# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francois-steyn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:59:27.595Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francois-steyn"
name: "François Steyn"
slug: "francois-steyn"
description: "François Philippus Lodewyk Steyn is a South African rugby union coach and former player. A utility back who represented his country, he was able to play as a centre, fly-half, full-back and wing. He is currently the Head Coach of the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup."
tagline: "South African rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fran%C3%A7ois_Steyn_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1987-05-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.18913333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/fsteyn12"
    handle:    "fsteyn12"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/frans_steyn/"
    handle:    "frans_steyn"
sources:
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    title: "Френсоис Стејн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "François Steyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرانسوا ستاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرانسوا ستاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Steyn"
    title: "François Steyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Steyn"
    title: "François Steyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Steyn"
    title: "François Steyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Steyn"
    title: "François Steyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Steyn"
    title: "François Steyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Steyn"
    title: "François Steyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Francois Steyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B0"
    title: "Стейн, Франсуа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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