# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arturs-irbe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:17:05.158Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arturs-irbe"
name: "Artūrs Irbe"
slug: "arturs-irbe"
description: "Artūrs Irbe is a Latvian professional ice hockey coach and former goaltender. Born during the Soviet era, Irbe played for various Soviet league teams and the Soviet Union national team before moving to North America in 1991. Irbe played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the San Jose Sharks, Dallas Stars, Vancouver Canucks, and Carolina Hurricanes. In 2004 Irbe returned to Europe to play until he retired in 2007. He has served as a goaltending coach with Dinamo Riga, the Washington Capitals, and the Buffalo Sabres, as well as internationally with the Latvia men's national ice hockey team. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2010. Irbe was rated number 93 on The Hockey News list of the Top 100 Goalies of All-Time in 2018."
tagline: "Latvian ice hockey player and coach (born 1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arturs_Irbe_(2023).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1967-02-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.62
  momentum:             6.53530895334174
  historical:           15.32215333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Артурс Ірбе"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ارتورس ايرب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Artūrs Irbe"
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    title: "Artūrs Irbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C5%ABrs_Irbe"
    title: "Artūrs Irbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C5%ABrs_Irbe"
    title: "Artūrs Irbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C5%ABrs_Irbe"
    title: "Artūrs Irbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C5%ABrs_Irbe"
    title: "Artūrs Irbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C5%ABrs_Irbe"
    title: "Artūrs Irbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C5%ABrs_Irbe"
    title: "Artūrs Irbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%A5%B4%ED%88%AC%EB%A5%B4%EC%8A%A4_%EC%9D%B4%EB%A5%B4%EB%B2%A0"
    title: "아르투르스 이르베"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C5%ABras_Irb%C4%97"
    title: "Artūras Irbė"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C5%ABrs_Irbe"
    title: "Artūrs Irbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C5%ABrs_Irbe"
    title: "Artūrs Irbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C5%ABrs_Irbe"
    title: "Artūrs Irbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%2C_%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80"
    title: "Ирбе, Артур"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C5%ABrs_Irbe"
    title: "Artūrs Irbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C5%ABrs_Irbe"
    title: "Artūrs Irbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C5%ABrs_Irbe"
    title: "Artūrs Irbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q449582"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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