# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erwin-helmchen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:29:32.409Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erwin-helmchen"
name: "Erwin Helmchen"
slug: "erwin-helmchen"
description: "Erwin Helmchen was a German footballer who played as a striker. He is the most prolific goalscorer in recorded history according to RSSSF with at least 989 goals scored in 582 official matches. He is also the second goalscorer in league matches with over 720 goals, the second-most prolific goalscorer for a single team with at least 667 goals, and the goalscorer with most career hat-tricks with at least 142."
tagline: "German association football player (1907-1981)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1907-05-10"
deathDate: "1981-06-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.01
  momentum:             17.89059080962801
  historical:           13.95748533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "艾爾溫·赫爾姆欽"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إروين هيلمتشن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Helmchen"
    title: "Erwin Helmchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Helmchen"
    title: "Erwin Helmchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Helmchen"
    title: "Erwin Helmchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CF%81%CE%B2%CE%B9%CE%BD_%CE%A7%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BC%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%BD"
    title: "Έρβιν Χέλμχεν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Helmchen"
    title: "Erwin Helmchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Helmchen"
    title: "Erwin Helmchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%86"
    title: "اروین هلمشن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Helmchen"
    title: "Erwin Helmchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Helmchen"
    title: "Erwin Helmchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EB%A5%B4%EB%B9%88_%ED%97%AC%EB%A6%84%EC%84%BC"
    title: "에르빈 헬름센"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Helmchen"
    title: "Erwin Helmchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Хельмхен, Эрвин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Helmchen"
    title: "Erwin Helmchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Helmchen"
    title: "Erwin Helmchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1363019"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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