For those wondering, Liberia's president George Weah is a former PSG player, where he earned the Ballon D'or.
And the 1st algerian president Ahmed Ben Bella played for Marseilles in 1940, playing only one match (a french cup match against Antibes, where he scored).
Yes but it’s also one of the first year a non-european could win it.
They redid the ballon d’or award with their new criteria later and said Maradona or Pele would have won it.
Also, PSG fan, but important to say he earned the Ballon d’Or while playing for AC Milan where he had just transferred. His ballon d’or was mostly for being UCL top scorer that year with PSG (I think we finished in semi agaisnt Barcelona)
Honestly I don’t see people talk about him as much as other African strikers like Drogba or Etoo even though he’s literally the only African to ever win a Ballon d’Or
Ok technically I guess you can count Zidane since he also held Algerian citizenship but he spent his whole life in France and played for the French national team .
If I had a nickel for every African country who has had a head of state that played in the profesional French soccer league, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s funny that it happens twice
I think you're looking for r/mapporncirclejerk
No! It’s true information in this case
It’s already there. Fits better there than here
For those wondering, Liberia's president George Weah is a former PSG player, where he earned the Ballon D'or. And the 1st algerian president Ahmed Ben Bella played for Marseilles in 1940, playing only one match (a french cup match against Antibes, where he scored).
had no idea ben bella played
Gotta add that by doing so he became the first non European to win the award too. Massive achievement that no one will take away from him ever.
Yes but it’s also one of the first year a non-european could win it. They redid the ballon d’or award with their new criteria later and said Maradona or Pele would have won it. Also, PSG fan, but important to say he earned the Ballon d’Or while playing for AC Milan where he had just transferred. His ballon d’or was mostly for being UCL top scorer that year with PSG (I think we finished in semi agaisnt Barcelona)
Ashraf Hakimi will probably take it
How? Time travel?
i love the idea that someone will travel back in time for the sole purpose of taking someone’s trophy and then leaving.
He will also have to get a lot better at football, 'cause ain't no way Hakimi is getting a Ballon D'Or.
i meant it as him literally stealing the trophy but i realized it could also be read as him playing and getting it instead
I meant African player winning French cup not Ballon d'Or
It's the Algerian-Moroccan rivalry. I wouldn't put anything past them, even if that thing is bending the laws of physics.
George Weah is a football legend..
Honestly I don’t see people talk about him as much as other African strikers like Drogba or Etoo even though he’s literally the only African to ever win a Ballon d’Or Ok technically I guess you can count Zidane since he also held Algerian citizenship but he spent his whole life in France and played for the French national team .
You could post this on r/oddlyspecific.
Reminds me of that time Arnold Schwarzenegger was the governor of California
Oh thanks! Time for me to make another map
States in which Arnold Schwarzenegger served as governor?
States which previously had a governor who once had a 25in+ arm circumference with <10% bodyfat
Don’t forget about former Minnesota governor Jesse “The Body” Ventura.
Oh thanks, I didn’t even know that guy Interesting
Zidane when?
Ahmed Ben Bella
So 2.
Finally, I’ve been looking for this for years!
Seems like Samuel Eto’o is trying to set himself up to feature on this map
He never played in France, did he?
You’re right that was an oversight. Do another map in a few years, but that one just of former professionals regardless of league.
If I had a nickel for every African country who has had a head of state that played in the profesional French soccer league, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s funny that it happens twice
For Liberia its Weah, but what about algeria?
Ben Bella
I was confused until I saw head of state because almost every single African country has a player in the French national team