Timothy Weah credits his mother, not father George, for his success | OneFootball

Although Timothy Weah may be the son of the 1995 FIFA Player of the Year and current Liberian president George Weah, the 18-year-old credits his mother for introducing him to football and for inspiring him to pursue his passion.

“She’s had a huge impact on where I’m at now,” Weah said. “She taught me the basics. She pushed me. She was my first coach, intramural coach when I was in Florida. That’s where I really started playing.

“[Dad] would just give me little pointers. He was more of the chill parent, just sitting back, relaxing, enjoying his time. He gave me some key pointers, some really important pointers that I use … like an easy way to score would be to shoot across the goal.

“He taught me that, and now I use that a lot. Just simple cutting moves, just changing the point of direction where you’re going — stuff that he did when I was playing.”

Weah made his debut with PSG at the end of the season, and scored his first professional goal with the United States national team against Bolivia on 28 May.