# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michel-riesen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:40:02.375Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michel-riesen"
name: "Michel Riesen"
slug: "michel-riesen"
description: "Michel Riesen is a Swiss former professional ice hockey winger. Most of his career, which lasted from 1994 to 2014, was spent in the Swiss Nationalliga A, though he also played 12 games in the National Hockey League with the Edmonton Oilers during the 2000–01 season. Internationally Riesen played for the Swiss national team in several junior tournaments and three World Championships. After retiring he turned to coaching and has worked at the junior level in Switzerland since 2015."
tagline: "Swiss ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Riesen_Michel-2011-01-15_EHCB_vs_Lakers.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1979-04-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.28
  momentum:             0.6512605042016808
  historical:           6.351585333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  244
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%A0%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Майкл Різен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ميتشيل ريسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Riesen"
    title: "Michel Riesen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Riesen"
    title: "Michel Riesen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Riesen"
    title: "Michel Riesen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Riesen"
    title: "Michel Riesen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Riesen"
    title: "Michel Riesen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322436"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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