# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-rees
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:15:22.717Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-rees"
name: "Matthew Rees"
slug: "matthew-rees"
description: "Matthew Rees is a Welsh former professional rugby union footballer who played as a hooker. After beginning his career with Tonyrefail RFC and Merthyr RFC, he made his professional debut for Pontypridd RFC in 2001. With the arrival of regional rugby in Wales in 2003, he joined the Celtic Warriors, but their closure a year later led to him signing for the Llanelli Scarlets. He played more than 180 matches for the Scarlets, captaining them on several occasions, leading to his first Wales call-up in 2005."
tagline: "Welsh rugby union player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wales_and_British_and_Irish_Lions_Hooker%2C_Matthew_Rees._Wales_Grand_Slam_Celebration%2C_Senedd_19_March_2012.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: "1980-12-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.883622666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Метју Рис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ماثيو ريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Rees"
    title: "Matthew Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Rees"
    title: "Matthew Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Rees"
    title: "Matthew Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Rees"
    title: "Matthew Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Rees"
    title: "Matthew Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Rees"
    title: "Matthew Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Rees"
    title: "Matthew Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q474788"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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