# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erkka-petaja
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:30:13.977Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erkka-petaja"
name: "Erkka Petäjä"
slug: "erkka-petaja"
description: "Erkka Petäjä is a Finnish former international footballer who earned 84 caps at international level between 1983 and 1994. Petäjä, who played as a defender, played professionally in Finland, Sweden and Switzerland for TPS, Östers IF, Helsingborgs IF, Malmö FF, Yverdon-Sport, Husqvarna FF and Inter Turku."
tagline: "Association football player from Finland"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1964-02-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.01
  momentum:             6.965811965811964
  historical:           10.93837333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkka_Pet%C3%A4j%C3%A4"
    title: "Erkka Petäjä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%86%D8%A7"
    title: "اركا پيتاچا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkka_Pet%C3%A4j%C3%A4"
    title: "Erkka Petäjä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkka_Pet%C3%A4j%C3%A4"
    title: "Erkka Petäjä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkka_Pet%C3%A4j%C3%A4"
    title: "Erkka Petäjä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkka_Pet%C3%A4j%C3%A4"
    title: "Erkka Petäjä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "ارکا پتیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkka_Pet%C3%A4j%C3%A4"
    title: "Erkka Petäjä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkka_Pet%C3%A4j%C3%A4"
    title: "Erkka Petäjä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkka_Pet%C3%A4j%C3%A4"
    title: "Erkka Petäjä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkka_Pet%C3%A4j%C3%A4"
    title: "Erkka Petäjä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkka_Pet%C3%A4j%C3%A4"
    title: "Erkka Petäjä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkka_Pet%C3%A4j%C3%A4"
    title: "Erkka Petäjä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q636223"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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