# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/finau-maka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:38:44.505Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/finau-maka"
name: "Finau Maka"
slug: "finau-maka"
description: "Finau Maka started his playing career for Auckland Rugby Union and NZ age group teams. He played over 50 games for Auckland NPC Team and the Hurricanes, Blues and Highlanders before leaving to play for the Stade Toulousain club in French Top 14. Whilst at Toulouse he helped them win the 2003, 2005 and 2010 Heineken Cups, as a replacement in 2003 and starting in the 2005 final. He played in two Rugby World Cups for Tonga and was one of the stars of the 2007 Rugby World Cup. In 2011 he led his country to beat France in the biggest upset in Rugby World Cup history. France went on to almost beat the All Blacks in the final."
tagline: "Tongan rugby union player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Finau_Maka_2011.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: "1977-07-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.679230666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finau_Maka"
    title: "Finau Maka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finau_Maka"
    title: "Finau Maka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finau_Maka"
    title: "Finau Maka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finau_Maka"
    title: "Finau Maka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finau_Maka"
    title: "Finau Maka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AB"
    title: "フィナウ・マカ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1152152"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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