# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-mcgrath
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:50:31.994Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-mcgrath"
name: "Paul McGrath"
slug: "paul-mcgrath"
description: "Paul McGrath is an Irish former professional footballer, who played as a defender. Regarded as one of the greatest centre-backs in modern football, McGrath was known for his tackling ability, determination, composure and reading of the game, and was known by the nickname \"The Black Pearl\" at Manchester United. He was also known by the nickname \"God\" at Aston Villa."
tagline: "Irish footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/McGrath%2C_Paul.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1959-12-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58
  momentum:             11.71501087744742
  historical:           21.31440933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Paul McGrath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "পল ম্যাকগ্রাথ"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McGrath_(footballer)"
    title: "Paul McGrath (footballer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul McGrath"
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    title: "פול מקגראת'"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul McGrath (calciatore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul McGrath"
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    title: "Paul McGrath"
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    title: "Paul McGrath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Макграт, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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