# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melissa-ruscoe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:05:48.711Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melissa-ruscoe"
name: "Melissa Ruscoe"
slug: "melissa-ruscoe"
description: "Melissa Jane Ruscoe is a New Zealand sportswoman who has served as captain of her country's national team in two different football codes: association football and rugby union."
tagline: "Association footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melissa_Ruscoe_MNZM_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1976-12-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.76
  momentum:             25
  historical:           4.803888
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  229
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "ميليسا روسكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Ruscoe"
    title: "Melissa Ruscoe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88"
    title: "ملیسا روسکو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Ruscoe"
    title: "Melissa Ruscoe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Ruscoe"
    title: "Melissa Ruscoe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3305136"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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