# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nigel-de-jong
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:59:00.519Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nigel-de-jong"
name: "Nigel de Jong"
slug: "nigel-de-jong"
description: "Nigel de Jong is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the technical director of the KNVB, the national Dutch football federation. He has also worked as an English language pundit for beIN Sports covering Premier League and Champions League football as well as for ITV for Euro 2020 and the 2022 World Cup."
tagline: "Dutch association football player (born 1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nigel_de_Jong_2011_(2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
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  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1984-11-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             17.60188912568737
  historical:           23.05758933333334
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  191
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump