# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-doyle-q345970
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:00:44.289Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-doyle-q345970"
name: "John Doyle"
slug: "john-doyle-q345970"
description: "John Joseph Doyle is an American former professional soccer player who played professionally in both Europe and the United States including the Western Soccer League, American Professional Soccer League and Major League Soccer. He was the 1995 A-League Defender of the Year and the 1996 MLS Defender of the Year. He also earned fifty-three caps with the U.S. national team between 1987 and 1994 including two games at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He was a member of the U.S. team at the 1988 Summer Olympics and was most recently the general manager of the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer before resigning on August 29, 2016."
tagline: "American soccer player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Doyle_at_Levi_Stadium.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: "1966-04-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.24
  momentum:             20.53493013972056
  historical:           14.434632
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BB_(%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Джон Дойл (футболіст)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_(1966)"
    title: "جون دويل (1966)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85)"
    title: "جون دويل (لاعب كورة قدم)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84_(%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "جان دویل (فوتبال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doyle_(Fu%C3%9Fballspieler%2C_1966)"
    title: "John Doyle (Fußballspieler, 1966)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doyle_(soccer%2C_born_1966)"
    title: "John Doyle (soccer, born 1966)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84_(%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "جان دویل (فوتبال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doyle_(soccer)"
    title: "John Doyle (soccer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doyle"
    title: "John Doyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doyle"
    title: "John Doyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doyle"
    title: "John Doyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doyle_(voetballer)"
    title: "John Doyle (voetballer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doyle"
    title: "John Doyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doyle_(ameryka%C5%84ski_pi%C5%82karz)"
    title: "John Doyle (amerykański piłkarz)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doyle"
    title: "John Doyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Дойл, Джон (американский футболист)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doyle"
    title: "John Doyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q345970"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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