# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mikel-john-obi
# Generated: 2026-08-31T13:51:18.002Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mikel-john-obi"
name: "Mikel John Obi"
slug: "mikel-john-obi"
description: "Mikel John Obi, also known as John Obi Mikel, is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder."
tagline: "Nigerian association football player (born 1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Obi_Mikel_2018.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1987-04-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.25
  momentum:             0.4245997850825228
  historical:           25.362024
  currentAttention:     4.892857142857142
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  88
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "mikel_john_obi"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mikel_john_obi/"
    handle:    "mikel_john_obi"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Obi Mikel"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mikel John Obi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Obi Mikel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'ון אובי מיקל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Obi Mikel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Obi_Mikel"
    title: "John Obi Mikel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ջոն Օբի Միկել"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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