# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matt-banahan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:57:13.563Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matt-banahan"
name: "Matt Banahan"
slug: "matt-banahan"
description: "Matthew Andrew Banahan is a rugby union coach and former player who played for Bath and Gloucester in Premiership Rugby, between 2006 and 2021. Born in Jersey, he played 20 times for England, receiving 16 caps between 2009 and 2011. His main position was wing; however, he could also operate as an inside or outside centre."
tagline: "Jerseyman who plays rugby union"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matt_Banahan_running_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1986-12-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.221636
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E7%89%B9%C2%B7%E5%B7%B4%E7%B4%8D%E7%BD%95"
    title: "馬特·巴納罕"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Banahan"
    title: "Matt Banahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Banahan"
    title: "Matt Banahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Banahan"
    title: "Matt Banahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%8A%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3"
    title: "マット・バナハン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Мет Банахан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Banahan"
    title: "Matt Banahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Мет Банахан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2053062"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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