# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernest-merrick
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:01:53.404Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernest-merrick"
name: "Ernest Merrick"
slug: "ernest-merrick"
description: "Ernest Merrick OAM is a Scottish-Australian coach, who last managed A-League soccer club Newcastle Jets. He was released on 6 January 2020. He was the former head coach of the Hong Kong national football team and A-League clubs Melbourne Victory and Wellington Phoenix. He currently serves as the chief football officer for Football Australia."
tagline: "Football coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernie_Merrick.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1958-01-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.89
  momentum:             15
  historical:           9.617892
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "摩力克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إيرني ميريك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ايرنى ميريك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Merrick"
    title: "Ernie Merrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Merrick"
    title: "Ernie Merrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Merrick"
    title: "Ernie Merrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Merrick"
    title: "Ernie Merrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "アーニー・メリック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Merrick"
    title: "Ernie Merrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Меррик, Эрни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "摩力克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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