# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-sands
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:39:53.371Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-sands"
name: "James Sands"
slug: "james-sands"
description: "James Hoban Sands is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back or defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli, on loan from Major League Soccer side New York City FC, and United States national team. He became NYCFC's first homegrown player in July 2017."
tagline: "American soccer player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Sands_2022.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "2000-07-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.34
  momentum:             24.19172198360016
  historical:           14.11027333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jamessands_16/"
    handle:    "jamessands_16"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%81"
    title: "Джеймс Сендс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جايمس ساندس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جايمس ساندس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sands"
    title: "James Sands"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sands"
    title: "James Sands"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sands"
    title: "James Sands"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "جیمز سندز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sands"
    title: "James Sands"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1_%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A1"
    title: "ג'יימס סנדס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sands"
    title: "James Sands"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sands"
    title: "James Sands"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ジェイムズ・サンズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%81"
    title: "Джеймс Сэндс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sands"
    title: "James Sands"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Сэндс, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sands"
    title: "James Sands"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39676661"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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