# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-mclaughlin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:02:06.448Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-mclaughlin"
name: "Mel McLaughlin"
slug: "mel-mclaughlin"
description: "Melanie Louise McLaughlin is an Australian sport presenter for the Seven Network. McLaughlin previously worked for Fox Sports where she hosted association football shows including Kick Off, Indian Super League and Fox Sports FC, while also being a regular on Fox Sports News."
tagline: "Australian sports reporter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melanie_%22Mel%22_McLaughlin%2C_Lara_Pitt_(6210979342).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1979-09-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.704076000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Mel_Mclaughlin"
    handle:    "Mel_Mclaughlin"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mel_mclaughlin/"
    handle:    "mel_mclaughlin"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ميل ماكلولين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_McLaughlin"
    title: "Mel McLaughlin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "مل مک‌لافلین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_McLaughlin"
    title: "Mel McLaughlin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%84%D9%86"
    title: "میل میک لولن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6810785"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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