# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-wright
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:00:33.568Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-wright"
name: "Michael Wright"
slug: "michael-wright"
description: "Michael Wright was an American-Turkish professional basketball player. He also held Turkish citizenship, under the name Ali Karadeniz. He played professional basketball in Poland, Spain, Israel, South Korea, France, Germany, and Turkey. He was murdered in 2015."
tagline: "Turkish basketball player (1980–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Wright_Mecz_gwiazd_PLK_2010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1980-01-07"
deathDate: "2015-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.643236
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wright_(basketbolcu)"
    title: "Michael Wright (basketbolcu)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A9)"
    title: "مايكل رايت (لاعب كرة سلة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "مايكل رايت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wright_(b%C3%A0squet)"
    title: "Michael Wright (bàsquet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wright_(basketball)"
    title: "Michael Wright (basketball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wright_(baloncestista)"
    title: "Michael Wright (baloncestista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wright_(basket-ball)"
    title: "Michael Wright (basket-ball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wright_(cestista)"
    title: "Michael Wright (cestista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wright_(basketballer)"
    title: "Michael Wright (basketballer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wright_(basketball)"
    title: "Michael Wright (basketball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wright_(koszykarz)"
    title: "Michael Wright (koszykarz)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2602217"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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