# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pekka-markkanen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:12:24.089Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pekka-markkanen"
name: "Pekka Markkanen"
slug: "pekka-markkanen"
description: "Pekka Juha Markkanen is a Finnish former professional basketball player. He was named the Finnish Basketball Player of the Year, by Finnish sports journalists, in 1989, 1993, and 1996."
tagline: "Finnish basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EuroBasket_2017_-_Pekka_Markkanen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1967-05-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.68
  momentum:             0.4128440366972478
  historical:           7.235604
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Markkanen"
    title: "Pekka Markkanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بيكا ماركانين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بيكا ماركانين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Markkanen"
    title: "Pekka Markkanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Markkanen"
    title: "Pekka Markkanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Markkanen"
    title: "Pekka Markkanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Markkanen"
    title: "Pekka Markkanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Markkanen"
    title: "Pekka Markkanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7161090"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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