# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bakkies-botha
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:07:30.100Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bakkies-botha"
name: "Bakkies Botha"
slug: "bakkies-botha"
description: "John Philip Botha, known as Bakkies Botha, is a South African former professional rugby union player who played as a lock. He was a member of the South Africa team that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France in addition to winning two Tri Nations titles in 2004 and 2009. Botha played for RC Toulonnais in the Top 14, the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and the Bulls in Super Rugby. Botha was a member of the Toulon squad which won the 2013, 2014 and 2015 Heineken Cup/European Rugby Champions Cup Finals. He became widely associated with fellow international lock Victor Matfield for their highly successful onfield partnership with the Bulls and the Springboks."
tagline: "South African rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bakkies_Botha_2008_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1979-09-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.299252
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/BakkiesBotha4"
    handle:    "BakkiesBotha4"
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5%D1%81_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0"
    title: "Бакијес Бота"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakkies_Botha"
    title: "Bakkies Botha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakkies_Botha"
    title: "Bakkies Botha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakkies_Botha"
    title: "Bakkies Botha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakkies_Botha"
    title: "Bakkies Botha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakkies_Botha"
    title: "Bakkies Botha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakkies_Botha"
    title: "Bakkies Botha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%82%BF"
    title: "バッキース・ボタ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q804456"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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