# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elrio-van-heerden
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:22:04.924Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elrio-van-heerden"
name: "Elrio van Heerden"
slug: "elrio-van-heerden"
description: "Elrio van Heerden is a South African retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder for the likes of Copenhagen, Club Brugge and Blackburn Rovers, among other clubs. He was previously also been an established member of the South Africa national team, representing the nation from 2004 to 2009."
tagline: "Association football player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elrio_van_Heerden_(cropped).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: "1983-07-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.21
  momentum:             0.1501501501501501
  historical:           15.07883466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  217
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BE_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Елріо ван Герден"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "إلريو فان هيردن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "الريو فان هيردن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elrio_van_Heerden"
    title: "Elrio van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elrio_van_Heerden"
    title: "Elrio van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elrio_van_Heerden"
    title: "Elrio van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elrio_van_Heerden"
    title: "Elrio van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elrio_van_Heerden"
    title: "Elrio van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elrio_van_Heerden"
    title: "Elrio van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elrio_van_Heerden"
    title: "Elrio van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elrio_van_Heerden"
    title: "Elrio van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elrio_van_Heerden"
    title: "Elrio van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elrio_van_Heerden"
    title: "Elrio van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elrio_van_Heerden"
    title: "Elrio van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elrio_van_Heerden"
    title: "Elrio van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elrio_van_Heerden"
    title: "Elrio van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BE"
    title: "Ван Херден, Элрио"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elrio_van_Heerden"
    title: "Elrio van Heerden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438717"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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