# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-belanger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:12:54.264Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-belanger"
name: "Éric Bélanger"
slug: "eric-belanger"
description: "Éric Bélanger is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played the majority of his professional career as a centre in the National Hockey League (NHL), representing the Los Angeles Kings, Carolina Hurricanes, Atlanta Thrashers, Minnesota Wild, Washington Capitals, Phoenix Coyotes and Edmonton Oilers. He was originally drafted in the fourth round, 96th overall, in the 1996 NHL entry draft by Los Angeles."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eric_Belanger_Oilers.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1977-12-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.620808
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_B%C3%A9langer"
    title: "Éric Bélanger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B1"
    title: "إريك بيلانجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B1"
    title: "اريك بيلانجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_B%C3%A9langer"
    title: "Éric Bélanger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_B%C3%A9langer"
    title: "Éric Bélanger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_B%C3%A9langer"
    title: "Éric Bélanger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_B%C3%A9langer"
    title: "Éric Bélanger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_B%C3%A9langer"
    title: "Éric Bélanger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_B%C3%A9langer"
    title: "Éric Bélanger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B6%D0%B5%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Беланже, Эрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_B%C3%A9langer"
    title: "Éric Bélanger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188311"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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