No. 2 George Tawlon Manneh Opong Ousman Weah Country:
Liberia Sport: Soccer
He is considered the quintessential football/soccer player and the best to ever come out of Africa till date. Pele voted him as one of the best football players to ever play the game in the world. Born and raised in the Clara Town ghetto; a slum of Monrovia Liberia, George Weah would go on from his humble beginnings to become the most decorated and celebrated African Player ever in history and our sense of his accomplishments and also the history of the game only further assures us here at African Sports Media Network that George Opong Weah is the best footballer to ever come out of Africa and ranks as the number two best athlete to ever hail from Africa. He attended school at Muslim Congress and at Wells Hairston High School in Monrovia and during his school years he showed flashes of his brilliance on the pitch. Weah had to work after graduating from school for Liberia’s Telecommunications company as a switchboard technician to support his football career.
He started his professional playing career playing for Young Survivors, Bongrange Company, Mighty Barolle and Invincible Eleven; it is said it was while he played for Invincible Eleven that Scouts from Europe saw him and in 1988 he would make that move to Europe when Monaco signed him to a contract. Weah would go on to play for several other European Teams including Paris Saint Germain (1992–95), AC Milan (1995–1999), After leaving Mi- lan in January 2000 Weah moved to Chelsea, Manchester City and Olympique Marseille and in May 2001 for Al Jazira FC, in the United Arab Emir- ates.
He was voted FIFA Player of the year in 1995, and he is the most dominant player to play the game to not make it to the World Cup tournament.
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