His appearance comes  16 years after he hung up his boots as one of the world’s biggest football stars.

At 51, Africa’s first winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year, was expected to receive congratulations.

Liberia had arranged a football friendly against Nigeria to retire the number 14 jersey worn by their new  president while he was an international..

Instead George Weah donned the red national colors and received a  standing ovation when he joined the match and played for 79 minutes of the game.

Nigeria, who fielded a number of English Premiership and Turkish players in their team, won the fixture 2-1.

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