# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-joseph
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:43:12.757Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-joseph"
name: "Francis Joseph"
slug: "francis-joseph"
description: "Francis Joseph was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for a large number of clubs in the Football League, including Wimbledon, Brentford, Reading, Sheffield United, Crewe Alexandra, Fulham, Barnet and Gillingham, between 1980 and 1992. He also spent time playing outside the United Kingdom, including spells with Honka, JYP 77 and HJK Helsinki in Finland, Racing Ghent in Belgium and Tampa Bay Rowdies in the United States. He eventually dropped into non-League football, playing for numerous clubs before becoming a coach at non-League level in 1995."
tagline: "English footballer (1960–2022)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1960-03-06"
deathDate: "2022-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.51
  momentum:             1.666666666666667
  historical:           5.671778666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Joseph_(footballer)"
    title: "Francis Joseph (footballer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "فرنسيس جوزيف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "فرنسيس چوزيف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Джозеф, Фрэнсис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Joseph"
    title: "Francis Joseph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Joseph"
    title: "Francis Joseph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5481538"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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