# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mario-bliznak
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:55:20.459Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mario-bliznak"
name: "Mário Bližňák"
slug: "mario-bliznak"
description: "Mário Bližňák is a Slovak former professional ice hockey center. He previously played for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). After playing in the Slovak Extraliga, Bližňák was selected by the Canucks in the 2005 NHL entry draft, and moved to North America, joining the Vancouver Giants of the major junior Western Hockey League (WHL) in 2005. Bližňák played three seasons with the Giants, helping them win the Memorial Cup, the national championship for major junior hockey in Canada, in 2007, before joining the Moose in 2008. He is best known as a defensive forward."
tagline: "Slovak ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mario_Bliznak.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1987-03-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.78
  momentum:             3.523809523809524
  historical:           10.07177866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BE_%D0%91%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%BA"
    title: "Маріо Бліжняк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "ماريو بليزناك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1rio_Bli%C5%BE%C5%88%C3%A1k"
    title: "Mário Bližňák"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1rio_Bli%C5%BE%C5%88%C3%A1k"
    title: "Mário Bližňák"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1rio_Bli%C5%BE%C5%88%C3%A1k"
    title: "Mário Bližňák"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1rio_Bli%C5%BE%C5%88%C3%A1k"
    title: "Mário Bližňák"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1rio_Bli%C5%BE%C5%88%C3%A1k"
    title: "Mário Bližňák"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1rio_Bli%C5%BE%C5%88%C3%A1k"
    title: "Mário Bližňák"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1rio_Bli%C5%BE%C5%88%C3%A1k"
    title: "Mário Bližňák"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BE"
    title: "Ближняк, Марио"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1rio_Bli%C5%BE%C5%88%C3%A1k"
    title: "Mário Bližňák"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%BE_%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B6%D1%9A%D0%B0%D0%BA"
    title: "Маријо Ближњак"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q946555"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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