# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bismarck-du-plessis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:41:54.064Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bismarck-du-plessis"
name: "Bismarck du Plessis"
slug: "bismarck-du-plessis"
description: "Bismarck Wilhelm du Plessis is a South African former professional rugby union player, who played for the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship and for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup. He played for the Free State Cheetahs in 2003, before moving to the Sharks in 2005 where he spent the bulk of his career, and then to Montpellier in the French Top 14. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the best hookers of his time, both in club and country performances."
tagline: "South African rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bismarck_du_Plessis_2022.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: "1984-05-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.236288
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA_%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B8"
    title: "Бизмарк ди Плеси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismarck_du_Plessis"
    title: "Bismarck du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismarck_du_Plessis"
    title: "Bismarck du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismarck_du_Plessis"
    title: "Bismarck du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismarck_du_Plessis"
    title: "Bismarck du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismarck_du_Plessis"
    title: "Bismarck du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%A5%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ビスマルク・デュプレッシー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismarck_du_Plessis"
    title: "Bismarck du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1997696"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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