# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daniel-van-buyten
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:20:58.165Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daniel-van-buyten"
name: "Daniel Van Buyten"
slug: "daniel-van-buyten"
description: "Daniel Van Buyten is a Belgian former footballer who played as a centre back. Nicknamed \"Big Dan\", Van Buyten was known for his uncompromising style of play, exploiting both his physical strength and aerial ability."
tagline: "Belgian association football player (born 1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daniel_Van_Buyten.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1978-02-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.902270483711747
  historical:           22.475416
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.danielvanbuyten.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump