# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/macha-van-der-vaart
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:23:32.348Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/macha-van-der-vaart"
name: "Macha van der Vaart"
slug: "macha-van-der-vaart"
description: "Macha Alexandra van der Vaart is a former field hockey midfielder from the Netherlands, who played 151 international matches for the Dutch National Women's Team, in which she scored seventeen goals. She made her debut on 9 December 1998 against Australia (1-1), and was a member of the team that won bronze at the 2000 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She retired from international competition after the Athens Games."
tagline: "Field hockey player"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1972-04-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             5
  historical:           10.47120266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Маша ван дер Варт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماتشا ڤان دير ڤارت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Macha van der Vaart"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macha_van_der_Vaart"
    title: "Macha van der Vaart"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماچا ون در وارت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Macha van der Vaart"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "മാച്ചാ വാൻ ഡെർ വാർട്ട്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Macha van der Vaart"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macha_van_der_Vaart"
    title: "Macha van der Vaart"
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    title: "Macha van der Vaart"
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    title: "Ван дер Варт, Маха"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Macha van der Vaart"
    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