# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/calvin-zola
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:19:14.896Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/calvin-zola"
name: "Calvin Zola"
slug: "calvin-zola"
description: "Calvin Zola-Makongo, often known simply as Calvin Zola, is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in Kinshasa, Zaire, he began his career as a youth player at Newcastle United. Zola went on to have spells at Tranmere Rovers, Crewe Alexandra, Burton Albion and Aberdeen. His last club was Stevenage, who released him in May 2015 due to injury setbacks."
tagline: "Congolese footballer (born 1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zola%2C_Calvin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1984-12-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.42
  momentum:             3.312302839116719
  historical:           4.815192
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "كالڤين زولا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Zola"
    title: "Calvin Zola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Zola"
    title: "Calvin Zola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "کالوین زولا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Zola"
    title: "Calvin Zola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5024536"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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