AWARDS

FIFA Ballon d'Oro

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The FIFA Ballon d'Or is an association football award given annually to the player considered to be a driving force towards winning trophies over the previous calendar year since 2010. It is awarded based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams, as well as journalists from around the world. The award started in 2010 after France Football's Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year award were merged.

2005 FIFA World Player of the Year
3. Samuel Fils Eto'o (Barcelona)

1996 FIFA World Player of the Year
2. George Manneh Weah (Milan)

1995 France Football Ballon d'Or
1. George Manneh Weah (PSG / Milan)

1995 FIFA World Player of the Year
1. George Manneh Weah (PSG / Milan)

George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah (born 1 October 1966) spent 14 years of his professional football career playing for clubs in France, Italy, and England, and won trophies in each of these three countries.

In 1995, he was named FIFA World Player of the Year, European Footballer of the Year, and African Footballer of the Year.

Weah has since become a humanitarian and politician in Liberia, and ran unsuccessfully in the 2005 Liberian presidential election, losing to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the second round of voting.

Weah is the only FIFA World Player of the Year who failed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup with his national team. Weah was voted the African player of the Century by sport journalists from all around the world. This award puts Weah in the company of some of the greatest players to have ever played the game.