# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fio-maravilha
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:55:40.134Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fio-maravilha"
name: "Fio Maravilha"
slug: "fio-maravilha"
description: "João Batista de Sales, better known as Fio Maravilha, is a former Brazilian football player. In Brazil he played for Flamengo, Paysandu Sport Club, CEUB, Desportiva and São Cristóvão. Later he moved to the United States, where he played for the New York Eagles, the Montebello Panthers, and the San Francisco Mercury."
tagline: "Brazilian footballer and manager"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1945-01-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.849001333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8F"
    title: "Фио Маравиля"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7"
    title: "فيو ماراڤيلها"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Batista_de_Sales"
    title: "João Batista de Sales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fio_Maravilha"
    title: "Fio Maravilha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fio_Maravilha"
    title: "Fio Maravilha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%94"
    title: "פיו מרוויליה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fio_Maravilha"
    title: "Fio Maravilha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Batista_de_Sales"
    title: "João Batista de Sales"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fio_Maravilha"
    title: "Fio Maravilha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F"
    title: "Фио Маравилья"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2457101"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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