# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luuk-balkestein
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:30:48.984Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luuk-balkestein"
name: "Luuk Balkestein"
slug: "luuk-balkestein"
description: "Luuk Balkestein is a Dutch retired football player who played for Sparta Rotterdam and Feyenoord, as well as the Dutch national side."
tagline: "Dutch footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luuk_Balkestein%2C_Bestanddeelnr_930-1483_(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: "1954-04-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.15
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.00666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luuk_Balkestein"
    title: "Luuk Balkestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "لوك بالكستاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "لوك بالكيستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luuk_Balkestein"
    title: "Luuk Balkestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luuk_Balkestein"
    title: "Luuk Balkestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luuk_Balkestein"
    title: "Luuk Balkestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luuk_Balkestein"
    title: "Luuk Balkestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luuk_Balkestein"
    title: "Luuk Balkestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367420"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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