# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ilya-kovalchuk
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:34:49.132Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ilya-kovalchuk"
name: "Ilya Kovalchuk"
slug: "ilya-kovalchuk"
description: "Ilya Valeryevich Kovalchuk is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger. He played for the Atlanta Thrashers, New Jersey Devils, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, and Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League (NHL), as well as Ak Bars Kazan, Khimik Moscow Oblast, SKA Saint Petersburg, Avangard Omsk, and Spartak Moscow in the Russian Superleague (RSL) and Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)."
tagline: "Russian professional ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ilya_Kovalchuk_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1983-04-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.666788
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/ilyakovalchukofficial/"
    handle:    "ilyakovalchukofficial"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ايليا كوڤالتشوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ilja Kovalčuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilja_Walerjewitsch_Kowaltschuk"
    title: "Ilja Walerjewitsch Kowaltschuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Kovalchuk"
    title: "Ilya Kovalchuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ilja Valerjevics Kovalcsuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "イリヤ・コワルチュク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "일리야 코발추크"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ilja Kovalčiukas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C4%BCja_Kova%C4%BC%C4%8Duks"
    title: "Iļja Kovaļčuks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilja_Kovaltsjuk"
    title: "Ilja Kovaltsjuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ilja Kowalczuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilia_Kovalciuk"
    title: "Ilia Kovalciuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ковальчук, Илья Валерьевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Kovalchuk"
    title: "Ilya Kovalchuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilia_Valerievi%C4%8D_Kova%C4%BE%C4%8Duk"
    title: "Ilia Valerievič Kovaľčuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Иља Коваљчук"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434859"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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