# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jay-needham
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:55:58.007Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jay-needham"
name: "Jay Needham"
slug: "jay-needham"
description: "Jay Charles Needham is an American former professional soccer player who played as a central defender or defensive midfielder for teams in Norway, Puerto Rico and the United States."
tagline: "American soccer player (born 1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jay_Needham_01.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: "1984-09-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.39
  momentum:             8.928571428571429
  historical:           4.403816
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "چاى نيدهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Needham"
    title: "Jay Needham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Needham"
    title: "Jay Needham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Needham"
    title: "Jay Needham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Needham"
    title: "Jay Needham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331258"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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