The attacker is the son of George Weah, the current Liberian president of the country, who was considered the best in the world in 1995
November 21
2022
– 5:29 pm
(updated at 5:41 p.m.)
the first goal United State in Qatar World Cup scored by the French Lille striker, Timothy Weah🇧🇷 His name raised the question in most fans who wanted to know if he was related to George Weah. And the answer is yes. Timothy is a native of Liberia, and voted FIFA World Player of the Year in 1995.
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The star of AC Milan that year, and Weah is the current president of Liberia, the country where he was born. For this reason, even George has never participated in a World Cup and it would be difficult for his son to get a chance for his father’s country.
However, at the age of 22, Timothy was born in New York, which guaranteed him American citizenship. He also holds Liberian nationality.
And Timothy began his career in American football. In 2014, he started for New York Red Bulls U-15, but in the same year he went on to defend Paris Saint-Germain, another club that his father made history with. He played in Paris until the 2018/19 season and was loaned out to Celtic from Scotland, where he began to gain prominence.
In the UK, in 17 matches, he scored four goals and was sold to Lille from France. The team led by Christophe Galtier, the current coach of Paris Saint-Germain, gave Timothée more opportunities than Paris Saint-Germain. And he used to play there a lot. He was a partner of the Brazilians Thiago Mendes, Thiago Maya and Luiz Araujo. In all there are 81 matches for the night and eight goals. In addition, Weah has seven assists. At PSG there were two goals in three matches as a professional.
In Lille’s current team, he plays alongside Brazilian Leo Jardim, goalkeeper, and Alexandru, defender and left-back who has been called up by Tite. Currently, Weah is the understudy for Frenchman Jonathan Bamba, Algerian Adam Ounas and Canadian Jonathan David.
Who is George Weah?
The only African player to win the FIFA World Player of the Year, George Weah made his career defending Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain and Milan, as well as teams from Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Liberia itself, his native country. In the 1995/1996 season, he was elected the best player in the world, defending the Italian club.
From there, Weah also played for Chelsea, Manchester City, Marseille and finished his career in 2002/03 at Al Jazira, in the UAE. In 2017, he was elected President of Liberia, after the elections were held, with about 61.5% of the vote, defeating his status rival, Joseph Boakai, who was the country’s incumbent Vice President. Liberia became independent from the United States in 1847, but it has always been tied to the American economy. In 2010, the National Transparency Commission stated that Liberia was one of the most corrupt countries in the world.
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