George Weah
George Weah
George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah is a Liberian humanitarian, politician, and retired footballer who played as a striker. Regarded as one of the greatest African players of all time, and as one of the best forwards of his generation, in 1995 he was named FIFA World Player of the Year and won the Ballon d'Or, becoming the first African player to win these awards. In 1989, 1994 and 1995 he was named the African Footballer of the Year, and...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth1 October 1966
CityMonrovia, Liberia
praying unification stability
I ask Liberians to pray so that God will bring peace and stability, and bring about unification to ourselves.
successful
I am always successful in my work.
intelligent world wells
I have proven to the world that I am articulate, I am very intelligent, I'm well exposed.
monday sunday tuesday
It can't be Sunday every day. There are also Mondays and Tuesdays.
jobs growing-up children
Around 80% of Liberians are unemployed and only half of all children go to primary school. Just one in 20 go on to secondary school. Young children are on the streets instead of in the classrooms. We are not giving them the opportunity to learn and they will struggle to get jobs when they grow up.
victory president election
I am the elected president of Liberia, not Ellen Sirleaf. They stole my victory, and I am here to say loud and clear that I am the winner of the elections.
selfish successful thinking
I know I have a successful career, a successful life. If I sit and say, 'Look, I have a comfortable life,' and I... just think about myself, I don't think that would be fair. That would be very selfish. Because everything I do in my life is to benefit my people.
country people goes-on
I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.
growing-up school pay
When I was growing up in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, I sold doughnuts, popcorn and Kool Aid every day after school so that my family had some money and I could pay my school fees. It was a tough life.
minutes score
I will do nothing for 89 minutes, but score in the 90th.
country believe rights
The United Nations should come in and take over Liberia, not temporarily, but for life. To make Liberians believe in democracy, to make us believe in human rights, they need to go in and just seize control of the country. That is the only way Liberia will ever become the kind of country it was supposed to be.
football taken opportunity
Football has been good to me. Everyone has their destiny, but you have to make use of the opportunities. I have spent 15 years at the top of my game. It makes me happy. I love the game. I love scoring goals. But I have always taken it seriously. It is not what the game gives you, it is what you give it.
christmas father grandmother
My father died when I was young and I was raised by my grandmother, Emma Klonjlaleh Brown. We could afford to eat chicken just once a year, on Christmas.
fighting causes noble
My fellow revolutionaries, liberation is a noble cause. We must fight to obtain it.