# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/manuel-raga
# Generated: 2026-09-02T10:46:37.076Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/manuel-raga"
name: "Manuel Raga"
slug: "manuel-raga"
description: "Manuel \"Manolo\" Raga Navarro is a Mexican former professional basketball player. During his playing career, he was nicknamed, \"The Flying Mexican\", due to his nationality and his one of a kind 43-inch standing vertical leap. He was named the Best Mexican Player of the 20th Century in 2000. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors. In 2016, he became a FIBA Hall of Fame player. Along with players like Carlos Quintanar, Arturo Guerrero, and a few others, Raga is generally considered to be one of the best Mexican basketball players of all time."
tagline: "Mexican basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manuel_Raga_1972.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1944-03-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.73
  momentum:             21.34615384615385
  historical:           10.05508
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Рага, Мануэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "مانويل راجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "مانويل راجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Raga"
    title: "Manuel Raga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Raga"
    title: "Manuel Raga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%84_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "مانوئل راگا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Raga"
    title: "Manuel Raga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%92%D7%94"
    title: "מנואל ראגה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Raga"
    title: "Manuel Raga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Raga"
    title: "Manuel Raga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Raga"
    title: "Manuel Raga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1147915"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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