# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-charles
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:05:56.055Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-charles"
name: "John Charles"
slug: "john-charles"
description: "William John Charles was a Welsh footballer who played at centre-forward and centre-back. Best known for his time at Leeds United and Juventus, he was rated by many as the greatest all-round footballer ever to come from Great Britain and one of the greatest footballers ever."
tagline: "Welsh association football player (1931-2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Charles%2C_Wales_versus_Scotland%2C_Ninian_Park%2C_1954.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: "1931-12-27"
deathDate: "2004-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.64
  momentum:             12.98389746960237
  historical:           24.289744
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump