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___MASK17___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK17___ , is a country on the West African coast . ___MASK17___ means " Land of the Free " in Latin . It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its west , Guinea to its north and Ivory Coast to its east . It covers an area of and has a population of 4 , 503 , 000 people . English is the official language and over 20 indigenous languages are spoken , representing the numerous tribes who make up more than 95 % of the population . The country ' s capital and largest city is Monrovia . Yaoundé (; ) is the capital of ___MASK15___ and , with a population of approximately 2 . 5 million , the second largest city in the country after the port city Douala . It lies in the Centre Region of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres ( 2 , 500 ft ) above sea level . The FIFA ___MASK65___ Player of the Year was an association football award presented annually by the sport ' s governing body , FIFA , since 1991 . Originally an honour bestowed on the ___MASK65___ ' s best male player , it was awarded to both sexes from 2001 , and from 2010 presented exclusively to the best female player . Coaches and captains of international teams and media representatives selected the player they deem to have performed the best in the previous calendar year . George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah ( born 1 October 1966 ) is a Liberian humanitarian , politician , and retired professional footballer who played as a striker . Regarded as one of the greatest African players of all time and as one of the best forwards of his generation , in 1995 he was named FIFA ___MASK65___ Player of the Year and won the Ballon d ' Or , becoming the first African player to win these awards . In 1989 , 1994 and 1995 he was named the African Footballer of the Year , and in 1996 , he was named African Player of the Century . Known for his acceleration and dribbling ability in addition to his finishing , Weah was described by FIFA as " the precursor of the multi - functional strikers of today ". In 2004 , he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the ___MASK65___ ' s greatest living players . Albert Roger Mooh Miller ( born 20 May 1952 ), commonly known as Roger Milla , is a retired Cameroonian footballer who played as a striker . He was one of the first African players to be major stars on the international stage . He played in three ___MASK65___ Cups for the ___MASK15___ national team . ___MASK15___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK15___ , is a country in Central Africa . It is bordered by Nigeria to the west ; Chad to the northeast ; the Central African Republic to the east ; and Equatorial Guinea , Gabon , and the Republic of the Congo to the south . ___MASK15___ ' s coastline lies on the Bight of Bonny , part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean . In the 1983 season of MTN Elite One , 16 teams competed . Tonnerre Yaoundé won the championship . Tonnerre Kalara Club of Yaoundé are a football club based in Yaoundé , ___MASK15___ . The club was most prominent during the 1980s , winning all of their 5 national championship during the decade with Players like Weah Opong George , Goalkeeper Andre Boe , Roger Milla and some of the best African footballers . They have also won the national cup 5 times . 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 . The club appointed Englishman Richard Chappell , as fitness coach early in 2013 . Rigobert Song Bahanag ( born 1 July 1976 ) is a Cameroonian former footballer and current football coach . He was a member of the ___MASK15___ national team between 1993 and 2010 . As of February 2016 , he is coach of the ___MASK15___ ' s national " A " football team , a team composed of ___MASK15___ - based players that competes in regional tournaments .