# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-opitz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:58:00.365Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-opitz"
name: "Michael Opitz"
slug: "michael-opitz"
description: "Michael Opitz was a German footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for Schalke 04. He completed 158 matches in the Bundesliga and made 66 appearances in the 2. Bundesliga for the club."
tagline: "German association football player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Opitz87.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1962-07-16"
deathDate: "2026-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.476314666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Opitz_(Fu%C3%9Fballspieler)"
    title: "Michael Opitz (Fußballspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "مايكل أوبتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "مايكل اوپيتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Opitz"
    title: "Michael Opitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Opitz"
    title: "Michael Opitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "مایکل اوپیتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1928776"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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