# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emeka-okafor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:57:12.842Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emeka-okafor"
name: "Emeka Okafor"
slug: "emeka-okafor"
description: "Chukwuemeka Ndubuisi \"Emeka\" Okafor is an American former professional basketball player. Okafor attended Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas and the University of Connecticut, where in 2004 he won a national championship. In his first season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2004–05, Okafor played for the Charlotte Bobcats and was named Rookie of the Year. He was traded to the New Orleans Hornets in 2009 and was then dealt to the Washington Wizards in 2012. However, a herniated disc in his neck caused Okafor to miss four consecutive seasons from 2013 to 2017 before being medically cleared to play."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emeka_Okafor_Washington_at_Orlando_002.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1982-09-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "BigMek50"
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    handle:    "bigmek50"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump