# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-van-praag
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:26:34.045Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-van-praag"
name: "Michael van Praag"
slug: "michael-van-praag"
description: "Michael van Praag is a Dutch football administrator and former referee. He was the President of the Royal Dutch Football Association from 27 August 2008 to December 2019 and a Vice President of the UEFA since 30 June 2015. Van Praag previously served as Chairman of Ajax from 1989 until 2003."
tagline: "Dutch sports executive"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_van_Praag_(1989).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1947-09-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.97
  momentum:             5.186079051584509
  historical:           11.23744533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "مايكل فان براغ"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_van_Praag"
    title: "Michael van Praag"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_van_Praag"
    title: "Michael van Praag"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_van_Praag"
    title: "Michael van Praag"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_van_Praag"
    title: "Michael van Praag"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_van_Praag"
    title: "Michael van Praag"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_van_Praag"
    title: "Michael van Praag"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_van_Praag"
    title: "Michael van Praag"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B3%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB"
    title: "Ван Праг, Михаэл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Міхаель ван Праг"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump