# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matt-besler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:11:15.433Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matt-besler"
name: "Matt Besler"
slug: "matt-besler"
description: "Matthew Scott \"Matt\" Besler is a former professional soccer player. Primarily a left-sided central defender, Besler spent the majority of his career in MLS with Sporting Kansas City, where he helped the team win the 2013 MLS Cup and three U.S. Open Cups. He was the MLS Defender of the Year in 2012 and a five-time MLS All-Star. From 2013 to 2017, Besler represented the United States national team, including at the 2014 FIFA World Cup."
tagline: "American soccer player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matt_Besler_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1987-02-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             25
  historical:           21.06530933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Метт Беслер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Matt Besler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Matt Besler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Matt Besler"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q166558"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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