# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-gerets
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:31:49.987Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-gerets"
name: "Eric Gerets"
slug: "eric-gerets"
description: "Eric Maria Gerets (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːrɪk ˈxeːrəts]; born 18 May 1954) is a Belgian former professional football manager and player. Nicknamed \"The Lion (of Flanders)\", he was regarded as one of the top right-backs in Europe at his peak and is considered one of the greatest players in Belgian football history."
tagline: "Belgian association football player and manager"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eric_Gerets_2012_1_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1954-05-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.09
  momentum:             2.49756301057038
  historical:           21.41519333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Eric Gerets"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ерик Геретс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eric Gerets"
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  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Gerets"
    title: "Eric Gerets"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eric Gerets"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eric Gerets"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Gerets"
    title: "Eric Gerets"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eric Gerets"
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    title: "Eric Gerets"
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    title: "Eric Gerets"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Gerets"
    title: "Eric Gerets"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "エリック・ゲレツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Gerets"
    title: "Eric Gerets"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Gerets"
    title: "Eric Gerets"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Gerets"
    title: "Eric Gerets"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q363141"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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