# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-spence
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:13:20.428Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-spence"
name: "Derek Spence"
slug: "derek-spence"
description: "Derek William Spence is a Northern Irish former professional footballer. He played as a forward in a career spanning seventeen years from 1969 to 1986."
tagline: "Northern Irish footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Derek_Spence.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1952-01-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.58
  momentum:             3.461538461538462
  historical:           6.145861333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ڈیرک اسپینس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ديريك سبينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ديريك سبينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%BA_%CE%A3%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%82"
    title: "Ντέρεκ Σπενς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Spence"
    title: "Derek Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Spence"
    title: "Derek Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Дерек Спенс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5262374"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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