# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/makhaya-ntini
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:24:17.946Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/makhaya-ntini"
name: "Makhaya Ntini"
slug: "makhaya-ntini"
description: "Makhaya Ntini is a South African former professional cricketer, who played all forms of the game. He was the first black player to play for the South African national cricket team. Ntini made his Test cricket debut against Sri Lanka, One Day International debut against New Zealand in 1998. Ntini was a member of the South Africa team that won the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy."
tagline: "South African cricketer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Makhaya_Ntini_4.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1977-07-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.16
  momentum:             11.20140274502691
  historical:           9.395114666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "مکھایا نتینی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماخيا نتينى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "মাখায়া এনটিনি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Makhaya Ntini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhaya_Ntini"
    title: "Makhaya Ntini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Makhaya Ntini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "मखाया एंटिनी"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مکھایا نتینی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "மக்காயா என்டினி"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%96%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%8E%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BF"
    title: "మఖాయా ఎన్టిని"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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