# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fernando-varela
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:26:58.071Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fernando-varela"
name: "Fernando Varela"
slug: "fernando-varela"
description: "Fernando Lopes dos Santos Varela is a former professional footballer who played mainly as a centre-back. Born in Portugal, he represented Cape Verde internationally."
tagline: "Cape Verdean footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fernando_Varela_2013_Catalonia.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: "1987-11-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.01
  momentum:             11.06609808102345
  historical:           15.38892266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/fernando_varela5/"
    handle:    "fernando_varela5"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%83_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Фернанду Варела"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "فرناندو لوبيز دوس سانتوس فاريلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "فرناندو لوبيز دوس سانتوس فاريلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Varela_(Fu%C3%9Fballspieler%2C_1987)"
    title: "Fernando Varela (Fußballspieler, 1987)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF_%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B1"
    title: "Φερνάντο Βαρέλα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Varela_(Cape_Verdean_footballer)"
    title: "Fernando Varela (Cape Verdean footballer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Lopes_dos_Santos_Varela"
    title: "Fernando Lopes dos Santos Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Varela_(football%2C_1987)"
    title: "Fernando Varela (football, 1987)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%95_%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A1_%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%94"
    title: "פרננדו לופס דוס סנטוס וארלה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Lopes_dos_Santos_Varela"
    title: "Fernando Lopes dos Santos Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Lopes_dos_Santos_Varela"
    title: "Fernando Lopes dos Santos Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9A%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%AC%E3%83%A9"
    title: "フェルナンド・ロペス・ドス・サントス・ヴァレラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Varela_(ur._1987)"
    title: "Fernando Varela (ur. 1987)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Varela"
    title: "Fernando Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Varela"
    title: "Fernando Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%83"
    title: "Варела, Фернанду"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%81_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Фернандо Лопес де Сантос Варела"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Varela_(1987_do%C4%9Fumlu_futbolcu)"
    title: "Fernando Varela (1987 doğumlu futbolcu)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2699502"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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