# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-mccartney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:26:22.045Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-mccartney"
name: "George McCartney"
slug: "george-mccartney"
description: "George McCartney is a Northern Irish former footballer who is a coach at Linfield. He began his career at Sunderland in 1998 before having two spells each with West Ham United and Leeds United. He won the 2004–05 Football League Championship with Sunderland and was named the club's player of the season award as well as being named in the 2004–05 Football League Championship PFA Team of the Year. He moved to West Ham in 2006 before returning to Sunderland under Roy Keane's managership in 2008. He spent one season, the 2010–11 season, on loan with Leeds United before returning in 2011 to play on loan for West Ham. From 2001 until 2010 he also played international football for Northern Ireland."
tagline: "Northern Irish footballer (born 1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GeorgeMcCartneyWHU2012.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1981-04-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.847232
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%94%E6%B2%BB%C2%B7%E9%BA%A6%E5%8D%A1%E7%89%B9%E5%B0%BC"
    title: "乔治·麦卡特尼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "جورج مكارتني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "جورج مكارتنى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McCartney"
    title: "George McCartney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McCartney"
    title: "George McCartney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McCartney_(footballer)"
    title: "George McCartney (footballer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McCartney"
    title: "George McCartney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McCartney"
    title: "George McCartney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McCartney"
    title: "George McCartney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McCartney"
    title: "George McCartney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McCartney"
    title: "George McCartney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジョージ・マッカートニー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McCartney"
    title: "George McCartney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%A7%80_%EB%A7%A5%EC%B9%B4%ED%8A%B8%EB%8B%88"
    title: "조지 맥카트니"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McCartney"
    title: "George McCartney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McCartney"
    title: "George McCartney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McCartney"
    title: "George McCartney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6"
    title: "Маккартни, Джордж"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McCartney"
    title: "George McCartney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%96"
    title: "Джордж Маккартні"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150161"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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