# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gio-aplon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:06:06.167Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gio-aplon"
name: "Gio Aplon"
slug: "gio-aplon"
description: "Gio Giaan Aplon is a former South African rugby union player. In 2010 he scored two tries in a 42–17 triumph against the Six Nations winner – France. The match was also his debut playing as a South African winger number 14. He is considered to be one of the first small wings in South Africa after the likes of Breyton Paulse. These players are the inspirations of guys like Cheslin Kolbe, Kurt-Lee Arendse and many more."
tagline: "South African rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gio_Aplon_2021.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: "1982-10-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.676530666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gio_Aplon"
    title: "Gio Aplon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gio_Aplon"
    title: "Gio Aplon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gio_Aplon"
    title: "Gio Aplon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BE"
    title: "Аплон, Джио"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gio_Aplon"
    title: "Gio Aplon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジオ・アプロン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2056292"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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