# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-schaefer
# Generated: 2026-09-04T21:08:12.609Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-schaefer"
name: "Matthew Schaefer"
slug: "matthew-schaefer"
description: "Matthew Schaefer is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected first overall by the Islanders in the 2025 NHL entry draft, and won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's best rookie in 2025–26."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player (born 2007)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "2007-09-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.215990666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Schaefer"
    title: "Matthew Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Schaefer"
    title: "Matthew Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Schaefer"
    title: "Matthew Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Schaefer"
    title: "Matthew Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Schaefer"
    title: "Matthew Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Schaefer"
    title: "Matthew Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metj%C5%AB_%C5%A0eifers"
    title: "Metjū Šeifers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%82%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8E"
    title: "Шефер, Мэттью"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Schaefer"
    title: "Matthew Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130416868"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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