# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meli-derenalagi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:03:27.841Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meli-derenalagi"
name: "Meli Derenalagi"
slug: "meli-derenalagi"
description: "Ratu Meli Derenalagi is an Olympic gold medallist and Loose forward in the Fijian Drua team playing in the Super Rugby Pacific. Dume as he is affectionately known, is well known for his offloading ability. He played for the Fiji national rugby sevens team from 2018- 2020 where he won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics at Tokyo, Japan. His uncles Semisi Naevo, Apenisa Naevo and father Ratu Vuniani Derenalagi have also played for Fiji in rugby sevens. Also was selected for the Flying Fijians at the 2023 Rugby World Cup."
tagline: "Fijian rugby union player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meli_Derenalagi_2023.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1998-11-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.203924000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/derenalagi_76/"
    handle:    "derenalagi_76"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meli_Derenalagi"
    title: "Meli Derenalagi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meli_Derenalagi"
    title: "Meli Derenalagi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meli_Derenalagi"
    title: "Meli Derenalagi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "ملی درنالاگی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meli_Derenalagi"
    title: "Meli Derenalagi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%AC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AE"
    title: "メリ・デレナランギ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meli_Derenalagi"
    title: "Meli Derenalagi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meli_Derenalagi"
    title: "Meli Derenalagi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63106324"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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