# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mako-vunipola
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:08:59.621Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mako-vunipola"
name: "Mako Vunipola"
slug: "mako-vunipola"
description: "Mako Vunipola is a professional rugby union player who plays as a loosehead prop for French club Vannes in the Pro D2. He previously played for the England national team. Born in New Zealand to Tongan parents, he qualified for England through residency having lived and been educated in Wales and then England since the age of 7."
tagline: "New Zealand-English rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mako_Vunipola_2013.jpg?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: "1991-01-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.607961333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mako_vunipola/"
    handle:    "mako_vunipola"
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%92%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Мако Вунипола"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mako_Vunipola"
    title: "Mako Vunipola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mako_Vunipola"
    title: "Mako Vunipola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mako_Vunipola"
    title: "Mako Vunipola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mako_Vunipola"
    title: "Mako Vunipola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mako_Vunipola"
    title: "Mako Vunipola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%83%8B%E3%83%9D%E3%83%A9"
    title: "マコ・ヴニポラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14372315"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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