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Georges Tawlon Manneh Oppong Weah: A sport legend who became President of the Republic.

 Date of birth: 1 October 1966 in Monrovia, Liberia.

Father's Name: William T Weah Sr. Mother: Anna Aquayeweah.

Married and father of at least four children including three boys and a girl.

After the death of his father, he will be raised by his grandmother. He grew up in West Point, a shanty town in Monrovia. He is a member of the Grand Kru County ethnic group from southwestern Liberia. He attended high school at the Muslim Congress and High School at Wells Hariston High School. He leaves school at the age of 15 to play football in the Young Survivors Club.

His football career is one of the richest an African has ever had in a club. The political situation of his country did not allow him to know with the national selection of Liberia, the success that he had in club.

Club winners

Liberia champion in 1987 with the Invincible Eleven

Cameroon champion in 1988 with the Thunder Kalara Club of Yaounde

French Champion in 1994 with Paris SG

Italian Champion in 1996 and 1999 with AC Milan

Winner of the Coupe de France in 1991 with AS Monaco, in 1993 and in 1995 with Paris SG

Winner of the Coupe de la Ligue in 1995 with Paris SG

Winner of the FA Cup in 2000 with Chelsea FC

Finalist Cup Cup: 1992 with AS Monaco

Vice-champion of France in 1991 and in 1992 with AS Monaco and in 1993 with Paris SG

Finalist of the Coupe de France in 1989 with AS Monaco.

As a team from Liberia

60 selections and 22 goals between 1987 and 2007

Participation in the African Cup of Nations in 1996 (first round) and in 2002

Personal distinctions

Golden Ball in 1995

African gold ball in 1989 and 1994

Eleven gold in 1995

Eleven silver in 1996

African player of the year in 1995

African Footballer of the Year (BBC) in 1995

FIFA's best player of the year in 1995

2nd FIFA Footballer of the Year in 1996

Top scorer in the Champions League in 1995 (8 goals) with Paris SG

Named FIFA 100 in 2004

 

After several attempts to become the president of his country, he was elected President of the Republic on December 26, 2017. He was invested on January 22, 2018.

 

 

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On the sidelines of his football career, Georges Oppong Weah did in the social:

In 1997, for example, he was named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador with the aim of promoting AIDS awareness campaigns with other footballers such as Nigeria's Taribo West, Ibrahima Ba and his compatriots Mohamed Kallon. They recorded a musical album entitled "Lively up Africa" ​​whose funds collected had been distributed in the educational programs of the country of origin of the singers.

In 2004 ; He produced a song about Ebola that was causing a lot of deaths in his country.

Synthesis of: Etienne-Didier ONANA.

Source: Wikipédia- Lifebogger.com- Young Africa.