# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fritz-szepan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:50:35.665Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fritz-szepan"
name: "Fritz Szepan"
slug: "fritz-szepan"
description: "Friedrich \"Fritz\" Szepan was a German footballer in the period leading up to and including World War II. He spent his entire career with Schalke 04 where he won six national championships and one German Cup. He is commonly regarded as one of the greatest Schalke players of all time. To celebrate the 100th birthday of the club, the supporters voted the Schalker Jahrhundertelf, the \"Team of the century\": he was included in the midfield. From 1929 to 1938 he played for the Germany national team which he led as captain in 30 matches and during two World Cups."
tagline: "German footballer (1907-1974)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1907-09-02"
deathDate: "1974-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.39
  momentum:             4.102421417007248
  historical:           20.68399333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Fritz Szepan"
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    title: "Fritz Szepan"
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    title: "Fritz Szepan"
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    title: "弗里茨·谢潘"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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