# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-abidal
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:43:24.642Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-abidal"
name: "Eric Abidal"
slug: "eric-abidal"
description: "Eric Sylvain Abidal is a French former professional footballer who played as a left-back or centre-back. He is considered amongst the best defenders of his generation."
tagline: "French footballer (born 1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C3%89ric_Abidal_-_001.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1979-09-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump