Talk:George Weah

24th or 25th President?
The government of Liberia says Weah is the country's 24th President. I made that edit in october, but I see it's been reverted. Can anyone help me understand why? Alexios88 (talk) 24 Nov 2021 — Preceding undated comment added 02:45, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Leeds
He played for Leeds, not mentioned in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vega007 (talk • contribs) 17:39, 20 March 2005


 * He did not: http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=8361 --Dryazan 15:15, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Yes he did, he was on loan to Leeds in the mid nineties. I was a season ticket holder at Elland Road. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vega007 (talk • contribs) 02:56, 21 March 2005


 * I can find no evidence of this. Weah spent the late 90s (1995-99) with Milan, and he transferred there from PSG (1992-95). If you have any evidence of him playing for Leeds, post a link here. Maybe you are mixing him up with Tony Yeboah? --Dryazan 19:09, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I think you're right —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vega007 (talk • contribs) 10:27, 21 March 2005

"Politics" section
Anyone else find this sentence unintentionally comical:

"Weah has also promised to bring low cost housing to the countryside, where people often live in houses." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.37.137.129 (talk) 06:01, 10 November 2005

Football
Hey, I do not know how to do it, so I can't, but could somebody put a picture of him playing for Milan, like this http://www.as.com/misc/fifaworld04/fotografia/weah.jpg I think he deserves it you know as one of the world's best players ever. I was shocked to see him in a formal suit in the wikipedia article. I know he's almost the president right now, but he was a football icon, come on! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.245.206.91 (talk) 13:39, 10 November 2005

Conversion
Is there any sources to state that he actually converted to Christianity from Islam, I mean both his parents had Christian names and he was given his at birth, it doesn't make much sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by M2k41 (talk • contribs) 04:13, 30 January 2006

I've checked up on this, apparantely he was born Christian, converted to Islam, and then converted back when his grandmother died. —Preceding unsigned comment added by M2k41 (talk • contribs) 04:17, 30 January 2006

Ali Dia
His connection to Ali Dia has been ignored but maybe it should be mentioned? —Preceding unsigned comment added by VarunRajendran (talk • contribs) 21:10, 13 March 2006

Dubious Information
Caps and goal figures in the article likely contain European cup/Domestic cup data in addition to Domestic League data (this is very certain based on this user's previous edits containing similar information . Please correct this issue and leave a note here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Alfmaster#Footballers.27_European_goals, to warn this person about putting improper information on Wikipedia. --Palffy 21:17, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Valiente Fukushima
Apparently he has signed on to play with this Japanese team, on the 8th rung of the soccer pyramid. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.5.254.102 (talk) 10:27, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 27 December 2017
4.16.109.118 (talk) 22:07, 27 December 2017 (UTC) Weah is currently the president elect of Liberia.
 * According to Associated Press the Electoral Commission is not expecting to make an announcement until tomorrow. See http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/liberia-waits-hear-1st-results-runoff-election-52006138
 * William Avery (talk) 23:16, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 December 2017
On December 28, 2017, George Weah got elected as the president of Liberia. Aayushvetwal (talk) 21:11, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes. That is already stated in the article's lead section. William Avery (talk) 22:04, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 December 2017
Typo fix; change sentence in lead to:


 * he represented Liberia at the African Cup of Nations on two occasions

86.190.155.178 (talk) 20:29, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thank you for taking the time to point that out. William Avery (talk) 21:22, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Christopher Wreh
Please do not name Christopher Wreh as a cousin of Weah unless a reliable source can be found. This was unsourced in the article and when I search "Christopher Wreh cousin" these are the top results:


 * 1) Wikipedia
 * 2) Transfermarkt: A user-created football statistics website not regarded as a reliable source
 * 3) When Saturday Comes: Football magazine says Wreh "was even supposed to be a cousin" of Weah
 * 4) The Hot Stepanovs: Arsenal fan blog
 * 5) Football Fancast: Name says it all
 * 6) Facebook
 * 7) Wikipedia mirror
 * 8) Woolwich Arsenal: Arsenal fan blog
 * 9) Sporting Heroes: A nice website but not a definitive source on such a claim

Due to the famous case of Ali Dia, sources must be reliable for anybody claiming to be a cousin of George Weah. Harambe Walks (talk) 16:47, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

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Career stats
No stuff for Al-jazira. 41.58.244.137 (talk) 19:12, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Overtly pro-Weah
This article is pretty obviously biased towards Weah and needs serious revision. Looking under his presidency section is nothing but thinly veiled praise 166.182.81.4 (talk) 03:01, 25 September 2023 (UTC)