# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/janusz-kowalik
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:03:46.593Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/janusz-kowalik"
name: "Janusz Kowalik"
slug: "janusz-kowalik"
description: "Janusz \"John\" Kowalik is a Polish former football manager and player who played as a striker. A prolific scorer in the European leagues and the North American Soccer League, he was the 1968 NASL MVP."
tagline: "Polish footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Telstar_tegen_Sparta_1-4_Kowalik_(rechts)_(Sparta)_scoort_keeper_Van_der_Meeren%2C_Bestanddeelnr_923-7728.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1944-03-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.58
  momentum:             1.120331950207469
  historical:           7.885962666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kowalik"
    title: "John Kowalik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B2_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "چانوسز كواليك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Kowalik"
    title: "Janusz Kowalik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Kowalik"
    title: "Janusz Kowalik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Kowalik"
    title: "Janusz Kowalik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Kowalik"
    title: "Janusz Kowalik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Kowalik"
    title: "Janusz Kowalik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Kowalik"
    title: "Janusz Kowalik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%88"
    title: "Ковалик, Януш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1549502"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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