# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-wijnstekers
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:03:22.708Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-wijnstekers"
name: "Ben Wijnstekers"
slug: "ben-wijnstekers"
description: "Hubertus Johannes Nicolaas \"Ben\" Wijnstekers is a Dutch retired footballer who was active as a defender. Wijnstekers made his professional debut at Feyenoord Rotterdam on 7 June 1976 against De Graafschap. He also played for K.R.C. Mechelen and Germinal Ekeren."
tagline: "Dutch footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Wijnstekers%2C_1982%2C_Bestanddeelnr_932-2613_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1955-08-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.09381066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Бен Вейнстекерс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "بين وينستيكيرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "بين وينستيكيرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wijnstekers"
    title: "Ben Wijnstekers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennie_Wijnstekers"
    title: "Bennie Wijnstekers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wijnstekers"
    title: "Ben Wijnstekers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennie_Wijnstekers"
    title: "Bennie Wijnstekers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wijnstekers"
    title: "Ben Wijnstekers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wijnstekers"
    title: "Ben Wijnstekers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wijnstekers"
    title: "Ben Wijnstekers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennie_Wijnstekers"
    title: "Bennie Wijnstekers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennie_Wijnstekers"
    title: "Bennie Wijnstekers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Вейнстекерс, Бен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wijnstekers"
    title: "Ben Wijnstekers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wijnstekers"
    title: "Ben Wijnstekers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q817883"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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