reserve), 1997, 1998
French Division 1 Foreign Player of the Year: 1990–91
UEFA Champions League Top Scorer: 1994–95
BBC African Footballer of the Year: 1995
Onze d'Or: 1995
Ballon d'Or: 1995
FIFA World Player of the Year: 1995
ESM Team of the Year: 1995–96
Onze d'Argent: 1996
FIFA Fair Play Award: 1996
FIFA World Player of the Year – Silver award: 1996
IFFHS African Player of the Century: 1996
World Soccer's 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time: 1999
FIFA 100: 2004
Arthur Ashe Courage Award 2004
Golden Foot Legends Award: 2005
A.C. Milan Hall of Fame
IFFHS Legends
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Cuttington University: 29 June 2018.