# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-valentine
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:47:24.611Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-valentine"
name: "Bob Valentine"
slug: "bob-valentine"
description: "Robert Bonar Valentine is a Scottish former football referee. He is mostly known for refereeing two matches in the 1982 World Cup in Spain: the infamous \"Great Gijon Swindle\" between West Germany and Austria, and the second-round match between Poland and the Soviet Union."
tagline: "Scottish footballer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1939-05-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.44
  momentum:             10
  historical:           8.373262666666665
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Боб Валентайн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بوب فالنتاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Valentine_(Schiedsrichter)"
    title: "Robert Valentine (Schiedsrichter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Valentine_(referee)"
    title: "Bob Valentine (referee)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Valentine"
    title: "Bob Valentine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Valentine"
    title: "Bob Valentine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Valentine"
    title: "Robert Valentine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Valentine"
    title: "Bob Valentine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1_(%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%8C%D1%8F)"
    title: "Валентайн, Боб (футбольный судья)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840798"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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