That leaves just one male winner in the history of the Ballon d'Or whose international allegiance was to a country outside Europe or South America: 1995 winner and proud Liberian George Weah.

The son of the only Ballon d'Or winner in history, converted by Motta, shines as a right-back. Timothy Tarpeh Weah (Brooklyn, 2000) will always be, for many, the son of George, the only African Ballon ...

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Just 24 hours before George Weah announced Rodri as the 2024 Ballon d'Or winner, Vinícius Junior was certain it would be him. So were his club, sponsors, and supporters, who had everything set up ...

Brazil and FC Barcelona legend Romário admitted to being better than several Ballon d'Or winners, including Cristiano Ronaldo ...

Liverpool agreed on a club-record 34 million pounds fee for Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah from Roma. Before his Liverpool transfer, Salah had played for Chelsea before joining Italy’s capital club.

No-one gets too close to President Weah when he's after the ball Liberia's President George Weah was once an international footballer and still sometimes plays on Saturdays as the BBC's Mike ...

Yaya Toure recently claimed that Chelsea legend Didier Drogba is better than Liverpool talisman Mohamed Salah. He added that the former deserved to win the Ballon d’Or.

“Salah has stated in the past that he wants to become the second African to win the Ballon d’Or after George Weah did so in 1995. I think he has a great chance,” the pundit wrote for The Telegraph.