# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karoly-palotai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:06:58.385Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karoly-palotai"
name: "Károly Palotai"
slug: "karoly-palotai"
description: "Károly Palotai was a Hungarian association football player and referee. He was an Olympic Gold winner as a player before turning to refereeing. He was a referee at three World Cup tournaments and officiated in two European Cup finals."
tagline: "Hungarian association football player and referee (1935-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/K%C3%A1roly_Palotai_(1975)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1935-09-11"
deathDate: "2018-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.67
  momentum:             3.969463470319635
  historical:           17.70216266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "保洛陶伊·卡罗伊"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كارولي بالوتاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كارولى بالوتاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Palotai"
    title: "Károly Palotai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Palotai"
    title: "Károly Palotai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Palotai"
    title: "Károly Palotai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Palotai"
    title: "Károly Palotai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C"
    title: "کاروی پالوتائی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Palotai"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palotai_K%C3%A1roly"
    title: "Palotai Károly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Palotai"
    title: "Károly Palotai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Palotai"
    title: "Károly Palotai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Palotai"
    title: "Károly Palotai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Palotai"
    title: "Károly Palotai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Palotai"
    title: "Károly Palotai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9"
    title: "Палотаи, Карой"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Palotai"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Карољ Палотаи"
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    title: "Károly Palotai"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Palotai"
    title: "Károly Palotai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%97"
    title: "Карой Палотаї"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q548208"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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