# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nuwan-pradeep
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:10:29.894Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nuwan-pradeep"
name: "Nuwan Pradeep"
slug: "nuwan-pradeep"
description: "Aththachchi Nuwan Pradeep Roshan Fernando, commonly known as Nuwan Pradeep, is a Sri Lankan former international cricketer, currently playing in Lanka Premier League from Dambulla Sixers Franchise. Despite being a national cricketer, he had never actually played the game until he was 20 and most importantly never played with leather ball until his 20s. He shot into prominence after winning a bowling speed contest in 2007 and he was sent to Sri Lanka's Cricket Academy and also went onto earn a national test call up less than 3 years later. He is regarded as the most unconventional find of Sri Lanka cricket."
tagline: "Sri Lankan cricketer"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1986-10-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.874118666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "نووان پردیپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "نوان پراديپ"
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    title: "নুয়ান প্রদীপ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nuwan Pradeep"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "නුවන් ප්‍රදීප්"
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    title: "நுவான் பிரதீப்"
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    title: "నువాన్ ప్రదీప్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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