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George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah (born 1 October 1966) 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 of his generation, in 1995 he was named FIFA World Player of the Year and won the Ballon d'Or. In 1989, 1994 and 1995 he was the African Footballer of the Year. In 2004 he was named in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players. Weah spent fourteen years of his professional football career playing for clubs in France, Italy, and England. Arsène Wenger brought him to Europe when he signed for Monaco in 1988. Weah moved to Paris Saint Germain in 1992 where he won Ligue 1 in 1994 and became the top scorer of the UEFA Champions League 1994–95. He signed for A.C. Milan in 1995 where he spent four very successful seasons, scoring some spectacular goals (the most notable running the length of the field against Verona), and won Serie A twice.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.acmilan.com/it/archive/show_player/George-Weah )〕 He moved to the English Premier League towards the end of his career and had spells at Chelsea and Manchester City. An idol in Africa, Weah has been 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. ==Football career== After playing in the Liberian domestic league at the beginning of his successful career, and winning several national honours (including the Liberian Premier League and the Liberian Cup),〔 Weah moved to Europe in 1988, when he was signed by Arsène Wenger,〔 〕 who was the manager of Monaco at the time, whom Weah credits as an important influence on his career. At Monaco, Weah was a member of the team that won the French Cup in 1991, and he helped his club to reach the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1992, scoring 4 goals in 9 cup appearances. Weah subsequently played for Paris Saint Germain (1992–95), with whom he won the Coupe de France in 1993 and 1995, the French league in 1994, the Coupe de la Ligue in 1995 during a highly prolific and successful period; he also became the top scorer of the UEFA Champions League 1994–95, with 7 goals, after reaching the semi-finals with the club, one of which was a skilful wonder goal against Bayern Munich in the group stage, on the 23rd November 1994.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.uefa.com/60-years/videoid=2114867.html )〕 He also managed to reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup during the 1992-93 season, and the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup during the 1993-94 season; in total, he scored 16 goals in 25 European games.〔 Weah moved to AC Milan in 1995 with whom he won the Italian league in 1996 and 1999, also reaching the 1998 Coppa Italia final, and finishing as runners-up in the Supercoppa Italiana on two occasions, in 1996 and 1999. Despite their European dominance in the early 1990s, Milan were less successful in Europe during this time however, with their best result being a quarter-final finish in the 1995-96 UEFA Cup. In 1995 Weah won the Ballon d'Or, the Onze d'Or, and was named FIFA World Player of the Year, becoming the first native African player to ever win these awards.〔 In addition to his skill and goalscoring prowess, Weah also became famous at Milan for scoring a solo goal against Verona at the San Siro which saw him take the ball just outside his own penalty area, and slalom his way past seven opposing players, before scoring.〔("Iconic Weah a true great" ). FIFA.com. Retrieved 17 November 2013〕 In 1996, Weah finished second in the FIFA World Player of the Year ranking. After leaving Milan in January 2000 Weah moved to Chelsea, winning the F.A. Cup in 2000, later transferring to Manchester City, and Olympique Marseille in quick succession, before leaving Marseille in May 2001 for Al Jazira FC, in the United Arab Emirates, where he remained until his retirement as a player in 2003.〔 As successful as he was at club level, Weah was not able to bring over that success to the Liberian national team, scoring 13 goals in 60 games. As one of the smaller nations in world football and perennial underdogs, Weah did everything with the national squad from playing to coaching to financing it, but failed to qualify for a single World Cup, falling just a point short in qualifying for the 2002 tournament. He was able to help his country qualify for two editions of the African Cup of Nations, in 1996 and 2002, but on both occasions, they were eliminated in the first round.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Weah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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