SOCCER PLAYER

George Weah

1966 - Today

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George Manneh Oppong Weah (born 1 October 1966) is a Liberian politician and former professional footballer who served as the 25th president of Liberia from 2018 to 2024. Prior to his election to the presidency, Weah served as Senator from Montserrado County. He played as a striker in his prolific 18-year professional football career, which ended in 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Weah has received more than 9,495,375 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). George Weah is the 68th most popular soccer player (down from 56th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Liberia and the most popular Liberian Soccer Player.

George Weah is most famous for being the only African player to win the FIFA World Player of the Year award.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 83

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of George Weahs by language

Over the past year George Weah has had the most page views in the with 1,047,818 views, followed by Italian (410,908), and French (269,523). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Macedonian (167.39%), (161.54%), and Persian (151.81%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, George Weah ranks 68 out of 21,273. Before him are David Beckham, Roger Milla, Nílton Santos, Oliver Kahn, Luigi Riva, and Gheorghe Hagi. After him are Franco Baresi, Gianni Rivera, Silvio Piola, Francesco Totti, Gianluigi Buffon, and Miguel Muñoz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, George Weah ranks 6. Before him are Adam Sandler, Mike Tyson, Jimmy Wales, Romário, and Sophie Marceau. After him are Salma Hayek, Roman Abramovich, Hristo Stoichkov, Grigori Perelman, Helena Bonham Carter, and Eric Cantona.

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In Liberia

Among people born in Liberia, George Weah ranks 2 out of 20. Before him are Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938). After him are Charles Taylor (1948), Samuel Doe (1951), William Tolbert (1913), Leymah Gbowee (1972), Charles D. B. King (1875), Joseph Boakai (1944), William Tubman (1895), Gyude Bryant (1949), Moses Blah (1947), and Ziad Fazah (1954).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Liberia

Among soccer players born in Liberia, George Weah ranks 1. After him are Ola John (1992), Sekou Oliseh (1990), Collins John (1985), Alex Nimely (1991), and Darlington Nagbe (1990).

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