Profile

Tim
Weah

Position Forward
Number 21
Date of Birth Feb 22 2000
Hometown Rosedale, NY
Height 6' 0"
Club Lille (France)

Tim Weah has a lot of weight on his shoulders with expectations he will live up to his family name. The dynamic forward is the son of 1995 FIFA World Player of the Year, George Weah one of the most famous African footballers of all time and currently the President of Liberia. Tim, however, is intent on being judged by his own merits and not relying on his family’s legacy. Though still early in his career, the younger Weah has made strides in that direction, becoming the first player born in 2000 to earn an MNT cap, while coming along with European club giants Paris Saint-Germain and Celtic.

EARLY DAYS

Weah was born in February of 2000 in New York City and split his time between the New York metro area and Florida, where his mother coached him from an early age. He spent three seasons at BW Gottschee, part of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy system, before eventually joining the New York Red Bulls Academy in 2013. Weah was eligible to play for France, Jamaica and Liberia in addition to the United States but, when it came time to choose, he said the decision "wasn't hard at all." He began playing with the U-14 team 2012 which set him on a trajectory to make a major impact first as a youth player and now as a regular on the senior team.

A BREAKOUT YEAR

His breakout year came in 2017, playing a pivotal role in the U-17 MNT's success at the CONCACAF U-17 Championship in Panama, scoring two goals and helping secure the team a berth at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India later that year. He went on to have one of the most memorable performances of his nascent international career in the 5-0 win against Paraguay in the Round of 16, when he became the first U.S. male at any level to score a hat trick in the Knockout Round of a FIFA competition. His body of work that day included a thunderous shot, delivered from outside the box after confounding the Paraguayan defense with his quick feet. Weah made more history the following March, becoming the first player born in 2000 to receive an MNT cap, coming on as a late-game substitute in a 1-0 victory against Paraguay on March 27, 2018 in Cary, N.C. He would go on to score his first goal in the next match, capping a 3-0 win against Bolivia on May 28 in Chester, Pa.

CLUB CAREER

Following in his father’s footsteps, Weah signed with Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 and spent much of his first year with the club playing with the reserves and U-19 youth side. Weah made his first appearances with the club in the closing weeks of the 2017/2018 season and would go on to net his first league goal in August of 2018. Living in Paris allowed Weah to explore his two main interests outside of the game: the high-fashion boutiques of the Champs-Élysées and creating music, especially R&B and hip-hop. In January of 2019, he was loaned to Scottish giants Celtic and took to the club immediately, tallying a goal in his debut with that same month, before going on to collect a winner’s medal as Celtic won the Scottish Premier League for an eighth-straight season.