# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luca-cereda
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:16:43.315Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luca-cereda"
name: "Luca Cereda"
slug: "luca-cereda"
description: "Luca Cereda is a Swiss former professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted in the first round, 24th overall, of the 1999 NHL entry draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs. During his first training camp with the Leafs, Cereda was diagnosed with a heart murmur due to a defect in his aortic valve. Apart from exhibition games with the Leafs before the diagnosis, he never appeared in a National Hockey League (NHL) game. After his recovery from his heart surgery, he played in the Leafs' minor league team for a few years and returned to Switzerland in 2004 to play in the National League instead. He ended his playing career in 2008 due to heart problems and began coaching. In 2017, Cereda succeeded Gordie Dwyer to become the head coach of HC Ambrì-Piotta."
tagline: "Swiss ice hockey player"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1981-09-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.37
  momentum:             2.467222884386174
  historical:           5.504322666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Cereda"
    title: "Luca Cereda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "لوكا سيريدا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Cereda"
    title: "Luca Cereda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Cereda"
    title: "Luca Cereda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Cereda"
    title: "Luca Cereda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Cereda"
    title: "Luca Cereda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3264970"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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