# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/al-farouq-aminu
# Generated: 2026-08-16T00:20:52.968Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/al-farouq-aminu"
name: "Al-Farouq Aminu"
slug: "al-farouq-aminu"
description: "Al-Farouq Ajadi Aminu is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player who played eleven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has also represented the Nigeria national basketball team internationally. Aminu was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2010 NBA draft with the eighth overall pick, and has played for the New Orleans Pelicans, Dallas Mavericks, Portland Trail Blazers, Orlando Magic, and Chicago Bulls."
tagline: "Nigerian-American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al-Farouq_Aminu.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1990-09-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.769989432898909
  historical:           20.84752133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 246
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/farouq1"
    handle:    "farouq1"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/chiefhasarrived/"
    handle:    "chiefhasarrived"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/AlFarouqAminu"
    handle:    "AlFarouqAminu"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://chiefhasarrived.com/"
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    title: "الفاروق أمينو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump