# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-akpala
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:22:34.975Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-akpala"
name: "Joseph Akpala"
slug: "joseph-akpala"
description: "Joseph Eneojo Akpala is a Nigerian football manager and former professional footballer who played as a forward. Since 2022, he is the current assistant coach of Club Brugge. Akpala has been assistant coach at Kortrijk, taking over as caretaker coach for one match in September 2023, in between the dismissal of Edward Still and the appointment of Glen De Boeck, and taking the reins again following De Boeck's sacking in November 2023."
tagline: "Nigerian association football player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Akpala_(17_juli_2012).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1986-08-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.55900133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Joseph-Akpala-172199036220148"
    handle:    "Joseph-Akpala-172199036220148"
sources:
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    title: "Джозеф Акпала"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph Akpala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Akpala"
    title: "Joseph Akpala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Akpala"
    title: "Joseph Akpala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ژوزف آکپالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph Akpala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph Akpala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Akpala"
    title: "Joseph Akpala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Akpala"
    title: "Joseph Akpala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジョセフ・アクパラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "조지프 아크팔라"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Akpala"
    title: "Joseph Akpala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Akpala"
    title: "Joseph Akpala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Акпала, Джозеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph Akpala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Akpala"
    title: "Joseph Akpala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph Akpala"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q978250"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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