George WEAH

George Weah - Manchester City - Premiership Appearances

Photo/Foto: Nigel French

Date: 23 August 2000

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    • POSITION
      Forward
    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Saturday, 01 October 1966
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Monrovia, Liberia
  • CLUBS
  • Chelsea FC
    • Club Career Dates
      2000
    • League Debut
      Wednesday, 12th January 2000 as a sub in a 1-0 win at home to Tottenham Hotspur (scored) (Aged: 33)
    • Club Career
      9 League apps (+2 as sub), 3 goals
  • Manchester City
    • Club Career Dates
      2000
    • League Debut
      Saturday, 19th August 2000 in a 4-0 defeat at Charlton Athletic (Aged: 33)
    • Club Career
      5 League apps (+2 as sub), 1 goal
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George WEAH - Manchester City - Premiership Appearances

George Weah is pictured above during Manchester City's 4-2 win
against Sunderland.


Monaco:   1988-1989     Played   23     Scored   14   goals   (Ligue 1)
     1989-1990     Played   17     Scored   5   goals   (Ligue 1)
     1990-1991     Played   29     Scored   10   goals   (Ligue 1)
     1991-1992     Played   34     Scored   18   goals   (Ligue 1)
 
Paris St. Germain:   1992-1993     Played   30     Scored   14   goals   (Ligue 1)
     1993-1994     Played   32     Scored   11   goals   (Ligue 1)
     1994-1995     Played   34     Scored   7   goals   (Ligue 1)
 
AC Milan:   1995-1996     Played   26     Scored   11   goals   (Serie A)
     1996-1997     Played   28     Scored   13   goals   (Serie A)
     1997-1998     Played   24     Scored   10   goals   (Serie A)
     1998-1999     Played   26     Scored   8   goals   (Serie A)
     1999-2000     Played   10     Scored   4   goals   (Serie A)
 
Chelsea:   1999-2000     Played   11     Scored   3   goals   (Premiership)
 
Free transfer on 4/8/2000
 
Manchester City:   2000-2001     Played   7     Scored   1   goal   (Premiership)
 
Transferred to Marseille in October 2000

2000–2001    Marseille    19    (5)
2001–2003    Al Jazira    8    (13)

An idol in Africa, Weah was heavily involved in politics in his homeland Liberia.

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.

In December 2017 George Weah was elected as President of Liberia,
winning a run-off against Vice President Joseph Boakai.