# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-spanhel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:31:40.945Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-spanhel"
name: "Martin Špaňhel"
slug: "martin-spanhel"
description: "Martin Špaňhel is a Czech former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). Credited with the first \"unofficial\" goal in Columbus Blue Jackets franchise history, scoring in a preseason game in Pittsburgh on September 15, he played 10 regular season games with Columbus during the team's first two seasons. Špaňhel currently is the Commissioner of the Columbus Adult Hockey League."
tagline: "Czech ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Syr_spanhel_(1).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1977-07-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.44
  momentum:             0.4761904761904762
  historical:           7.469042666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Шпаньгел, Мартин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "مارتين سپانهيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_%C5%A0pa%C5%88hel"
    title: "Martin Špaňhel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_%C5%A0pa%C5%88hel"
    title: "Martin Špaňhel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_%C5%A0pa%C5%88hel"
    title: "Martin Špaňhel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_%C5%A0pa%C5%88hel"
    title: "Martin Špaňhel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_%C5%A0pa%C5%88hel"
    title: "Martin Špaňhel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_%C5%A0pa%C5%88hel"
    title: "Martin Špaňhel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_%C5%A0pa%C5%88hel"
    title: "Martin Špaňhel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q949875"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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