# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/axel-witsel
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:34:38.127Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/axel-witsel"
name: "Axel Witsel"
slug: "axel-witsel"
description: "Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for Segunda División club Girona and the Belgium national team."
tagline: "Belgian association football player (born 1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Axel_Witsel_USMNT_v_Belgium_Mar_28_2026-34_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1989-01-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             21.66404955072843
  historical:           24.750688
  currentAttention:     60
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 105
totalFollowers: 339
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/axelwitsel28"
    handle:    "axelwitsel28"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/axelwitsel28/"
    handle:    "axelwitsel28"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6585164/"
    handle:    "nm6585164"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiLaQa0Sj13tqt6uaRWa4kA"
    handle:    "@axelwitselofficial"
    followers: 339
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    title: "Axel Witsel"
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    title: "أكسيل فيتسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Axel Witsel"
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    title: "Axel Witsel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Axel Witsel"
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    title: "Axel Witsel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اکسل ویتسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Axel Witsel"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4323596"
    title: "Axel Witsel"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump