# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-rappan
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:34:19.423Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-rappan"
name: "Karl Rappan"
slug: "karl-rappan"
description: "Karl Rappan was an Austrian footballer and coach. He played and managed mostly in Switzerland, where he won multiple titles. He had four tenures as coach of the Switzerland national team, which he managed in three World Cups, and is the all-time leader in matches won as coach of the Swiss team. He introduced a major football strategy known as the \"bolt\", which gave origin to the catenaccio system. He also helped create the UEFA Intertoto Cup."
tagline: "Footballer (1905-1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1934-35_Karl_Rappan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1905-09-26"
deathDate: "1996-01-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.02
  momentum:             13.71937167940723
  historical:           18.20968933333334
  currentAttention:     56.67337357478203
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Карл Раппан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "카를 라판"
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    title: "Karl Rappan"
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    title: "Karl Rappan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karl Rappan"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump