# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kristaps-sotnieks
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:36:51.496Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kristaps-sotnieks"
name: "Kristaps Sotnieks"
slug: "kristaps-sotnieks"
description: "Kristaps Sotnieks is a Latvian professional ice-hockey defenseman. He currently plays for Dinamo Riga in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)."
tagline: "Latvian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kristaps_Sotnieks_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1987-01-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.35
  momentum:             13.80986937590711
  historical:           13.13977733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Крістапс Сотнієкс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "كريستاپس سوتنيكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristaps_Sotnieks"
    title: "Kristaps Sotnieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristaps_Sotnieks"
    title: "Kristaps Sotnieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristaps_Sotnieks"
    title: "Kristaps Sotnieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristaps_Sotnieks"
    title: "Kristaps Sotnieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristaps_Sotnieks"
    title: "Kristaps Sotnieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristaps_Sotnieks"
    title: "Kristaps Sotnieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristaps_Sotnieks"
    title: "Kristaps Sotnieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%81%AC%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%91%EC%8A%A4_%EC%86%8C%ED%8A%B8%EB%8B%88%EC%97%91%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "크리스탑스 소트니엑스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristaps_Sotnieks"
    title: "Kristaps Sotnieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristaps_Sotnieks"
    title: "Kristaps Sotnieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristaps_Sotnieks"
    title: "Kristaps Sotnieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%81"
    title: "Сотниекс, Кристапс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%81_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81"
    title: "Кристапс Сотнијекс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristaps_Sotnieks"
    title: "Kristaps Sotnieks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1400484"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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