# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jesse-kriel
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:46:59.670Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jesse-kriel"
name: "Jesse Kriel"
slug: "jesse-kriel"
description: "Jesse André Kriel is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the Canon Eagles in the Japanese Top League and South Africa national rugby team. His regular playing position is as a utility back but can also play centre, wing or fullback. Kriel was part of the national team who won the 2019 Rugby World Cup and 2023 Rugby World Cup, where he played in all the games of the latter."
tagline: "South African rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jesse_Kriel_2015_RWC_USA_(cropped).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: "1994-02-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.4
  momentum:             1.222222222222222
  historical:           6.413397333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  246
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JesseKriel15"
    handle:    "JesseKriel15"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jessekriel15/"
    handle:    "jessekriel15"
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ジェシー・クリエル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Kriel"
    title: "Jesse Kriel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Kriel"
    title: "Jesse Kriel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Kriel"
    title: "Jesse Kriel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Kriel"
    title: "Jesse Kriel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Kriel"
    title: "Jesse Kriel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Kriel"
    title: "Jesse Kriel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16731047"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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