# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-veldman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:17:48.663Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-veldman"
name: "John Veldman"
slug: "john-veldman"
description: "John Fitzgerald Veldman is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender. Veldman spent his entire career in the Eredivisie, playing 297 matches from 1986 to 2001. He began his professional career at PSV Eindhoven, then moved on to Willem II, Sparta Rotterdam, Ajax, Vitesse and RBC Roosendaal. While at Sparta, he started in various defensive positions and helped the club reach the final of the KNVB Cup in 1996."
tagline: "Dutch footballer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1968-02-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.98
  momentum:             17.23978300180832
  historical:           15.29291066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Йон Велдман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون فيلدمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون فيلدمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "جان ولدمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Veldman"
    title: "John Veldman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Veldman"
    title: "John Veldman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Veldman"
    title: "John Veldman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "جان ولدمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Veldman"
    title: "John Veldman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Veldman"
    title: "John Veldman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Veldman"
    title: "John Veldman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%8E%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A4%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Ջոն Վելդման"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Veldman"
    title: "John Veldman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%98_%ED%8E%A0%ED%8A%B8%EB%A7%8C"
    title: "욘 펠트만"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Veldman"
    title: "John Veldman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Veldman"
    title: "John Veldman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Veldman"
    title: "John Veldman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Велдман, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q778632"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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