# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-leighton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:36:47.687Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-leighton"
name: "Jim Leighton"
slug: "jim-leighton"
description: "James Leighton is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Leighton started his career with Aberdeen, where he won seven domestic trophies and the 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup under the management of Alex Ferguson. Ferguson then signed Leighton for Manchester United in 1988, but dropped him after he conceded three goals in the 1990 FA Cup Final. Leighton then had spells with Arsenal, Reading, Dundee and Sheffield United, and rebuilt his career after joining Hibernian in 1993. He returned to Aberdeen in 1997, leading to a career total of over 600 appearances in the league alone."
tagline: "Scottish association football player (born 1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Leighton_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1958-07-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             16.99079446120523
  historical:           21.85072
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1321743/"
    handle:    "nm1321743"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump