# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andres-escobar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:58:11.690Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andres-escobar"
name: "Andrés Escobar"
slug: "andres-escobar"
description: "Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga was a Colombian professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He played for Atlético Nacional, BSC Young Boys, and the Colombia national team. Nicknamed The Gentleman, he was known for his clean style of play and calmness on the pitch."
tagline: "Colombian footballer (1967–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andr%C3%A9s_Escobar_(Cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
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  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1967-03-13"
deathDate: "1994-07-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             25
  historical:           26.788828
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 249
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump