# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-asaba
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:51:21.323Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-asaba"
name: "Carl Asaba"
slug: "carl-asaba"
description: "Carl Edward Asaba is an English former footballer who played as a forward in the Football League. He began his career with non-league Dulwich Hamlet, his goalscoring prowess earning him a move to Brentford in 1994. He played for Colchester United on loan, before moving to Reading in 1997. He had successful stints with Gillingham, where he scored 36 goals in 77 league appearances, and Sheffield United, scoring 23 times in 67 league games. He also played for Stoke City and ended his career with Millwall. Returned to involvement in the world of professional football in 2021 via co-commentary for BBC Radio Sheffield and expert analysis for Sheffield United TV live. Appointed ambassador for the Sheffield children's hospital charity in 2020 and has organised charity events via Sarbs Charity Events with events giving people a chance to 'beat-a-Blade' in sporting activities with all proceeds going directly to the Children's Hospital Charity."
tagline: "British footballer (born 1973)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1973-01-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.014796
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Asaba"
    title: "Carl Asaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "كارل أسابا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "كارل اسابا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Asaba"
    title: "Carl Asaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "کارل آسابا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Asaba"
    title: "Carl Asaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Asaba"
    title: "Carl Asaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Asaba"
    title: "Carl Asaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5039833"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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