# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/markus-merk
# Generated: 2026-09-02T06:04:59.266Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/markus-merk"
name: "Markus Merk"
slug: "markus-merk"
description: "Markus Merk is a former top-level German football referee. He is a six-time winner of the German Referee of the Year Award and the record holder in games refereed in the Bundesliga. In 2005, Merk was awarded the German Bundesverdienstkreuz in recognition of his service to football and his charity work in India. He ended his career by refereeing the match between Bayern Munich and Hertha BSC Berlin on the last day of the 2007–08 Bundesliga season on 17 May 2008."
tagline: "German football referee"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Markus_Merk_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1962-03-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  80
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ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump