# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christopher-katongo
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:27:48.603Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christopher-katongo"
name: "Christopher Katongo"
slug: "christopher-katongo"
description: "Christopher Katongo is a Zambian former professional footballer who played as a striker. At international level, he amassed over 100 caps between 2003 and 2016 for the Zambia national team. He is an Africa Cup of Nations winner and won the BBC's African Footballer of the Year award in 2012, winning just over 40% of the public vote. His win is stated to have inspired a number of young players in Zambia."
tagline: "Zambian footballer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1982-08-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.07
  momentum:             19.24936386768448
  historical:           20.79381333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Christopher Katongo"
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    title: "Christopher Katongo"
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    title: "Christopher Katongo"
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    title: "Christopher Katongo"
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    title: "Катонго, Кристофер"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump