# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/neil-pointon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:49:57.759Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/neil-pointon"
name: "Neil Pointon"
slug: "neil-pointon"
description: "Neil Geoffrey Pointon is an English former professional footballer. Pointon was a left-back who is perhaps best remembered for playing for Everton, Manchester City and Oldham Athletic."
tagline: "English footballer (born 1964)"
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: "1964-11-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.479950666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Pointon"
    title: "Neil Pointon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "نيل بوينتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "نيل بوينتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Pointon"
    title: "Neil Pointon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Pointon"
    title: "Neil Pointon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Pointon"
    title: "Neil Pointon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q946394"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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