# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jesperi-kotkaniemi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:40:09.595Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jesperi-kotkaniemi"
name: "Jesperi Kotkaniemi"
slug: "jesperi-kotkaniemi"
description: "Jesperi Kotkaniemi is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected third overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2018 NHL entry draft. In October 2018, he became the first player born in the 2000s to play in one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, when he appeared on the Canadiens opening night roster. Kotkaniemi won the Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes in 2026."
tagline: "Finnish ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jesperi_Kotkaniemi.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "2000-07-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.45944666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jesperikotkaniemi/"
    handle:    "jesperikotkaniemi"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesperi_Kotkaniemi"
    title: "Jesperi Kotkaniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%89"
    title: "چيسپيرى كوتكانيمى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesperi_Kotkaniemi"
    title: "Jesperi Kotkaniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesperi_Kotkaniemi"
    title: "Jesperi Kotkaniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesperi_Kotkaniemi"
    title: "Jesperi Kotkaniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesperi_Kotkaniemi"
    title: "Jesperi Kotkaniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesperi_Kotkaniemi"
    title: "Jesperi Kotkaniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesperi_Kotkaniemi"
    title: "Jesperi Kotkaniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%88%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%9F"
    title: "イェスペリ・コトカニエミ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesperi_Kotkaniemi"
    title: "Jesperi Kotkaniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesperi_Kotkaniemi"
    title: "Jesperi Kotkaniemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%2C_%D0%99%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Котканиеми, Йеспери"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39400296"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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