# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emma-byrne
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:15:56.305Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emma-byrne"
name: "Emma Byrne"
slug: "emma-byrne"
description: "Emma Anne Byrne is an Irish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. She played for the Republic of Ireland on a record 134 occasions and served as captain of the team. She spent almost 17 years with Arsenal before joining Brighton & Hove Albion in January 2017. Byrne currently serves as manager for Lewes F.C. and head of goalkeeping."
tagline: "Irish association football player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emma_Byrne_2014_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1979-06-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.12
  momentum:             18.37664579736672
  historical:           10.52865866666667
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/emmsb30"
    handle:    "emmsb30"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Бирн, Эмма"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "إيما بيرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "ايما بيرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Byrne"
    title: "Emma Byrne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Byrne"
    title: "Emma Byrne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Byrne"
    title: "Emma Byrne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Byrne"
    title: "Emma Byrne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "اما برن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Byrne"
    title: "Emma Byrne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Byrne"
    title: "Emma Byrne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Byrne"
    title: "Emma Byrne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Byrne"
    title: "Emma Byrne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q533443"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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