# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benedict-vilakazi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:03:11.433Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benedict-vilakazi"
name: "Benedict Vilakazi"
slug: "benedict-vilakazi"
description: "Benedict Vilakazi is a retired South African football (soccer) player who last played as a midfielder for Botswana Meat Commission in Botswana. He was noted as one of the smallest professional international footballers during his time but made up for this with a strong physical presence."
tagline: "South African soccer player"
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: "1982-08-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.83
  momentum:             18.9799331103679
  historical:           8.096762666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  232
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Vilakazi"
    title: "Benedict Vilakazi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%83%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A"
    title: "بيندكت فيلاكازي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%89"
    title: "بينيديكت ڤيلاكازى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Vilakazi"
    title: "Benedict Vilakazi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Vilakazi_(soccer)"
    title: "Benedict Vilakazi (soccer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Vilakazi"
    title: "Benedict Vilakazi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Vilakazi"
    title: "Benedict Vilakazi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Vilakazi"
    title: "Benedict Vilakazi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Vilakazi"
    title: "Benedict Vilakazi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3319509"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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