# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-nelis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:32:45.644Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-nelis"
name: "Joseph Nelis"
slug: "joseph-nelis"
description: "Joseph \"Jef\" Nelis was a Belgian footballer who played as a forward for Royal Berchem Sport. Born in England, he represented the Belgium national team at international level, scoring two goals in two appearances. He was picked for the World Cup in 1938 in France, but did not play."
tagline: "Belgian association football player (1917-1994)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1917-04-01"
deathDate: "1994-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.82
  momentum:             15
  historical:           13.53704133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Жозеф Неліс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "جوزيف نايلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "چوزيف نايلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nelis"
    title: "Joseph Nelis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nelis"
    title: "Joseph Nelis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nelis"
    title: "Joseph Nelis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D9%86%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "ژوزف نلیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nelis"
    title: "Joseph Nelis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nelis"
    title: "Joseph Nelis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nelis"
    title: "Joseph Nelis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nelis"
    title: "Joseph Nelis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nelis"
    title: "Joseph Nelis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nelis"
    title: "Joseph Nelis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nelis"
    title: "Joseph Nelis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%96%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Нелис, Жозеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Џозеф Нелис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2479008"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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