# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francois-van-der-elst
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:04:07.050Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francois-van-der-elst"
name: "François Van der Elst"
slug: "francois-van-der-elst"
description: "François Van der Elst was a Belgian footballer, who played as a winger. He is mainly known for winning several national and European trophies while at R.S.C. Anderlecht."
tagline: "Belgian footballer (1954–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fran%C3%A7ois_Van_der_Elst.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1954-12-01"
deathDate: "2017-01-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.015608740894901
  historical:           17.57056266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump