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Weah is the first African former professional footballer to become a head of state, and the only African Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year winner in history, winning both awards in 1995. He won the African Footballer of the Year 3 times and is widely considered one of the greatest strikers of all time.
Lionel Messi won the Ballon d'Or a record eight times, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo with five. Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini and Marco van Basten each won the award three times, while Alfredo Di Stéfano, Franz Beckenbauer, Kevin Keegan, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Ronaldo have each won it twice.
The latest winner of the award as of 2023–24 is Phil Foden of Manchester City. Nine players have won the award on more than one occasion, with Thierry Henry having won the award on the most occasions, with three wins in four seasons.
26 lis 2021 · George Weah became the first African player and first from outside Europe to win the Ballon d'Or in 1995.
29 paź 2024 · 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.
Ruben Dias was voted the Footballer of the Year for 2021 by the Football Writers’ Association. He has had an outstanding first season, helping City win the Premier League and Carabao Cup , as well as reaching the Champions League final.
Weah beat a barrel load of star players to lift the European Footballer of the Year as it was called then. Alan Shearer, Luis Figo, Ronaldo, Roberto Baggio, Marcel Desailly... and that's players who failed to make the top 10.
