# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jannie-du-plessis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:56:45.028Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jannie-du-plessis"
name: "Jannie du Plessis"
slug: "jannie-du-plessis"
description: "Jan Nathaniel du Plessis is a former South African rugby union player, who played as a prop for Montpellier in the French Top 14 and the Lions in Super Rugby. He played for the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup and the Cheetahs in Super Rugby until 2007, when he joined Durban-based side the Sharks, where he played until 2015. He won 70 caps for South Africa between 2007 and 2015."
tagline: "South African rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jannie_du_Plessis_2016.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: "1982-11-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.770845333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B8"
    title: "Жани ди Плеси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jannie_du_Plessis"
    title: "Jannie du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "جانى دو بليسيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jannie_du_Plessis"
    title: "Jannie du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jannie_du_Plessis"
    title: "Jannie du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jannie_du_Plessis"
    title: "Jannie du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jannie_du_Plessis"
    title: "Jannie du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%A5%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ヤニー・デュプレッシー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jannie_du_Plessis"
    title: "Jannie du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8E_%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BD"
    title: "Дю Плесси, Ян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325033"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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