# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcelo-zalayeta
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:05:30.090Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marcelo-zalayeta"
name: "Marcelo Zalayeta"
slug: "marcelo-zalayeta"
description: "Marcelo Danubio Zalayeta is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a striker. At international level, Zalayeta represented the Uruguay national team on 32 occasions between 1997 and 2005, scoring ten goals. At youth level, he was a member of the team that finished second in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship. At senior level, he helped Uruguay reach the 1999 Copa América final."
tagline: "Uruguayan footballer (born 1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcelo_Zalayeta.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: "1978-12-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.94040533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump