George Weah: Ballon d’Or jeetne wala pehla afriqi

George Weah (George Weah) Liberia ke striker the jinhon ne 1995 mein Ballon d’Or jeeta. Woh yeh aizaz pane wale pehle ghair europi khilari the, aur TNT Sports ke mutabiq usi saal unhein FIFA ka behtareen khilari aur Africa ka behtareen khilari bhi chuna gaya⁴. Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain aur AC Milan mein un ki raftar, taqat aur akele difa cheer dene ki salahiyat mashhoor hui¹². 1996 mein Verona ke khilaf poore maidan ki daud ke baad kiya gaya un ka goal Milan ki tareekh ke yadgar golon mein hai⁵.

Ibtidai zindagi aur aghaz

Weah yakum October 1966 ko Liberia ke darul hukumat Monrovia (Monrovia) mein paida hue⁵. Ibtidai Football unhon ne Liberia ke maqami clubon mein kheli, phir Cameroon ke club Tonnerre Yaounde (Tonnerre Yaounde) gaye¹⁸.

1988 mein French club Monaco ke coach Arsene Wenger (Arsene Wenger) ne bais salah Weah ko Tonnerre Yaounde se hasil kiya. Club ke mutabiq Wenger ne is faisle mein apne dost Claude Le Roy par bharosa kiya, jo us waqt Cameroon ki qaumi team ke coach the¹.

Club career

Monaco mein pehle hi season mein Weah ne French league ke 23 matchon mein 14 goal kiye. Un ki maujoodgi mein Monaco 1989 aur 1990 mein league ki pehli teen teamon mein raha, aur 1991 mein French Cup ke final mein Marseille ko 1-0 se hara kar cup jeeta. Monaco ke liye unhon ne 149 matchon mein 66 goal kiye¹.

1992 mein woh Paris Saint-Germain (Paris Saint-Germain) gaye. Teen season mein unhon ne 138 matchon mein 55 goal kiye, 1994 mein French league aur 1993 aur 1995 mein French Cup jeete, aur 1995 mein League Cup bhi². 1994-95 ki Champions League mein PSG semi final tak pohancha aur Weah saat goal kar ke muqable ke sab se ziyada goal karne wale khilari bane³.

1995 mein woh Italy ke club AC Milan (AC Milan) aaye⁵. Usi saal ke aakhir mein unhein Ballon d’Or mila. TNT Sports ke mutabiq is saal qawaid badle gaye the taake ghair europi khilari bhi vote mein shamil ho saken, aur yeh aizaz PSG aur Milan donon ke liye un ki karkardagi par mila. Wenger ne baad mein kaha: "Kaun soch sakta tha ke woh Ballon d’Or jeetega? Woh ek mojiza tha!"⁴

Milan ke sath Weah ne do bar Italian league jeeti. 8 September 1996 ko San Siro mein Hellas Verona (Hellas Verona) ke khilaf season ke pehle match mein unhon ne apne half mein gend li aur tanha maidan ki poori lambai daud te hue goal kar diya. Milan ke sarkari safhe mein ise "coast to coast" goal kaha gaya hai. Milan ke liye unhon ne 147 matchon mein 58 goal kiye, jin mein 114 league matchon mein 46 goal shamil hain⁵.

Milan ke baad woh mukhtasar arse ke liye England mein Chelsea aur Manchester City, aur France mein Marseille ke liye khele, aur 2003 mein Khel se retire hue⁴.

International career

Weah ne 23 February 1986 ko Burkina Faso ke khilaf Liberia ke liye pehla match khela. RSSSF ke record ke mutabiq 1986 se 2002 tak unhon ne Liberia ke liye 74 matchon mein 18 goal kiye, aur woh mulk ke sab se ziyada goal karne wale khilari hain⁷. Un ka aakhri muqabla jati match 28 January 2002 ko Africa Cup of Nations mein Nigeria ke khilaf tha; is se nau din pehle usi tournament mein Mali ke khilaf unhon ne apna aakhri International goal kiya. Un ke golon ki fehrist mein 2001 mein Mexico ke khilaf kiya gaya goal bhi shamil hai⁶.

Khel ka andaz

Weah tez raftar aur taqatwar striker the jo gend le kar khud difa ke beech se nikal jate the. Milan ke sarkari safhe ne unhein "jibilat, nafasat aur kham taqat ka aisa imtizaj jise roka na ja sake" kaha hai. Verona ke khilaf goal isi andaz ki sab se mashhoor misal hai⁵. Thierry Henry ne 2014 mein unhein "duniya ke azeem tareen strikers mein se ek" kaha⁴.

Aadad o shumar

Yeh aadad tamam sarkari muqablon ke hain aur 20 October 2026 ko teenon clubon ki sarkari websites aur RSSSF se liye gaye¹²⁵⁶. Chelsea, Manchester City, Marseille aur Al Jazira (UAE) ke aadad kisi doosre mukhaz se tasdeeq na hone ki wajah se jadwal mein shamil nahin⁸.

Aizazat

• Ballon d’Or: 1995 [4][5]
• FIFA behtareen khilari: 1995 [4]
• Africa ke behtareen khilari: 1995 [4]
• Italian league: 2 bar (Milan) [5]
• French league: 1994 [2]
• French Cup: 1991 (Monaco), 1993, 1995 (PSG) [1][2]
• French League Cup: 1995 [2]
• Champions League ke top scorer: 1994-95, 7 goal [3]

Warsa

TNT Sports ke mutabiq 1995 ka Ballon d’Or siyah fam aur afriqi khilariyon ke liye ek sang-e-meel tha, aur 2022 tak woh yeh aizaz jeetne wale wahid afriqi khilari the⁴. Ek ghair maroof mulk se nikal kar Europe ki teen bari leagon mein kamyabi hasil karne wale Weah ne baad mein aane wale kai afriqi khilariyon ke liye rasta khola.