# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leo-van-der-elst
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:37:19.325Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-van-der-elst"
name: "Leo Van der Elst"
slug: "leo-van-der-elst"
description: "Leo Van der Elst is a Belgian retired footballer who played mainly as a midfielder. He amassed Belgian Pro League totals of 406 games and 67 goals over the course of 15 seasons, mainly in representation of Antwerp, Club Brugge and Genk. His older brother, François, was also a professional footballer, and both were Belgian internationals."
tagline: "Belgian footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Omloop_Het_Nieuwsblad_2012_Leo_Van_Der_Elst_25-02-2012_10-36-23.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1962-01-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.52
  momentum:             4.055992596020361
  historical:           15.68536666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Лео ван дер Ельст"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليو فان دير ألست"
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    title: "ليو فان دير الست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leo Van der Elst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Van_der_Elst"
    title: "Leo Van der Elst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Van_der_Elst"
    title: "Leo Van der Elst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Van_der_Elst"
    title: "Leo Van der Elst"
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    title: "لئو فن در الست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Van_der_Elst"
    title: "Leo Van der Elst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Van_Der_Elst"
    title: "Leo Van Der Elst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Van_Der_Elst"
    title: "Leo Van Der Elst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Van_der_Elst"
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    title: "레오 판 데르 엘스트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Van_Der_Elst"
    title: "Leo Van Der Elst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Van_der_Elst"
    title: "Leo Van der Elst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Van_Der_Elst"
    title: "Leo Van Der Elst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump