# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-ferreira
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:22:42.792Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-ferreira"
name: "Michael Ferreira"
slug: "michael-ferreira"
description: "Michael Ferreira, nicknamed \"the Bombay Tiger\", is an Indian amateur player of English billiards, and a three-time Amateur World Champion. He participated in the Indian National Billiards Championship in 1960 for the first time, and in 1964 represented India in the World Amateur Billiards Championship (WABC) held in New Zealand, where he progressed to the semi-finals. In 1977, he won his first World Amateur Billiards Champion title and followed it up with the World Open Billiards Championship title in the same year. He has two other WABC titles. In 1978 he became the first amateur to break the barrier of 1,000 points, in the billiards national championships, and created a new amateur world record by scoring 1,149 points."
tagline: "Indian billiards player"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1938-10-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.955869333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ਮਾਈਕਲ ਫੇਰੇਰਾ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "مايكل فيريرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ferreira"
    title: "Michael Ferreira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ferreira"
    title: "Michael Ferreira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE"
    title: "माइकल फरेरा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ferreira"
    title: "Michael Ferreira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%88%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%AB%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE"
    title: "ಮೈಕೆಲ್ ಫೆರೇರಾ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11504677"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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