# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-mendes-da-silva
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:51:12.291Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-mendes-da-silva"
name: "David Mendes da Silva"
slug: "david-mendes-da-silva"
description: "David Miquel Mendes da Silva Gonçalves is a Dutch former professional footballer. During his career, he played for Red Bull Salzburg, AZ, Sparta Rotterdam, Ajax, Panathinaikos and NAC Breda. He was a versatile player who could play all over midfield and in defence, and was known for his dribbling technique as well as his tackling."
tagline: "Dutch footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David-Mendes-da-Silva.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: "1982-08-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             10.31717531042091
  historical:           15.31670666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Давид Мендес да Сильва"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мендес да Силва, Давид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Mendes da Silva"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump