After his loss in the first round of voting, he endorsed candidate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for the second round vote against football star George Weah.
The wife of soccer star (and former Liberian presidential candidate) George Weah owns a business in Brooklyn and lives in Staten Island.
George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah (or George Weah) (born 1966), Liberian humanitarian, politician and footballer
The Liberian Journal has interviewed an attractive list of Liberian stakeholders, including President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Vice-President Joseph Boakai, presidential candidate George Weah, and other Liberian Diaspora leaders.
George Weah, a Liberian politician and former football (soccer) forward, who was the FIFA World Player of the Year of 1995
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Koné attributes his peroxide blonde hair to former basketball player Dennis Rodman, and states that his footballing heroes were Liberian legend George Weah and Brazilian superstar Ronaldo.
He came second to George Weah for the FIFA World Player of the Year Award in 1995, the closest a defender had ever come to winning the award, until Fabio Cannavaro, a fellow Italian won the award in 2006.
Among the club's most notable players have been the African player of the Century Roger Milla, Rigobert Song and the former FIFA World Player of the Year, Liberian George Weah.
George Weah Junior (born 27 August 1987 in Monrovia) is a Liberian footballer who plays as a Midfielder and is currently a free agent after being released by his most recent club FC Lausanne-Sport.