George Weah

George Weah is a former player of bast Football , born on October 1st 1966 with Monrovia, reconverted in Politician.

Biography

Beginnings in Africa

Weah begins its career from footballer in his native land. Formed in Young Survivors, he will know three other bast clubs before joining the club Cameroun board of Tonnerre Kalara club of Yaounde. One year later, it is located by European emissary of the ACE Monaco. It is then 22 years old.

Arrival in France

Weah begins in the first division from French football the August 17th 1988 under the colors from the ASM (Champion of France in title) by a defeat vis-a-vis AJ Auxerre. Pulled by Arsene Wenger, the ASM manages with Weah to take down the cut of France in 1991 vis-a-vis OM. In 1992, Weah and its fellow-members reach the final of the Coupe of the Cuts, but fail vis-a-vis the Germans of the Werder of Bremen. Weah is essential like a striker except par combining speed, power and effectiveness. Depity by the final of cut of Europe lost by the club Monegasque, Weah decides to join PSG during the summer 1992. In Paris, Weah is essential like the best striker of the club and the championship. Registering 32 goals in 96 matches, he is requested by the Milan AC and agrees to join the rows Milan board. Weah is naturalized French during its passage to Paris, which does not prevent it from being the star of the team of Liberia.

Departure for Italy

Mister George sign thus for Milan AC, where he will be admired for his talent. As of the first year it is rewarded by the Ballon for gold. He is the first non-European player to receive this reward. He is always currently the only African has to have received this honor. Aligning goal on goal, as sumptuous ones as the others, Weah will mark in particular a true chief of work vis-a-vis Vérone in 1996. On an unfavourable corner it controls the balloon in its surface, crosses all the ground has on the spot a tremendous speed leaving four players before misleading the guard. It marked of its print large Milan where it passes more than four seasons.

End of a career

Weah joined Chelsea in England, but it fails to make an impact for its new team. It then decides to be devoted to its national team. He will not hesitate to invest his own money to help his team. He will do all to send it to world of 2002, but will fail a point of the qualification. After one half-year in Manchester City, Weah returns to France with the OM. It only remains there very little of time. It leaves League 1 and for the United Arab Emirates. He will play some matches for Al Jazira until 2003 before stopping his career definitively.

Weah will remain despite everything one of best the attacker than the world known in the Nineties. It gave to African football its first Gold Balloon.

Policy

Weah tries in 2005 a reconversion in the policy by presenting to the presidential election bast under the colors of the Congress for Democratic Change, after the country knew several years of Civil war. The fact that he lived abroad during the civil war, where it made fortune there, returns it " innocent " crimes committed during this dark period. The surveys place it, with the economist Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, like principal favorite.

Its principal adversary, which had several stations with responsibilities, in particular with the the World Bank, critical Weah for its lack of education and its inexperience in policy. The rétorque latter that they are not inexperienced people in policy who carried out the country towards a civil war, having generated several hundreds of thousands of deaths.

It will lose finally the presidential election of the November 8th 2005 with 40,4  % of the voices and will be seen proposing to collaborate in the new government as a minister of sport and of Youth by the new elected president.

Prize list

  • Finalist of the Cut of the Cuts: 1992 (ACE Monaco).
  • Champion of Cameroun 1988
  • Champion of France: 1994 (Paris SG).
  • Champion of Italy: 1996 and 1999 (Milan AC).
  • Victorious of the Coupe de France: 1991 (ACE Monaco), 1993 and 1995 (Paris SG).
  • Victorious of the Cut of the League: 1995 (Paris Saint-Germain).
  • Victorious of the Cut of England: 2000 (Chelsea FC).
  • Finalist of the Coupe de France: 1989 (ACE Monaco).

Personal distinctions

  • Balloon of gold: 1995.
  • Balloon of African gold: 1989, 1994 and 1995.
  • Eleven of gold: 1995.
  • Eleven of money: 1996.
  • Better striker of the League of the Champions: 1995 (8 goals) (Paris SG).
  • Named with the prize list FIFA 100.
  • Appointed better player of the FIFA in 1995

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