# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-owen
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:24:57.029Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-owen"
name: "Michael Owen"
slug: "michael-owen"
description: "Michael James Owen is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United, and Stoke City, as well as the England national team. Since retiring from football in 2013, he has become a racehorse breeder and owner and regularly features as a sports pundit and commentator. Regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation, in 2001, Owen was the recipient of the Ballon d'Or. In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players."
tagline: "English association football player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Owen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1979-12-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           62.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           32.200836
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
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    handle:    "themichaelowen"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/themichaelowen/"
    handle:    "themichaelowen"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654213/"
    handle:    "nm0654213"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.michaelowen.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "مايكل أوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "مايكل اوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Майкл Оўэн"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Owen"
    title: "Michael Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Owen"
    title: "Michael Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Owen"
    title: "Michael Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مایکل اوون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Owen"
    title: "Michael Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Owen_(football)"
    title: "Michael Owen (football)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Owen"
    title: "Michael Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Owen"
    title: "Michael Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Owen"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://uk.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%9E%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/219bd534-c764-44bb-9bf6-c94595ebcbd8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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