# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-connolly
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:07:35.459Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-connolly"
name: "David Connolly"
slug: "david-connolly"
description: "David James Connolly is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for various clubs including Feyenoord and Excelsior in the Netherlands as well as Wigan Athletic and Sunderland in the Premier League. Born in England, Connolly represented the Republic of Ireland national team at international level. He was a member of Ireland's 2002 FIFA World Cup squad that lost to Spain in the knockout stage where his penalty kick was saved by Iker Casillas during the shootout."
tagline: "Irish footballer"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
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  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1977-06-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1451612903225806
  historical:           19.11322
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Девід Конноллі"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump