George Weah

Politician

1966-10-01

George Weah is a Liberian politician and former professional footballer. As a player he won the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year in 1995, the first African to receive those honors. He later served as president of Liberia from 2018 to 2024.

Quotes by George Weah

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.
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I ask Liberians to pray so that God will bring peace and stability, and bring about unification to ourselves.
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Of course I would have liked to have played at the World Cup, but I achieved so much in my career as a footballer that I can't have any complaints.
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