# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-upson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:19:48.566Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-upson"
name: "Matthew Upson"
slug: "matthew-upson"
description: "Matthew James Upson is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Upson played for England at full international level, including at the 2010 World Cup."
tagline: "English association football player (born 1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matthew-Upson-2009.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: "1979-04-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.17
  momentum:             10
  historical:           21.73341733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Metjū Apsons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماثيو أبسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماثيو ابسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "متیو آپسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мэт’ю Апсан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Matthew James Upson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Upson"
    title: "Matthew Upson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Matthew Upson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Upson"
    title: "Matthew Upson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Upson"
    title: "Matthew Upson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Upson"
    title: "Matthew Upson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "متیو آپسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Matthew Upson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Matthew Upson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "מתיו אפסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Matthew Upson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Upson"
    title: "Matthew Upson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Մեթյու Ափսոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Upson"
    title: "Matthew Upson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Upson"
    title: "Matthew Upson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "マシュー・アップソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "მეთიუ აფსონი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%A4%EC%8A%88_%EC%97%85%EC%8A%A8"
    title: "매슈 업슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthaeus_Upson"
    title: "Matthaeus Upson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Upson"
    title: "Matthew Upson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201837"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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