# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-o-shea
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:57:04.443Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-o-shea"
name: "John O'Shea"
slug: "john-o-shea"
description: "John Francis O'Shea is an Irish professional football coach and former player who is currently assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland men's national team. He was known for his versatility in playing several defensive and midfield positions on either side of the pitch or the centre. With 14 winners' medals, he is one of the most decorated Irish footballers of all time; only Denis Irwin, Roy Keane, Steve Heighway and Ronnie Whelan have accrued more honours."
tagline: "Irish footballer and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manchester_-_Old_Trafford_-_Manchester_United_vs_Crawley_Town.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1981-04-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.91307733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump