# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karlis-skrastins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:26:14.035Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karlis-skrastins"
name: "Kārlis Skrastiņš"
slug: "karlis-skrastins"
description: "Kārlis Skrastiņš was a Latvian professional ice hockey player. Skrastiņš was drafted by the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League in 1998 as a defenceman and spent twelve years in the league playing for the Predators, the Colorado Avalanche, the Florida Panthers, and the Dallas Stars."
tagline: "Latvian hockey player (1974-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karlis_Skrastins.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1974-07-09"
deathDate: "2011-09-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.81
  momentum:             10
  historical:           17.26955733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Kārlis Skrastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "كارليس سكراستينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kārlis Skrastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kārlis Skrastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Skrasti%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Kārlis Skrastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Skrasti%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Kārlis Skrastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kārlis Skrastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Skrasti%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Kārlis Skrastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kārlis Skrastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Կառլիս Սկրաստինշ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kārlis Skrastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "카를리스 스크라스틴시"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kārlis Skrastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kārlis Skrastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kārlis Skrastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kārlis Skrastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Скрастиньш, Карлис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kārlis Skrastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Skrasti%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Kārlis Skrastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Skrasti%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Kārlis Skrastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81_%D0%A1%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88"
    title: "Карліс Скрастіньш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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