# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anssi-salmela
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:12:37.859Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anssi-salmela"
name: "Anssi Salmela"
slug: "anssi-salmela"
description: "Anssi Salmela is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New Jersey Devils and Atlanta Thrashers."
tagline: "Finnish ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anssi_Salmela_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1984-08-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.62
  momentum:             15
  historical:           10.93898533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%81%D1%96_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Анссі Салмела"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "انسى سالميلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anssi_Salmela"
    title: "Anssi Salmela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anssi_Salmela"
    title: "Anssi Salmela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anssi_Salmela"
    title: "Anssi Salmela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anssi_Salmela"
    title: "Anssi Salmela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anssi_Salmela"
    title: "Anssi Salmela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anssi_Salmela"
    title: "Anssi Salmela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansi_Salmela"
    title: "Ansi Salmela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anssi_Salmela"
    title: "Anssi Salmela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8"
    title: "Салмела, Ансси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anssi_Salmela"
    title: "Anssi Salmela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anssi_Salmela"
    title: "Anssi Salmela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q570205"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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