# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gareth-jenkins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:09:16.325Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gareth-jenkins"
name: "Gareth Jenkins"
slug: "gareth-jenkins"
description: "Gareth John James Jenkins is a Welsh former rugby union player and coach. Born in Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, he played for Llanelli RFC for 17 years from his debut in September 1969. He was appointed coach of the club in 1982. In 2003, he was appointed as coach of the newly formed Llanelli Scarlets regional side, guiding them to the Celtic League title in their first season. Following the resignation of Steve Hansen as coach of the Wales national team, Jenkins applied for the position and was one of two finalists only for Mike Ruddock to be appointed without applying. Jenkins finally took over as Wales coach when Ruddock resigned during the 2006 Six Nations, but his tenure was unsuccessful, winning just six of his 20 games in charge. He was sacked on 30 September 2007, the day after Wales failed to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He returned to the Scarlets as their head of regional development and recruitment in June 2008."
tagline: "Welsh rugby union footballer and coach"
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: "1951-09-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.340965333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "غاريث جنكينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Jenkins"
    title: "Gareth Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Jenkins"
    title: "Gareth Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Jenkins"
    title: "Gareth Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Jenkins"
    title: "Gareth Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Jenkins"
    title: "Gareth Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1404569"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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