# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/liam-messam
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:47:35.303Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/liam-messam"
name: "Liam Messam"
slug: "liam-messam"
description: "Liam Justin Messam is a New Zealand retired rugby union player who last played in the TOP14 for RC Toulonnais. In Super Rugby, he previously played for the Chiefs, and for Waikato in the ITM Cup. Messam predominantly played as a blindside flanker but could fill in at Number 8 as well as openside flanker. After the retirement of then Chiefs captain Mils Muliaina, Messam was named the team's new co-captain from 2012 onwards, alongside Aaron Cruden."
tagline: "New Zealand rugby union player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Liam_Messam_at_fundraiser_dinner.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1984-03-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.436
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/liammessam/"
    handle:    "liammessam"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/liammessam"
    handle:    "liammessam"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%88%A9%E4%BA%9E%E5%A7%86%C2%B7%E6%A2%85%E8%96%A9"
    title: "利亞姆·梅薩"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Messam"
    title: "Liam Messam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Messam"
    title: "Liam Messam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Messam"
    title: "Liam Messam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Messam"
    title: "Liam Messam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%83%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0"
    title: "リアム・メッサム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Messam"
    title: "Liam Messam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC"
    title: "Лијам Месам"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3237647"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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