# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/deon-fourie
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:57:05.307Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/deon-fourie"
name: "Deon Fourie"
slug: "deon-fourie"
description: "Deon André Fourie is a South African professional rugby union player who plays for Western Province in the South African Provincial Currie Cup competition and for the Stormers in the United Rugby Championship. His regular playing positions are Hooker and Loose forward. He is known for his work rate and power at the rucks. He made history as the oldest Springbok debutant and became part of the squad that won the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France, playing 76 minutes in the final, which South Africa won."
tagline: "South African rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Deon_Fourie_LQ_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1986-09-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.844676
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  248
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/deon_fourie26/"
    handle:    "deon_fourie26"
sources:
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Fourie"
    title: "Deon Fourie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Fourie"
    title: "Deon Fourie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Fourie"
    title: "Deon Fourie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Fourie"
    title: "Deon Fourie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ディオン・フーリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5260001"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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