# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alex-ely
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:33:29.255Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alex-ely"
name: "Alex Ely"
slug: "alex-ely"
description: "Alexandre \"Alex\" Ely was a Brazilian-American soccer midfielder, teacher and author. Ely played extensively in the U.S., Canada and Brazil winning multiple league and cup titles. He also earned four caps with the U.S. national team between 1960 and 1965. In addition to his extensive professional resume, Ely coached at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. He was inducted into the United States National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1997."
tagline: "American soccer player (1938–2021)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1938-02-09"
deathDate: "2021-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.02
  momentum:             21.32478632478632
  historical:           5.273542666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Ely"
    title: "Alex Ely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3_%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "ألكس إلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "اليكس الى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B9"
    title: "Алекс Элй"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "الکس الی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Ely"
    title: "Alex Ely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4716957"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump