| Liberian Premier League: 1986—87 Monaco• Football and children [ ] Weah has tried to use football as a way to bring happiness and promote education for children in | Pictured with in November 1995, Weah taking on Parma defenders including to the right outside the penalty area Along with and , Weah was viewed as a modern, new style of striker in the 1990s who would also operate outside the penalty area and run with the ball towards goal, at a time when strikers primarily operated inside the penalty area where they would receive the ball from teammates |
|---|---|
| He cited fighting corruption, reforming the economy, combating illiteracy and improving life conditions as the main targets of his presidency |
AC Milan and individual success [ ] Weah joined in 1995, with whom he immediately won the Italian league in under , playing alongside and in Milan's attack, as well as , on occasion, and finishing the season as Milan's top goalscorer; he won the Serie A title once again in.
23| Rich, Tim 2 August 2000 | " One such goal that exemplified this ability was against Verona in 1995 where he received the ball in the edge of his own penalty box and ran the length of the field |
|---|---|
| Regarded as one of the best players never to have played at the , Scott Murray in writes Weah was "hamstrung by hailing from a global minnow" | He won a landslide victory, receiving 99,226 votes, which represented 78 |
A number of publications, including Scott Murray of The Guardian and Kevin Baxter of the , in addition to FIFA, consider him to be one of the greatest players never to feature at the World Cup.
13