# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-black
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:04:45.559Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-black"
name: "Eric Black"
slug: "eric-black"
description: "John Eric Black is a Scottish former professional football player and coach. Black played as a striker for Aberdeen and Metz, winning major trophies with both clubs, and earned two international caps for the Scotland national team. He was forced to retire from playing at a relatively early age and became a coach, working as a manager at Motherwell and Coventry City."
tagline: "Scottish footballer and manager (born 1963)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1963-10-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.784057333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA"
    title: "Ерік Блек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "إيريك بلاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "ايريك بلاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Black"
    title: "Eric Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Black"
    title: "Eric Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Black"
    title: "Eric Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Black"
    title: "Eric Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Black"
    title: "Eric Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Black"
    title: "Eric Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Black"
    title: "Eric Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2757880"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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