# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chaabane-merzekane
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:47:23.957Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chaabane-merzekane"
name: "Chaâbane Merzekane"
slug: "chaabane-merzekane"
description: "Chaâbane Merzekane is an Algerian former footballer who played as a defender. He was a key member of the Algeria national team that took part in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, playing the full 90 minutes in all three of the team's games."
tagline: "Algerian footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MERZEKANE%2C_chabanne.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: "1959-03-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.12
  momentum:             0.6457094307561598
  historical:           11.62354933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Шаабан Мерзекан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "شعبان مرزقان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaabane_Merzekane"
    title: "Chaabane Merzekane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha%C3%A2bane_Merzekane"
    title: "Chaâbane Merzekane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha%C3%A2bane_Merzekane"
    title: "Chaâbane Merzekane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "شعبان مرزقان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha%C3%A2bane_Merzekane"
    title: "Chaâbane Merzekane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sab%C3%A1n_Merzek%C3%A1n"
    title: "Sabán Merzekán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2abane_Merzekane"
    title: "Châabane Merzekane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha%C3%A2bane_Merzekane"
    title: "Chaâbane Merzekane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaabane_Merzekane"
    title: "Chaabane Merzekane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Мерзекан, Шаабан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Ea%C4%9Fban_Merzikani"
    title: "Şağban Merzikani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2458132"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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