# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bongi-mbonambi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:17:42.566Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bongi-mbonambi"
name: "Bongi Mbonambi"
slug: "bongi-mbonambi"
description: "Mbongeni Theo Mbonambi, known mononymously as Bongi, is a South African professional rugby union player. He currently plays as a hooker for the Sharks as well as the South Africa national rugby team. He previously played for the Blue Bulls, making his senior debut during the 2012 Super Rugby season against the Crusaders in Pretoria. Mbonambi was a member of the South Africa Under 20 team that competed in the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship."
tagline: "South African rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bongi_Mbonambi_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: "1991-01-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.57
  momentum:             0.200594353640416
  historical:           7.249428
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AE%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%93"
    title: "ボンギ・ンボナンビ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Mbonambi"
    title: "Bongi Mbonambi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Mbonambi"
    title: "Bongi Mbonambi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Mbonambi"
    title: "Bongi Mbonambi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Mbonambi"
    title: "Bongi Mbonambi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Mbonambi"
    title: "Bongi Mbonambi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Mbonambi"
    title: "Bongi Mbonambi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Mbonambi"
    title: "Bongi Mbonambi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4941870"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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