# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gueida-fofana
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:40:58.054Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gueida-fofana"
name: "Gueïda Fofana"
slug: "gueida-fofana"
description: "Gueïda Fofana is a former French footballer. He was a French youth international and has captained at all levels of youth. In 2010, he captained the France team that won the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship on home soil. He operated as a defensive midfielder, but could also play as a defender and was known for his physical style of play. Fofana had been compared to Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira, however he was forced to retire on 18 January 2017 due to ongoing injury problems."
tagline: "Footballer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1991-05-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.98
  momentum:             15.64516129032258
  historical:           14.648708
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Гейда Фофана"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "جويدا فوفانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gue%C3%AFda_Fofana"
    title: "Gueïda Fofana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gue%C3%AFda_Fofana"
    title: "Gueïda Fofana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gue%C3%AFda_Fofana"
    title: "Gueïda Fofana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gue%C3%AFda_Fofana"
    title: "Gueïda Fofana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "گیدا فوفانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gue%C3%AFda_Fofana"
    title: "Gueïda Fofana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gue%C3%AFda_Fofana"
    title: "Gueïda Fofana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gue%C3%AFda_Fofana"
    title: "Gueïda Fofana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gue%C3%AFda_Fofana"
    title: "Gueïda Fofana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%8A"
    title: "グエイダ・フォファナ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Гейда Фофана"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gue%C3%AFda_Fofana"
    title: "Gueïda Fofana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gue%C3%AFda_Fofana"
    title: "Gueïda Fofana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0"
    title: "Фофана, Гейда"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gue%C3%AFda_Fofana"
    title: "Gueïda Fofana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1028024"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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